[tdadams]

"We are appealing and saying that we believe that we've always complied with the law and that we will continue to do so and that we were complying with the law in this case,"

Welcome to post-Clinton politics. The law is whatever your public relations firm can convince people it is. Insist that the statutes are ambiguous. Fake a little sincerity and, hey, it's all just an innocent mistake.

It's interesting to note the tone of defiance in the highlighted section above. Does this indicate their intention to continue breaking the law, in spite of the rulings and fines against them? Sure sounds like it.

[kcvl]

we are trying to do the work that makes public schools the best they can be

Maybe they should STOP trying. It seems they have FAILED miserably!

[Chad Fairbanks]

Yup... they were nailed on a previous occasion for the same thing, but they 'continued to do so'...