Pa. Court Backs Private Management of Wilkinsburg School
School-privatization supporters in Wilkinsburg, Pa., last week hailed a state supreme court ruling that allows a Nashville company to continue to run an elementary school in the Pittsburgh suburb.
The state's high court ruled 4-2 on Oct. 27 to allow Alternative Public Schools Inc. to continue managing Turner Elementary School. The court also lifted a preliminary injunction and dropped contempt proceedings against the school district, and sent the lawsuit challenging the district's contract with the company back to a lower court.
The Wilkinsburg school board's agreement with APS to run Turner Elementary has generated storms of protest in the 1,900-student district. The company angered local teachers and some residents when it replaced all of the school's teachers with its own candidates drawn...
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