Last September a handful of lawyers from some of Boston’s more white shoe law firms filed a lawsuit on behalf of five plaintiffs seeking to eliminate the cap on charter school growth. A new group of plaintiffs has emerged, representing students and civil rights groups. See their press release, which includes:
Students of color, students with disabilities, and English language learners, together with the New England Area Conference of the NAACP, moved today to intervene in the pending litigation over the cap on charter schools, arguing that the cap is necessary to preserve educational opportunities for students in traditional public schools. The would-be intervenors cite evidence that charter schools divert millions of dollars from traditional public schools each year, yet serve proportionately far fewer students with disabilities and English language learners and impose harsher discipline on students of color…
This is a welcome development. We will keep you posted.