Schools
Report: Region 13 One of 'Slowest' to Respond to FOI Request
The Journal Register Company filed Freedom of Information requests in an effort to obtain the contracts of all school superintendents in Connecticut.
It took Regional School District 13 officials nearly three weeks to respond to a Freedom of Information request for Superintendent Susan Viccaro's contract, according to a report in the Middletown Press.
The Journal Register Company, which publishes the newspaper, sent FOI requests to all 149 school districts in the state asking for the contracts of superintendents.
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The report says about half of the school districts responded to the request within the first 24 hours, while District 13 responded after 18 business days.
The requests began after the company initially asked for the superintendent's contract in Torrington. It took the school district four weeks to respond, the report says, even though state law requires a response within four days.
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The company is creating a database of all superintendent contracts.
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