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Parents and residents ask board to strengthen ethics disclosure after text-message records
Summary
Public speakers cited text messages obtained through public-records requests and urged the Sycamore board to require conflict disclosures and follow up on findings from an investigation; callers asked for timelines and transparency on disciplinary steps involving a board member.
Several residents and parents used the board’s public-comment time to press for stronger ethics and disclosure practices after public-records requests showed text exchanges among board members during a September meeting.
Brad Comerford, who said he obtained text-message records via a public-records request, told the board that a text from a board member contained the single word “fake” and was sent during a September 18 meeting while another speaker was addressing the board. “This raises several questions in my mind,” Comerford said, asking why the exchange was not disclosed during the subsequent investigation and whether board members had fully reported the messages to investigators.
Other public speakers echoed concerns about impartiality and transparency. Dee…
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