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Community members urge investigation after alleged FOIA-linked retaliation and call to keep district's ceasefire resolution
Summary
Multiple public commenters at the Ann Arbor Public Schools board meeting urged the board to investigate alleged harassment tied to a public-records request and urged retention and implementation of a January ceasefire resolution after reports that a school counselor used an Islamophobic slur toward a student.
Community members used the public-comment period at the Ann Arbor Public Schools board meeting to call for immediate inquiry and protected public-records rights after what several speakers described as retaliatory harassment.
Laura Pasek, who said she has written about the district for the Detroit Jewish News, told trustees she was “appalled to hear that a member of our community was threatened, seemingly in retaliation for her organization's support for new leadership on the board.” Pasek said the threat referenced filing a public-records request and added, “No one should ever be threatened or face retaliation for exercising their First Amendment right, including public-records requests.”
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