HomeMy WebLinkAboutVII (B) Deferral of State Board of Education Action on Appeal of Charter School Application Agenda 3-20-2001
Item VII B
FOLEY & LARDNER
MEMORANDUM
CLIENT-MATTER NUMBER
0203)7-0542
TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Commissioners of the City of Ocoee
FROM: Scott A. Cookson, Esq., Assistant City Attorney
DATE: March 14, 2001
RE: Deferral of State Board of Education Action on Appeal of Charter School
Application
On February 6, 2001 the Ocoee City Commission approved a motion to defer
the appeal of the Ocoee Charter School Application for sixty (60) days. Based on this action,
on February 9, 2001 the attorney the City hired to pursue the appeal, William L. Thompson,
Jr., Esq., notified us that he had requested the deferral moving the hearing from February 27,
2001 to April 24, 2001. Nick Gledich, Associate Superintendent for Orange County Public
Schools has recently requested that we further defer our appeal another thirty (30) days from
the April 24, 2001 date in order for the School Board to avoid incurring legal expenses in
preparation of the April 24, 2001 hearing date.
Based on the promising ongoing negotiations with the School Board concerning
the Ocoee Charter School, and in an effort to avoid incurring unnecessary legal fees by both
the City and the School Board in pursuing the appeal, we respectfully recommend that the City
Commission advise us to instruct our Charter School attorney, William L. Thompson, Jr.,
Esq., to further request a deferral of the appeal. Although the School Board has requested
only a thirty (30) day deferral, in order to avoid bringing this issue up repeatedly, it is our
recommendation that the deferral be for a sixty (60) day period.
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