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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am not attorney. I am a middle income parent IB for Janney/Deal/Wilson:

1. A quick review through Google shows that there's a multitude of lawsuits cases associated to school boundary changes from "both parts of the barricade". So I am sure a judge will want to listen to a well-constructed case by IB families.

2. There's huge number of middle income families living in the very large and tall condo buildings on Mass Avenue just south of Ward Circle, or on Cathedral between Wisconsin and New Mexico. Talking about no-frill condos, so all families have chosen the location to have access to the FAB-3 DCPS (Janney/Deal/Wisconsin)

3. These groups are already well-organized within the same building, kids share the common spaces and there's a strong sense of community .

4. I moved out from Mass Ave 4000 two years ago and still have a ton of friends over there and I can assure you that it will take nothing to start the sparkle in these communities, and raise the numbers and money needed for a strong lawsuit.

5. End of the story. DCPS and their grad-student technical advisors should be kicked out of boundary from DC as they are the sole responsible entities of this mess, of this situation of community against community, for having  turned a successful story into an issue which will  generate more and more hatre and anguish in parents.[/quote]

Sure, there are lawsuits over school redistricting, but the only ones that get anywhere are those that contend that the district is resegregating schools, as there is clear legal precedent for those. If you are just going to argue that you have the right to attend a particular school, you will get nowhere, as such rights don't exist.

I suppose you can file a lawsuit, but I know some of the people in those buildings. I can't imagine their throwing any money at this without some assurance that the case wouldn't be tossed out. You can't provide those assurances.[/quote]

I know people with kids on those buildings who are lawyers, one is faculty at AU law school. Lets see their views first, [/quote]

All the more reason why they would be unwilling to fork over a retainer; they'll understand the case is hopeless[/quote]

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