The battle over Montgomery’s Georgia Washington has now moved to the Supreme Court. A Montgomery County judge ruled that the circuit court had no jurisdiction over a lawsuit calling the sale of the school by interim state superintendent Ed Richardson illegal. State education officials are now weighing their options, after what seems to be a failed attempt to sale the middle…
Ed Richardson Interim State School Supt. Ed Richardson has appealed to the Alabama Supreme Court to allow the sale of Georgia Washington Middle School by Montgomery Public Schools to the town of Pike Road. The Montgomery Co. Circuit Court has blocked the sale in an order issued March 5. The order also involved the closing and sale of other Montgomery…
Ed RichardsonInterim state superintendent Ed Richardson is speaking out after a pending lawsuit against him is calling the approved sale of a Georgia Washington Middle school illegal. The suit filed by the AEA last month, claims it is illegal for anyone other than the Montgomery County School board to sell property in the school system. The case is in its…
Interim state school Supt. Dr. Ed Richardson held a grim news conference this morning, outlining his plan to bring massive changes to Montgomery Public Schools. The changes are designed to fix the school system’s academic and financial problems. The school system is currently under state intervention. To get the system’s finances back on track, Richardson plans to close Chisholm Elementary,…
