Legal Opinion
Citywide Parents Council, Inc. v. School Committee of Boston
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided August 25, 1989No. Nos. 89-P-976 & 89-P-977PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtKass, J.
Pressed by fiscal constraints, the school committee of Boston on August 7, 1989, voted for closings and consolida*740tians which affected ten public schools.3 Those closings and consolidations were, in the main, to go into effect for the 1989-1990 school year. The plaintiffs urge that in the course of taking this action the school committee so violated its own rules for public consultation that the resulting action was rendered unlawful.
A Superior Court judge, after trial, concluded that the committee’s decision making process had, indeed, been fatally tainted by failure to provide a “meaningful…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- City of Fairfield v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1975
- Borden, Inc. v. Commissioner of Public HealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- School Committee of Springfield v. Board of EducationMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
- School Committee of Danvers v. TymanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Boston Teachers Union v. School CommitteeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
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3Cited by1 opinion
- South Boston Betterment Trust v. Boston Redevelopment AuthorityMassachusetts Superior Court · 2001