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Officials may reopen Dorchester school

Early childhood center needed

By James Vaznis

 |  Globe Staff  

  February 01, 2012

The Boston School Committee will weigh a proposal tonight to temporarily reopen a Dorchester elementary school it closed less than a year ago to accommodate a sudden influx of preschoolers who require special education immediately. The proposal for Fifield Elementary is being put forward as the School Department faces a class-action lawsuit in federal court that asserts that the department routinely violates state and federal laws by denying evaluations and classroom placements for preschoolers with special needs.

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