A court hearing has been set for Tuesday, March 8, 9:30 AM in the District's appeal of our lawsuit victory. The hearing will occur just over a year after Seattle Schools filed its appeal of Judge Spector's decision. On February 4th, 2010, Judge Julie Spector ruled the adoption of the Discovering series of high school math texts “arbitrary and capricious,” citing a lack of evidence of the texts' efficacy. She ordered the Seattle School Board to reconsider its decision. The Seattle School District filed its appeal on March 3, 2010.
Our attorney, Keith Scully, filed a new brief on January 14 responding to the “Friend of the Court” statement in support of Seattle Schools by the Washington State School Directors' Association. In it, Keith states: “The Superior Court was not empowered to and did not attempt to select a math series for Seattle. It was not empowered to express an opinion on math pedagogy …, and did not do so. There are no impacts of this decision on any other district’s selection of math books, and the Seattle School District is free to develop a record supporting the Discovering Series on remand.” You can find a link to the 10 page statement on the left, under “Links to Legal Documents.”
The hearing is scheduled at the Court of Appeals, Division I, One Union Square, 600 University Street, Seattle, at 9:30 AM on March 8th. The case is listed 6th on the docket; oral arguments in appeals cases are limited to 10 minutes for each side. Presiding over the hearing will be Judges Schindler, Applewick, and Becker.
It's a tremendous relief, and very exciting, that we'll finally have our second day in court. Fingers crossed here!!
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