The Stepping Stones Group, LLC v. Amethod Public Schools

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 THE STEPPING STONES GROUP, LLC, Case No. 23-cv-00199-HSG

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

DISMISS

v. Re: Dkt. No. 32 AMETHOD PUBLIC SCHOOLS, Defendant.

Before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion to dismiss Defendant’s Second Amended Counterclaim (“SACC”). Dkt. No. 32. The motion is DENIED. I. BACKGROUND In August 2019, Futures Education of California (“Futures”), a business providing special education teachers, staff, and therapists to schools, entered into an agreement (the “Agreement”) with Amethod Public Schools (“AMPS”), a nonprofit organization that manages and operates California public charter schools. Compl. ¶ 8. Under the Agreement, Futures was to provide education services to AMPS for a fee. On July 21, 2021, AMPS and Futures entered an 19 Addendum to the Agreement, which among other things extended the term of the Agreement.2 20 That same year, Futures “merged” into the Stepping Stone Group (“SSG”) and SSG assumed 21 Futures’ duties and…