District 65 parents threaten lawsuit over school closure plans
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A group of Evanston/Skokie District 65 parents who are attorneys sent a demand letter to interim Superintendent Eric Witherspoon and the school board Friday evening threatening to sue the school district over the school closure process. At Monday’s school board meeting, District 65 administrators said that despite accidentally overstating spending by millions in their five-year financial projections, they are not making any significant changes to their plan to close Lincolnwood and Dewey elementary schools and cut non-mandated programs. A vote is scheduled for Nov. 9 to approve the budget plan and trigger the state-mandated hearings ahead of official school closure votes. If the vote proceeds Nov. 9, parents will file the suit Nov. 10, said Christopher Grohman, one of the parents who signed the letter. He will be the lead attorney on the lawsuit, should it proceed. (The letter notes that signatories represent only themselves, and not their law firms.) A Colorado judge issued