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Board declines broad email disclosure after debate over snow-day communications
Summary
Directors debated whether to request cabinet and staff emails to clarify inconsistent snow-day makeup messaging to employees; supporters said it was needed for fact-finding, opponents called it micromanagement and raised privacy and precedent concerns. A motion to require broad disclosure failed.
A board motion to obtain and review communications related to March planning and snow-day makeup prompted a lengthy debate about transparency, employee privacy and board oversight. Director Parente moved to approve the compilation of communications; proponents said staff and employees had received inconsistent messages and the board needed to understand how decisions were made to prevent future confusion.
Opponents described…
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