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http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=64151
Muslim high school student's intolerance for a service dog needed by a
student teacher with a disability has reportedly prompted the student
teacher to abandon the last 10 hours of his scheduled assignment at
Technical High School in St. Cloud, Minn.
The St. Cloud Times online said the situation developed with student
teacher Tyler Hurd, 23, of Mahtomedi, who hopes to teach special
education.
He's a student at St. Cloud State University, and was assigned to
Technical High School in the St. Cloud district for his 50 hours of
student teaching, and took with him his service dog, Emmitt.
The newspaper said Hurd needs a service dog because of a childhood
injury that leaves him with seizures, sometimes happening as often as
weekly. The black lab is trained to protect Hurd when he has a
seizure.
The school district told the newspaper it wasn't really a threat.
"I think it was a misunderstanding where we didn't really prepare
either side for possible implications," Julia Espe, curriculum
director for the public schools, said.
