Article in Fosters today covering Durham resident David Taylor's disagreement with the school board:
Resident to pursue suit against OR School Board: Believes there is more information he hasn't received
By RONI REINO
rreino@fosters.com
Tuesday, August 16, 2011DURHAM — Although the Oyster River Cooperative School District says it has complied with a Right to Know request, the former school board member who filed a suit earlier this month claims there is more information that isn't being provided.
Durham resident David Taylor issued paperwork at Strafford County Superior Court earlier this month after School Board Chair Henry Brackett failed to respond to his request for records about meetings held earlier this year. Although Brackett has since complied and sent Taylor the requested information, Taylor said there must be more information the district is holding back.
Taylor had requested "all records of communication" from Jan. 1 of this year involving the School Board members, other government officials, school officials and anyone else regarding requests for non-meetings.
Over the last few months, the district has had turnover of three top positions — superintendent, director of instruction and high school principal. At meetings, the board has listened to multiple complaints from community members stating they had an agenda and were not providing open discussion with the community.
Information released indicates Brackett had been holding conversations with lawyers about the termination of former Superintendent Howard Colter as early as March 24. Colter was bought out of his contract in early June.
Taylor claims the board has failed to inform the public of alleged meetings held just before the buyout of the superintendent's contract. The reason for the buyout has still not been unveiled to the public, and Taylor has said people want answers.
"In recent months, the Board has repeatedly violated the tenets of RSA 91-A, has actively avoided compliance with RSA 91-A: 2 and RSA 91-A: 3, and has pursued a hidden agenda that is destructive to the high quality of education expected by the citizens of Durham, Madbury, Lee," Taylor wrote.
See also:
August 14, 2011 — Fosters Opinion: OR School Board can still make it rightAugust 5, 2011 — Former Board Member David Taylor Sues ORCSD board
It sounds like he doesn't have anything better to do then work on discrediting this board. In my opinion, it seems like he's out to destroy the board all because he's not on it. He is abusing the Right to Know law and using it as megaphone to let the people know that he still exists. It doesn't surprise me that there was no rush to get him all those emails. If I were being nagged by bully to show him my past homework, I'm not really going to speed the process up just to make the kid happy. Now that the request has been fulfilled, he still continues to pursue the suit because it's not what he wanted? Mr. Taylor is continuing to waste the time and money of the community's tax dollars. Perhaps a petition to stop Mr. Taylor from wasting everyone's time is in order?
ReplyDeleteBy the way...here is the link to the petition site for anyone to create any kind of petition they'd like. It seems to be a popular thing to do...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.ipetitions.com
About two years ago, David Taylor (then a board member) accused the board chair of illegal activities during the forming of the strategic plan oversight committee. When the chair tried to move forward and go back to the action items of the meeting instead of derailing the board into a corrosive argument, he stormed out in protest.
ReplyDeleteSee this link:
http://vimeo.com/4781638