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Past the ninth grade. >> at the time he was 17 years old. he came from a family that was a big family. he was a rough kid. he was low functioning in school. he had been in special ed from the time he started school. >> low functioning. >> iq i think at 72 is what he's been measured at. >> and what does that mean? how does he compare to a normal student? >> well, if the normal student is 100, then a 72 in our state, i believe that a 70 is the cutoff for mental retardation legally. and so he was just above that. and he had been in special ed until he'd finally dropped out in high school when he ...

>> jessie misskelley sr. is little jessie's father. >> when is the last time you talked to jessie? >> i met him at his home on a cold, winter day to learn more about his son. >> everybody loved him. little kids called him uncle jessie. >> 17 years. >> jessie's father says he had a good heart but his son struggled in school and he didn't make it past the ninth grade. >> at the time he was 17 years old. he came from a family that was a big family. he was a rough kid. he was low functioning in school. he had been in special ed from the time he started school. >> low functioning. >> iq i think at ...

Behavioral referrals and the special ed labels. so by having the boys in an environment where the expectation is that they can move around a little bit, we can focus on their needs. >> brandon montgomery is also a 2nd grader. his mother has struggled with finding the right school for him. >> it wasn't unheard of for me to get a message saying brendon decided to push his paper off the desk and run to the wall and pout and cry. and it would be kicking and screaming. >> so she's transferring him from his mostly white suburban school. >> there are no teachers of color. i think that kind of affects...

Can't do the activities and that's unfair and against the scope of public education. you're not supposed to be able to buy more benefits. however, you can't keep dumping your neighbor with a higher property tax bill to pay the skyrocketing costs. this issue is paying for those costs and parents who can afford it should have to pay a pupil tax, let's say, you've got five kids in school and let's say you're a renter you're not paying property tax, but poor kids who can't afford these fees should not get burdened with them. that's against the scope of it. it's not private school and on the privat...

Jessie. >> 17 years. jessie's father says he had a god heart but his son struggled in school and he didn't make it past the ninth grade. >> at the time he was 17 years old, he came from a family that was a big family. he was a rough kid. he was low functioning in school. he had been in special ed from the time he started school. >> low functioning. >> iq i think at 72 is what he's been measured at. >> and what does that mean? how does he compare to a normal student? >> well, if the normal student is 100, then a 72 in our state, i believe that a 70 is the cutoff for mental retardation. legally....