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Legal counsel reviews ethics, open‑meeting and public‑records obligations for new school committee members
Summary
School committee counsel walked members through required ethics and conflict-of-interest training, Open Meeting Law rules about deliberations and quorums, and public‑records obligations — urging members to use official district email addresses and to return acknowledgment forms.
Attorney Melissa Murray, representing the school committee, delivered the meeting's informational item summarizing legal requirements for elected members. She told the committee that conflict-of-interest training is required when a member first takes office and every two years thereafter, and that members must sign and return acknowledgment forms confirming they reviewed the materials. Murray pointed committee members…
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