Baltimore City Public Schools and Jovani Patterson have agreed to resolve all claims raised during litigation that Mr. Patterson filed in 2022. The litigation alleged that City Schools was violating provisions of law, regulations, and policy regarding promotion, attendance, enrollment, and grading. After extensive discovery and a series of court orders limiting the evidence that Mr. Patterson could introduce at trial and denying City Schools’ motion for summary judgment, the parties have entered into a comprehensive settlement. The settlement recognizes City Schools’ commitment to continuous improvement and its substantial progress in the areas of promotion, attendance, enrollment, and grading. Mr. Patterson does not contend that City Schools’ policies in these areas are deficient or that City Schools has failed to comply with its truancy policies and procedures. Going forward for a three-year period, the settlement includes tailored enhancements to currently established public reporting and auditing requirements. These provisions reflect the parties’ shared commitment to assuring that information continues to be publicly available in order to keep the community informed regarding City Schools’ ongoing compliance with policies, procedures, regulations, and the law.
Read the full settlement here: https://5il.co/3105a.