Beltway Area Indymedia

DC Attorney General Linda Singer, in yet another step by the Fenty administration to prevent community input into his 'School Takeover Plan', asked the DC Superior Court to overturn the May 22nd decision of DC's Board of Elections and Ethics to lawfully allow the process for Mary Spencer's proposed referendum measure to continue. The case was assigned to DC Superior Court Judge Superior Court Judge Lynn Leibovitz. The referendum measure would suspend Titles I, IX and X of the DC Public Education 'Reform Act of 2007', stopping the Fenty administration, that seems to have an insatiable desire for the consolidation of power, from transferring control of DC Public Schools from the elected Board of Education to himself and the DC City Council. Many opponents of Mr. Fenty's plan fear that his plan will not benefit the children of DC, as it will lead to the proliferation of charter schools, which continue to drain money from DCPS, and not provide children with educational opportunities. Many also fear that what Mr. Fenty, and others with an interest in the real estate used by the DC Public School System (including Mr. Plagairism himself, Victor Reinoso), truly seek is not educational reform, but control of real estate.

On Tuesday, May 22nd, at 441 4th St NW, the DC Board of Elections and Ethics ruled that the referendum measure proposed by DCPS grandmother, and graduate, Mary Spencer was proper subject matter to be considered for a referendum. Ms. Spencer's proposed referendum would suspend Titles I, IX and X of the DC Public Education 'Reform' Act of 2007 (Mayor Fenty's School Takeover Bill), which would stop the power hungry Mayor Fenty from taking away the powers of the elected Board of Education.