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CourtrulesagainstLeesburgboundarieslawsuit
Monday,Aug.20,2012byLauraPeters,TimesMirrorStaffWriter|2comments|Emailthisstory

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ResidentsoftheCL19clusterinLeesburgwillnotseearesolveafteraLoudounCountyCircuit CourtjudgeruledtodayinfavoroftheLoudounCountySchoolBoardafterathreedaytriallast week. EricDekenipp,aresidentofPotomacStation,filedasuitagainsttheLoudounCountySchool BoardaftertheirdecisionlastyearinvolvingtheredistrictingofLeesburgschoolboundaries. AccordingtoDekenippsattorney,JohnWhitbeck,JudgeThomasHorneruledinfavorofthe SchoolBoardAug.20. ThecourtspowerovertheSchoolBoardislimited,Whitbecksaidinhisclosingstatements Aug.16.IftheSchoolBoardrulingisnotbasedonfact,laworreason,thecourthastheability tooverturnit. Dekenipp,whosreceivedaspecialwaiverfromLoudounCountyPublicSchoolsforoneyear, willhavehisdaughterattendJohnW.TolbertElementarySchoolthisfall.Thatisnotthecase for35otherstudentswhowillbebusedfromPotomacStationtheneighborhooddirectly acrossfromTolberttothenewelementaryschoolFrederickDouglass. TheCL19group,backedbyDekenippandWhitbeck,wantedtoseetheremaining35studentsin questionreturnbacktoTolbertthisfall. Theotherplaintiffinthecase,parentsofCL5,intheBeaconHillarea,alsobroughtacase againsttheSchoolBoardaddressinghowtheboarddisregardeditsbylawswhenadoptingthe newboundaries.ThenewplansplitstheCL19clusterandmovesneighborstodifferentschools. ItalsoaddresseswhichschoolswillholdspecialeducationclasseswhichCL5hadconcern over.Thenewplanwasdevisedtomovethefewestnumberofstudentsinordertocreateabetter boundarysystemandstabilityinschools. CL5sattorney,MichaelPetkovich,declinedcommentonthestatusofhiscase.
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