Governors across the country abruptly closed schools with little or no notice last spring.  Educators responded heroically: creating programs for regular and special education students on the fly.  Those in leadership positions reacted predictably: avoiding controversy by declining to waive special education procedural and substantive requirement that were impossible to meet under the circumstances.  The inevitable result: a class action lawsuit against every school district in the country.  JT v de Blasio.  We think it is shameful that school districts beleaguered by the practical and financial realities of COVID-19 will be required to add the necessary defense or settlement costs to their to-do lists.