Town files appeal in Voke suit

The Superior Court allowed the motion to dismiss by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE, formerly the Department of Education) on the complaint filed by the town. The allowance means that the Superior Court has dismissed the case which challenged the funding formula used to determine Dartmouth's Voke assessment. The town has appealed that decision to the Court of Appeals on January 27th.
I disagreed with this decision to appeal since I am certain the state will pursue the case to the highest level. Essentially a win for Dartmouth would overturn the Education Reform Act and throw school funding into chaos. The DESE obviously will go to great length to avoid that. Even if the town did prevail, it is likely, in my opinion, that the General Court would ...

...pass legislation that restores the current funding scheme.
The most the town could hope to gain is the difference in funds between the old formula and the new one for the past few years. While that is not an insubstantial sum, perhaps several million dollars, the cost of the appeals is high as well.
What are your thoughts?