17 Lawrence teachers fight fluency rule By Anand Vaishnav, Globe Staff, 7/25/2003 eventeen Lawrence teachers who failed an English fluency test required by the state's new English immersion law have hired a lawyer to challenge the rule and persuade the district that they should keep their jobs. Attorney Jennifer Rieker met yesterday with Lawrence school officials to try to negotiate a compromise for her clients, a week after four Cambodian-born Lowell teachers filed discrimination complaints over the test, arguing that they were singled out to take it because of their race. In Somerville, at least three teachers who failed the...