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Friday, June 15, 2012

Berthiaume out of secret union contracts meetings

Closed meetings to discuss the union contracts?  When?  Where? Minutes?  (Yes, even closed meetings need minutes under the Maryland Open Meetings Act.)

Thank you Laura Berthiaume for once again speaking up about what Open Government SHOULD look like.  

Looks like MCPS under Superintendent Starr is pushing the Board of Education even further away from compliance with the Maryland Open Meetings Act.  Tweet that. 

...While board members have been discussing the pending contracts in closed sessions, Berthiaume said she could not make those meetings and was not part of the conversation until Thursday...
 ...Board member Philip Kauffman (At-large) of Olney did not vote on the contract with the teachers’ union.Board member Michael A. Durso (Dist. 5) of Silver Spring was not present Thursday...

2 comments:

  1. Hi Janis, Please check the Gazette link, because it didn't work for me! I did find the article at this URL: http://www.gazette.net/article/20120614/NEWS/706149748/1022/school-board-member-speaks-out-about-union-contracts-minutes-before&template=gazette

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