Pooch war lands school district in the poo

The co-Bellends of the Month for April 2015 are those in charge of the Gates-Chili Central School District (logo pictured) in Rochester, New York. Said district is requesting a clarification to a ruling by the Department of Justice regarding a service dog for a young girl. So what sounds so wrong about that, I hear you ask? Here's what: the student's mother says her daughter needs a service dog with her in school because of a medical condition. She and the Gates-Chili Central School District have struggled over the financial burden of providing a handler for the dog. The justice department ruled the district must pay for the handler. As of Wednesday, the district wants the decision clarified. Mother Heather Pereira is upset and doesn't know why the school district is again refusing to comply. She says it's unthinkable. "They can't do this in 2015 to a little girl who is not a borderline case," says Pereira. "She has a life-threatening seizure disorder." Pereira says the Gates-Chili school district is discriminating against her eight-year-old daughter, Devyn. "I don't know why they're doing this to hurt me, my whole family" says Pereira. "I don't know why we've been targeted. I feel like they're trying to make an example out of us, but all they're doing is looking like foolish, heartless people." Devyn battles Angelman syndrome, a combination of autism and epilepsy. Her service dog, Hannah, helps prevent seizures and keep her on-task at school. For several years, Pereira has had to pay for a handler, a cost of more than US$25,000. She asked the district to pay, but they refused. "It's absurd," says Pereira. "Logically it makes no sense." Two weeks ago, the Department of Justice ruled the district had violated federal law. The agency found that Devyn can bring her dog to school without a handler. The district was also ordered to pay the family damages, but they want the DOJ to clarify and possibly revoke its ruling. Their statement in part: "the rules concerning service dogs that are at odds with the language and application of the existing officially published ADA service dog rules." Pereira says the district is breaking the law. She says she isn't sure what's next for Devyn. "I have to regroup and think about what we'll do next," says Pereira. Here's what she should do next: look at homeschooling or moving to a district without so many Nazis in charge. And if the district really need the ruling spelt out, IT MEANS YOU NEED TO LET DEVYN HAVE HER SERVICE DOG WITH HER IN SCHOOL, YOU NAZIS. AND YOU NEED TO PAY THEM BACK FOR THE HANDLER. IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.