Attorneys for the management company of a Mount Auburn charter school on Tuesday announced plans to sue the school's board of trustees.

        Their goal is to keep the nearly 650-student Sabis International School open under the company, Cincinnati Education Management LLC, an affiliate of Minnesota-based Sabis Educational Systems Inc.

        During a rally to save the 2-year-old elementary school Tuesday afternoon, parents and students said they are upset that the school's board voted last year to terminate a contract with the school's management company. The contract ends June 14.

        Sabis attorney William A. Sherman II of Cincinnati-based Dinsmore & Shohl said his clients are exploring options for the lawsuit, including breech of fiduciary responsibility and breech of contract by the board.

        The suit is expected to be filed Friday in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court.

        “That's fine,” said Charles Wallner, agent for the four-member volunteer school board. “It doesn't matter which court they file in, it'll be found to have no basis.”

        Mr. Wallner said the board will now be able to see documents the trustees haven't been able to obtain from the company.

        Parents say the board's decision not to renew the contract leaves them with little alternative in choosing a school, other than a neighborhood public school.

        “I feel my children are learning more and the staff is wonderful,” said parent Kendra Lane of Evanston, whose two daughters attend Sabis.

        In question is whether board members can secure another management company and, possibly, a new building by year's end. The building is rented by the board from the management company.

        In a lawsuit filed in March in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court, the board sued to have the school closed, saying the management company was improperly profiting from the nonprofit school.

        Many parents and students say they're happy with the curriculum Sabis is providing.

        Board members now say they want a new management company. In April, they sued in U.S. District Court in Columbus alleging fraud and corruption, saying the state failed to properly audit and assist the school.

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