Sunday, November 9, 2008

LSC court hearing

Chi-Town Daily News:
Parents and education activists will head to court later this month to present the latest arguments in a long-running legal battle over appointment of local school council members at several Chicago campuses.
The group says Chicago Public Schools broke state law by switching from elected local school councils to appointed ones at Orr High School campus, Carver Military Academy and some other city schools.

The group seeking legal action includes Parents United for Responsible Education (PURE), the West Side NAACP, and several community members and parents. They are asking a judge to overturn CPS' decision to replace elected councils.

Circuit Court judge Sophia Hall dismissed the group’s original complaint April 11, but allowed the group to re-file the case. Elaine K.B. Siebel and Associates, a Chicago law firm working on a pro-bono basis, did so late last month.

Arguments on the new case will be heard at 10:30 a.m. Nov. 19 in Cook County Circuit Court at the Daley Center.
VIA Parents United for Responsible Education.

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