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Parents and committee press for transparency after lawsuit; counsel urges caution
Summary
Parents and at least one committee member urged the Fall River School Committee to publicly address a lawsuit filed by a former employee; corporation counsel said the committee should refrain from public discussion while the matter is pending and that a formal response to the complaint is due soon.
Taylor Perry, a Fall River parent, used the public comment period at the Oct. 20 Fall River School Committee meeting to urge the committee and city leadership to place a lawsuit filed by a former employee on a public agenda and to explain what steps are being taken to ensure compliance with Massachusetts open-meeting law. Perry read a prepared statement saying the lawsuit’s absence from committee agendas “is deeply concerning” and cited “Massachusetts open meeting law chapter 30 section 20.”
Committee member Colin Dias said he and other members had repeatedly asked the chair to place…
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