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JC District Court Ruled That the School Board Acted Illegally in Denying the Hoover Petition

Chris Liebig is an ICCSD board director and a UI law professor, so go to his blog for info on the judge's decision re the Hoover petition.

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For more information about the judge's ruling that the Iowa City Community School Board acted illegally in denying the Hoover petition, do not pass go; do not collect $200; go directly to Chris Liebig's blog post:

http://anotherblogaboutschool.blogspot.com/2017/09/school-district-needs-to-stop-breaking.html?m=1

The news is good. The board acted illegally and Joe Holland, the district's attorney, was wrong.

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Gregg Geerdes was the attorney for Heather Young and the other plaintiffs. They won. Chris Lynch, board president; Brian Kirschling, board director; LaTasha DeLoach, former board director (until 7/14/17); and board director Paul Roesler lost.

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