Protesting parents seeking to block the planned transfer of two public school principals will have their day in court today, when the case goes before Bermuda’s Supreme Court.The joint application was filed this month by the Parent Teacher Associations at TN Tatem Middle School and Victor Scott Primary.The hearing, calling for a judicial review of the Minister of Education’s decision to move the two principals gets underway at 11am.In a statement released yesterday, both PTA’s expressed “hope that these legal proceedings will serve as a catalyst for the increased role of parents in the educational welfare of their children”.The statement also noted: “This step was taken as a last resort, and will serve to foster an improved relationship between those in the Ministry and those who have the everyday responsibility of protecting the well being of the younger members of their families.”The court will be asked to determine whether the associations “have leave to pursue the matter further”.The court will also be asked to “suspend the Commissioner of Education’s decisions until a final, legal resolution is reached”.This could essentially block the planned transfers “unless and until” the court determines that the PTA’s “combined stance was improperly held”.According to the joint statement, both PTA’s “will argue that the Education Commissioner’s decisions are unlawful because they were made in circumstances not justified by the Education Act 1996”.In many respects the associations deem the decision to move the principals as “unreasonable”, and they contend the Ministry of Education had “an obligation to consult with parents before making a decision of such wide-ranging potential consequence”.Lawyer for the associations Eugene Johnson also released the application to the courts to the media.The 15-page document lists a host of grounds for the hearing challenging the planned transfer of the two school principals.The proposed move will affect some 304 students registered at both schools.More than 100 parents and students of the two schools marched on Parliament on April 27 in protest over the decision to move their principals.