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Parent urges board to reject budget increase for legal fees and fulfill FOIA request
Summary
During public comment at the New Haven School District Board of Education meeting, parent Ashley Stockton asked the board to oppose an amendment increasing funds for legal services and said a city FOIA request for legal-fee accounting remains unanswered after 215 days.
Ashley Stockton, a New Haven resident and parent of two New Haven Public School students, asked the Board of Education to record a public request that city leaders respond to a pending Freedom of Information Act request and urged board members to vote against Amendment 8.01, a budget revision to increase legal-services spending.
Stockton said Amendment 8.01 would raise the district—s allocation for the law firm Shipman & Goodwin to $250,000, a $150,000 increase that…
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