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REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER 12 v. TOWN OF BRIDGEWATER (SC 18174)
Rogers, C. J., and Norcott, Palmer, Zarella and McLachlan, Js. Argued May 28--officially released August 4, 2009

Robert M. Shields, Jr., with whom were Wesley W. Horton and Charles W. Bauer, for the appellant (defendant). George J. Kelly, Jr., with whom, on the brief, was Richard D. O'Connor, for the appellee (plaintiff).

Opinion

ROGERS, C. J. The issue in this appeal is whether the modification of the terms of the regional school plan establishing the plaintiff, Regional School District No. 12, to delete a provision whereby the plaintiff's elementary grade levels would remain in their hometown schools, and to add a provision whereby those grade levels would be consolidated into a single school, constitutes an amendment to the plan under General Statutes

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