ABSTRACT
June seemed relieved as she stood in her kitchen that afternoon in March and told Vicky, “Tell Becky what they said to you at school.” Vicky began, “They told me I could come up out of special class.”June smiled with pride (transcript and fieldnotes, 3/8/99). “What exactly did they say?” I asked. Vicky explained that there was a meeting at the school about her not being in a special-education classroom next year. Vicky stated, “I’m definitely not going to be in special ed” (transcript, 3/8/99). June stated, “She comin’ out of special ed class.”
