Vigilance is needed in maintaining public records law The Warwick school scandal is a vivid and timely reminder that Rhode Island’s public records law — which aims to protect both public access and individual privacy rights — is essential to good governance and needs to be regularly clarified and updated to meet ever-changing challenges. At a special School Committee meeting last May, the Providence lawyer Vincent F. Ragosta Jr., who has handled public sector disciplinary matters for over three decades, delivered a scathing appraisal of the Warwick district’s former top administrators in their dealings with parents who had complained about a junior high school science teacher. On Monday, ... Continue reading... http://www.thewesterlysun.com/news/...needed-in-maintaining-public-records-law.html
