I’ve been trying to pay attention to some recent goings on in our little corner of Tennessee concerning the Hardin County schools, the school board, and tax issues. Unfortunately, because the local fish wrap’s website totally sucks, I can’t link back to articles on the issue.
From today’s edition, we get this little tidbit:
Lawsuit to save community schools dismissed by judge
Group tried to block construction of two new 550-student buildings
For the second time, a suit seeking to spare five aging community schools from closing has been dismissed in Hardin County Chancery Court.
Monday, Circuit Court Judge Donald E. Parish, sitting in for Chancellor Ron Harmon of Hardin County who dismissed a previous suit by Concerned Citizens for Community Schools-threw out the latest suit.
The group sought an injunction to block the ongoing construction of two new 550- student “mega-schools”{ and the closing of North, Walker, Whites, Nixon and Walnut Grove elementary schools.
Ok, I’ve read the injunction (.pdf), and even though I’m not a lawyer, I have to say BOTH judges made the wrong decision. The history sited in the injunction pretty well states the case that one single person decided to thumb his nose at the people of Hardin County (page 9, sec. 35).
Named as defendant were Hardin County, the school board and the chairman David Long, county Mayor Kevin Davis and county schools Director John Thomas.
Read the rest at An Ol’ Broad’s Ramblings.
2 responses so far ↓
1 tjbbpgobIII (3 comments) // Nov 7, 2009 at 2:25 am
But Old Broad, you don’t realize that all schools must be re-designed in the ultra modern style. A recent high school here in Alabama was so modern it was trash before the first teacher started setting up a classroom. The building was unuseable before it was really finished. The judges and others who make the decisions all get kickbacks from the architects and builders. It’s for the children don’t you see.
2 olbroad (5 comments) // Dec 2, 2009 at 12:52 pm
Ah ha! Silly me! Reckon they all just know what’s best, eh? Even if they don’t have a flippin’ clue what they are doing. sigh….
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