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Thursday, December 29, 2011

Montgomery schools officials seek reprieve for open meetings reprimand

Gazette:  Body president: State ruling could affect use of citizen groups
After being chastised by the state over how they searched for a new superintendent, Montgomery school system officials are asking for a do-over... 
...Activists Paula Bienenfeld, Rosanne Hurwitz and Louis Wilen complained to the compliance board in April that the school system should let members of the general public into meetings of a citizens’ committee during which candidates were interviewed. They also said the school board did not properly publicize the board’s decision to create that committee, since it failed to release minutes from three meetings in December 2010 and March.In a July 26 opinion, the compliance board sided with the residents, stating that the board should have decided in public to create a citizens’ committee to interview and consider candidates...

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