Schools
Foes of Grade-Level Centers May Go to Supreme Court
Appellate court rules in favor of the district, but the families that sued may not be ready to give in.
The families in St. Charles Unit District 303 who sued to abolish the grade-level centers at Richmond and Davis schools may take their case to the Illinois Supreme Court, according to their attorney Tim Dwyer.
While the majority opinion upheld the school district’s decision and returned the case to the lower court, Dwyer pointed to the dissenting opinion of Justice Robert McLaren as a sign of hope for his clients. “There is no doubt that (the school district), violated state and federal law, and that the plaintiffs established every element required to mandate the undoing of the defendant’s unlawful act,” McLaren wrote.
The foes of the grade-school centers say that groups of children failing under the No Child Left Behind law are not getting adequate attention to address deficiencies. The school district said it has added resources to help those students and that scores are improving.
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