| Clifton Elementary dispute moves to Virginia Supreme Court |
| The parents at Clifton Elementary School aren’t taking the closure of their school, which they say was politically motivated, lying down. After losing their case in circuit court, parents filed an appeal to the Virginia Supreme Court. “[Board member] Liz Bradsher was working for political gain, trying to move West Springfield High School up in the queue at Clifton’s expense,” said Kim Farrell, communications director of Friends of Community Schools. “The lower courts did not allow discovery, and there was important discovery parents made via FOIA e-mails.” The earliest the court will hear the appeal is March, Bradsher said. Clifton is slated to close in June. |
Fairfax County is proposing to speed up renovations at 22 public schools by one to two years, but the annual $155 million in county dollars that props up the plan is slated to drop to $130 million in 2013 — just as the first work is scheduled to begin. The school system estimated in 2008 that it would cost $359.5 million to renovate and create additions at 17 schools, but the 2009 costs came out to an unexpected $31.3 million in savings.
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