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Not satisfied with a recent appeals court ruling, the Beaumont Independent School District will take their case to the Texas Supreme Court and argue that it should not have to pay a plaintiff's attorney's fees.
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McKeithen After a year of consideration, the Texas Ninth Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court's ruling awarding attorney's fees to the Beaumont Heritage Society, who unsuccessfully fought to stop the destruction of South Park Middle School.
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Demolition of South Park Middle School began in April. Although the Beaumont Independent School District began bulldozing South Park Middle School in April, the district is still petitioning the Ninth District Court of Appeals to reverse an order prohibiting it from using money from the 2007 bond election.
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The Beaumont Independent School District can carry on with discussions about possibly building a hotel and events center -- a speculative $50 million project -- near its new football stadium, thanks to a local judge's Nov. 8 ruling.
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Hoping to stop the Beaumont Independent School District from constructing a hotel and events center near its new football stadium, three locals filed an injunction request in Jefferson County District Court.
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Demolition of South Park Middle School began on April 2. Even though demolition of South Park Middle School began on April 2, the battle between the Beaumont Independent School District and residents who fought to preserve the campus lingers on in the Ninth District Court of Appeals.
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After a nine-month legal battle, demolition of South Park Middle School began on April 2. On Good Friday, a massive backhoe crushed the front steps leading up to South Park Middle School, ending a nine month struggle between the Beaumont Independent School District and residents who wished to preserve the 87-year-old campus.
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At the request of the Beaumont Heritage Society and local "Greenie" Eddie Estilette, the judge who presided over the legal battle to stop the razing of South Park Middle School modified his ruling March 31 to include several finding of facts.
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Following a Thursday morning hearing to enter final judgment, both the Beaumont Independent School District and the Beaumont Heritage Society are contemplating appealing a local judge's ruling on the fate of South Park Middle School.
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For months, graduates of South Park High School waited in suspense while Judge Bob Wortham mulled over the fate of their old school building.
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Before he concluded a permanent injunction hearing to stop South Park Middle School from being razed, Judge Bob Wortham urged both parties to find a compromise before he ruled.
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In two weeks, the Beaumont Independent School District will have an opportunity to convince appellate justices that a lower court erred in enjoining the district from razing South Park Middle School.
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Forcing the Beaumont Independent School District to comply with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Jerry Jordan, editor for The Examiner, sought and received a temporary restraining order stopping the district from holding a board meeting last Thursday.
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Nostalgic South Park graduates will see their former school stand for at least a few more months, as Judge Bob Wortham has granted the Beaumont Heritage Society's request for a temporary injunction.
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A hearing over the future of South Park Middle School is attended by those who want to save the building as well as those who want to see it replaced. Every "intelligent tax payer" living in Beaumont should be "offended" that the school district wants to raze a structurally-sound building and replace it with a more expensive facility, said one local engineer at a recent hearing.
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Local residents hoping the courts will intervene and stop the demolition of South Park Middle School will have to wait a little longer for an outcome, as a hearing on the matter slated for Tuesday, July 14, has been reset.
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Citizens gathered at South Park Middle School on July 1 to protest the demolition of the 86-year-old school. The Beaumont Heritage Society filed for a temporary restraining while it works preserve the building.
Hoping to save South Park Middle School from being bulldozed, the Beaumont Heritage Society filed and obtained a temporary restraining order Wednesday, July 1.
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Michael Truncale Beaumont attorney Michael Truncale has been named to the board of regents of his alma mater.