From the Raleigh News and Observer (5/14/10): 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 for an injunction declaring that the school board had violated state law and should be required to take steps to move future meetings to a larger location. He also turned down a request to throw out two recent board votes that scrapped the use of socioeconomic diversity.
Pittman sided with board attorneys who said that the school district had taken reasonable accommodations to handle the crowds.