{"id":28091,"date":"2019-01-14T09:22:23","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T14:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=28091"},"modified":"2019-01-14T09:22:23","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T14:22:23","slug":"judge-rules-against-jamestown-and-seven-other-districts-in-small-cities-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/judge-rules-against-jamestown-and-seven-other-districts-in-small-cities-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Rules Against Jamestown and Seven Other Districts in Small Cities Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Court-Gavel.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17327\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/150000-settlement-reached-in-connection-to-2014-case-of-jail-co-having-sex-with-inmate\/court-gavel\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Court-Gavel.png?fit=600%2C384&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,384\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Court Gavel\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Court-Gavel.png?fit=300%2C192&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Court-Gavel.png?fit=600%2C384&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-17327\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Court-Gavel.png?resize=341%2C218&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"341\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Court-Gavel.png?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Court-Gavel.png?resize=300%2C192&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>ALBANY &#8211; The <strong>Jamestown School District<\/strong> &#8211; along with eight others across New York State &#8211; is considering its options following a State Supreme Court decision involving the long and ongoing<strong> Small Cities School lawsuit<\/strong>\u00a0(AKA\u00a0<em>Maisto v. New York<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>According to the <em>Post-Journal<\/em>, the trial judge in the Small Cities school funding case &#8211; <strong>Kimberly O&#8217;Connor<\/strong> &#8211; has ruled against the eight small city school districts &#8211; Jamestown included &#8211; which were suing the state for additional state funding.<\/p>\n<p>The judge\u2019s decision on Friday came after her first decision was unanimously reversed by the state Appellate Division.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B71PsEO3b9xkTENvQXZWRWFseVhJOW9GQzFIQW55S0ZrVWtZ\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ FULL DECISION [PDF]<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In response to the ruling, Jamestown School superintendent <strong>Bret Apthorpe<\/strong> called it another blow to the disenfranchised children of New York state.<\/p>\n<p>Apthorpe said the judge based her decision upon the testimony of state \u201cexperts\u201d who had no experiences with schools in poverty &#8211; adding that Fairly funding our schools will be the only way for our students to have the opportunities our state constitution calls for.<\/p>\n<p>Jamestown &#8211; along with the other parties involved with the lawsuit &#8211; will have the opportunity to appeal the latest ruling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALBANY &#8211; The Jamestown School District &#8211; along with eight others across New York State &#8211; is considering its options following a State Supreme Court decision involving the long and ongoing Small Cities School lawsuit\u00a0(AKA\u00a0Maisto v. 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