By Antonio D. French
Filed Monday, July 23, 2007 at 9:48 PM
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Opponents of the takeover of St. Louis Public Schools will finally get their day in court. PubDef.net has learned that 9:30 a.m., September 25, is the time and date of the start of the hearing to determine what control city residents will have over their public schools.
Mark your calendars.
12 Comments:
Well, the cardinals are 8 games out---6.5 in the wild card race----maybe they will make a run---they will be in Milwaukee.
The Rams will be coming back from tampa Bay, preparing to go to Dallas.
The Republicans have a u-tube presidential debate on the 17th, so there will be plenty of time for the republicans to welcome the diversion of getting upset with the "antics" of the elected school board, but I doubt they will take much notice.
Quiet. Anti-climactic. That is this judge's fondest hope. kj
7/24/2007 12:51 PM
Who is paying for this?
7/24/2007 1:25 PM
Who is paying for this?
7/24/2007 1:26 PM
Private citizen donations are paying the elected board's lawyers. The takeover board is using tax dollars (remember that first little bit of business they did, hiring a $300/hour lawyer?)
7/24/2007 2:15 PM
The timing on this stinks. This judge could have ruled on the merits of the case before the opening day of school----he is putting the elected board in the position of "choosing" to disrupt the educational process----or accepting what they believe is genuinely unfair, unconstitutional behavior on the part of the state. He seems set on bullying them into abandoning the case so he does not have to deal with some very real issues.--kjoe
7/24/2007 5:05 PM
The elected board attorney is just as much as the SAB. I bet the elected board has very little money and this is all talk. Or is the attorney working for free?
7/24/2007 6:52 PM
No, L&B did not charge the district $300/hour, and yes, the elected board has money. It's amazing how many people in this town do actually understand what is going on here and are putting their money where their mouth is. In one night alone, at the fundraiser for the lawsuit held last week, the total raised was in the thousands. Above, you are either totally clueless or you're a takeover proponent fishing for information.
7/24/2007 9:40 PM
well as I see it the judge will let school start and the have the hearing and then he will sit on his decision.
hell he is still sitting on the school funding case.
by the time this whole mess is over the case will have to go to the supreme courts and will be over turned but bye that time all of the damage will have be done its alot like the tooth paste out of the tube you can never get it back in.
this is a sad time for public education
7/25/2007 7:36 AM
Anonymous at 7:36 is exactly right...this has been a successful tactic for a long time. Nobody wants to look "disruptive" after a policy has already been forced into place because of all the cries for "stability".
Once something has been done it is that much harder to undo. An argument for more forceful action to PREVENT certain actions from being taken in the first place instead of getting all upset AFTER the fact. (hint, hint 420)
7/25/2007 7:46 AM
How would it be disruptive, when so far the SAB is just continuing the work the elected board was putting in place? The elected board can just slide back in and finish what they've started.
7/25/2007 12:28 PM
I think it is far from clear what direction the sab is headed---but one revealing clue would be a statement from Sullivan regarding his opinion of the f####ing idiocy of the state board which gave him the job regarding shoving Texas Can charter schools into slps.
Bourisaw has a much better, carefully considered approach. She has a low regard for what the state is trying to pull.
I hold out hope for one simple reason-----Rick Sullivan strikes me as a non-idiot. I cannot say the same about Kent King.
KJOE
7/25/2007 1:01 PM
I'm not saying it would be disruptive, I'm saying that is the excuse some use for not changing. It is kind of like the over-used (but always popular) phrase "it is all about the kids".
Most students don't know and don't care who is "leading" the district (except those older students who take an interest in civics). That is the job of the parents, employees, etc.
Policies become disruptive when they result in larger class sizes, fewer support personnel, lousy lunches, less attention to individual needs of the students, etc...you know, exactly what we got from the mayor's intervention.
7/25/2007 1:01 PM
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