Associated Press - November 1, 2009 1:45 PM ET

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A group of residents that alleges the Verdigre school board repeatedly violated open meetings laws before pushing for a school bond issue has taken its case to the Nebraska Supreme Court.

The group of 27 Knox County residents asserts that the Verdigre Public Schools board violated the state's open meetings law in its quest to get approval of the $3.8 million school bond issue last November.

The group's lawsuit says the board posted notice that it would hold a meeting in March 2008 "for school board members only." The lawsuit also alleges there were at least six secret meetings that included five or more of the board members between April and August 2008 without notice, an agenda or public participation.

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