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Chief Justice Evan Jenkins hears arguments on the first day of the state Supreme Court’s Spring 2021 term. (Photo Provided)
CHARLESTON The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals heard argument Tuesday in a case brought by the state’s first charter school applicant after two county boards of education denied its application.
The West Virginia Academy, a proposed charter school for the Monongalia and Preston County areas by West Virginia University professors, sued the West Virginia Board of Education for not stepping in after the boards of education in those counties allegedly ignored timelines and denied the charter school application.
West Virginia justices evaluate whether first charter school should have gotten go-ahead By
May 4, 2021 - 2:52 pm
WV Supreme Court, left to right, Justice Beth Walker, Justice John Hutchison, Chief Justice Evan Jenkins, Justice Bill Wooton and Justice Tim Armstead (J. Alex Wilson - Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia)
West Virginia Supreme Court justices are deciding whether the state’s first charter school application should have been approved by default, whether it fell through cracks in the newly-established process and if there would even be enough time now to get the school up and running for next fall.
Justices heard oral arguments this morning in a lawsuit challenging the rejection of the state’s first charter school applicant, West Virginia Academy, which last year proposed a new school serving Monongalia and Preston counties.