Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the cantonal authority violated the appellant's right to be heard by failing to address criticisms of the first-instance expert report and by limiting his opportunity to plead
Decisione estratta
The right to be heard was violated insofar as the authority failed to examine the appellant's specific objections to the expert report; the other hearing complaints were rejected.
Motivazione estratta
The authority could rely on the appellant's prior hearing and short but urgent written submissions, but it had to deal with the expert evidence because the placement decision depended on it and the report had been expressly used in the reasoning.