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D.C. teachers hit dead end in court challenge to layoffs

D.C. teachers hit dead end in court challenge to layoffs

D.C. teachers hit dead end in court challenge to layoffs

Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, October 29, 2010; 9:06 PM

The Washington Teachers' Union's legal challenge tothe layoff of 266 educators in October 2009 effectively ended Friday, when a union attorney told a D.C. Superior Court judge that it could find no evidence that Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee contrived a budget crunch to justify the job cuts.

"We didn't find anything that would warrant further briefing," attorney Brenda C. Zwack told Judge Judith Bartnoff.

Last November, Bartnoff denied the union's bid for a preliminary injunction barring the District from firing the 266 educators. She said the union had failed to