Wednesday, December 02, 2009

Power Play in CCSD Almost Over?

Why would anyone assume that a public school should be allowed to use a public school building? As you read this, the Charleston County School District is wasting your tax dollars to prove this use illegal in Charleston County. See Ruling Soon on Charter School Act in Wednesday's P&C.

A charter school is a public school. Circuit Judge Roger Young should extend Act 189 of the State Legislature to all counties in the state.

CCSD's complaint against this use dates to the emergence of the Charter School for Math and Science, organized by a group of parents that the School Board and Superintendent did not, and do not, control. No such grief was given to Orange Grove Charter (for which Act 189 was written) or James Island Charter.

It's all about power.

By the way, why is Armand Derfner representing the District? Doesn't CCSD have a perfectly good lawyer, John Emerson, on its payroll? Derfner surely is an added expense!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Why does Alice Paylor continue to represent the District as well?
That's our tax dollars at work. CCSD outsources AND has an attorney on staff. Its sad CCSD wastes so much money on legal fees.

Anonymous said...

If CCSD attempts to shut down CCSMS, 75 Calhoun will be inundated by parents and students; the likes of which nobody will ever have witnessed before. The waiting list to get into that school for next year is growing and growing and growing...a huge turnout for their open house last Saturday - in bad weather!