Archive for May 2010
The Fayetteville Observer: Shanahan Law Group represents Moore County charter school fighting closure
By Michael Futch Staff writer ABERDEEN – Over the past year, the Academy of Moore County has moved into a $2.2 million building and seen its grades improve. But come August, the 170 students at the charter school may find themselves back in public classrooms. The state Board of Education voted March 3 not to…
Read MoreWTVD: Judge throws out lawsuit against Wake County School Board (a Shanahan Law Group client)
See related video RALEIGH (WTVD) — A Superior Court judge ruled Friday afternoon against a group of citizens who sued the Wake County School Board. The group claimed the board violated North Carolina’s Open Meetings Law by restricting access to a recent meeting. It wanted action taken by the board at the meeting on March…
Read MoreThe News & Observer: Lawsuit against Wake County School Board (a Shanahan Law Group client) fails
BY T. KEUNG HUI – Staff Writer RALEIGH — The Wake County school board majority will move forward with plans for neighborhood schools after a judge dismissed a lawsuit Friday that contended that prior votes were illegal. The board is set to give final approval Tuesday to changing the student assignment policy to remove all…
Read MoreThe Greenville Daily Reflector: NC Judge gives green-light to neighborhood schools
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s largest school district is set to give final approval next week to a plan to end its busing for diversity program after a judge dismissed a lawsuit seeking to block the move. Judge Bill Pittman said in his ruling Friday that the Wake County school board was taking reasonable…
Read MoreThe News & Observer: Article on Shanahan Law Group’s Representation of the Wake County Board of Education
BY T. KEUNG HUI – STAFF WRITER RALEIGH — A Superior Court judge rejected today arguments that the Wake County school board violated the state’s Open Public Meetings Law by not moving recent meetings to accommodate large crowds opposed to changing the diversity policy. In a court order, Judge Bill Pittman turned down the request…
Read MoreWRAL Video: Kieran Shanahan Presents Arguments on Behalf of the Wake County Board of Education
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Read MoreWRAL: Wake School Board Lawsuit really about Politics
Raleigh, N.C. — An attorney for the Wake County school board says his client went “above and beyond” to ensure its meetings have been conducted properly and to provide the public “ample opportunity” to attend and observe. “This case is really about politics,” Raleigh attorney Kieran Shanahan said in a response filed Thursday to a…
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