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School committee votes to ask counsel for an executive summary after BRG investigation; legal privacy concerns cited
Summary
After extended public debate, the Pittsfield School Committee asked legal counsel to prepare an executive-summary-style public statement about outside BRG investigations, following counsel's advice that full reports may violate privacy statutes and harm witnesses.
The Pittsfield School Committee voted to ask its legal counsel to draft a public executive summary describing the process and conclusions from outside investigations conducted by Bulkley, Richardson & Gelinas (BRG), after heated debate about whether the committee should release BRG's full reports.
Why it mattered: The committee received public pressure to release the BRG reports in full. Committee members and counsel raised legal and prudential objections, saying full release could violate privacy statutes and expose witnesses to harassment.
What the committee decided: Mayor Marchetti…
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