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SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF LOWELL v. VONG OUNG

No. 07-P-184.

72 Mass. App. Ct. 698 (2008)

SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF LOWELL v. VONG OUNG & others.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

September 25, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Hall for the plaintiff.

James L. Messenger for the defendant.

Christopher DeMayo & Jeffrey S. Strom, for Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law of the Boston Bar Association & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: GELINAS, SMITH, & SIKORA, JJ.

SIKORA, J.

In October of 2003 the superintendent of the Lowell public schools terminated three teachers for "failure to demonstrate fluency in English." None of the teachers had been born in the United States: Vong3 Oung and Vandy Duch grew up in Cambodia, and Pedro Espada in Puerto Rico. The School Committee of Lowell (Committee) now appeals from the judgment of the Superior Court confirming...

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