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Superintendent of Schools, Oxford Public |
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The above-captioned matter was scheduled to be heard as a contested
case on October 4 and December 13, 1999, at which times the complainant and
the respondents appeared in order to present testimony and argument on the
complaint.
At an informal conference prior to the October 4, 1999 hearing, the respondents furnished to the complainant three records that were responsive to the complainant’s request and agreed to request further records on behalf of the complainant from the relevant bus company.
At an informal conference prior to
the December 13, 1999 hearing, the complainant and the respondents reached the
terms of an agreement in resolution of this contested case. The respondents
agreed that the bus driver who was the subject of the records request would be
transferred to another route upon her return from medical absence to active
service. Based upon this representation, the complainant informed the
Commission that she wished to withdraw her complaint.
The Commission commends both the complainant and the respondents for
working successfully to negotiate a non-litigated settlement of their earlier
Freedom of Information differences, and urges them to consider a similar
course of conciliation as they attempt to resolve other educational issues not
related to the Freedom of Information Act.
The following order by the Commission is hereby recommended on the
basis of the record concerning the above-captioned complaint:
1. The complaint is hereby
dismissed.
Approved by Order of the Freedom of Information Commission at its regular meeting of
January 26, 2000.
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Melanie R. Balfour
Acting Clerk of the Commission
PURSUANT TO SECTION 4-180(c), G.S., THE FOLLOWING ARE THE NAMES OF EACH PARTY AND THE MOST RECENT MAILING ADDRESS, PROVIDED TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMISSION, OF THE PARTIES OR THEIR AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE.
THE PARTIES TO THIS CONTESTED CASE ARE:
Lina Murphy
Four Silano Road
Oxford, CT 06478
Superintendent of Schools, Oxford Public Schools; Principal, Quaker Farms School,
Oxford Public Schools; and Oxford Public Schools
c/o Atty. David J. Kelly
Durant, Nichols, Houston, Mitchell & Sheahan, PC
1057 Broad Street, PO Box 351
Bridgeport, CT 06601-0351
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Melanie R. Balfour
Acting Clerk of the Commission
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