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With regard to the first request, the Defendant has a defense to the allegations contained in the Complaint as to Count I, that the records sought are privileged. However, in applying the standard by which the court must consider this Motion to Dismiss, the court must accept the facts as true and favor the non-moving […]

In this EDITORIAL, Malden News Network’s founding editors call on Mayor Christenson and the Malden School Committee to formally publicly and declare there have been no conflicts of interest in the administration of Malden Public School, including outside paid consulting engagements. https://tinyurl.com/3b7dd4nb

In order for our office to examine this, we would need a request from the City of Malden itself. The process for reques@ng a municipal audit, according to the MassachuseAs General Laws, says the request must come “following a majority vote by the board of selectmen or school commiAee that is ra@fied by a special […]

Of course OpenCommonwealth will appeal this response, we will keep you posted.

OpenCommonwealth has requested that multiple Federal and State authorities audit Malden Public Schools financials, is there a greater problem afoot? We have sought Legal Fees through Public Records from multiple districts and will report our findings. We welcome our readers to provide tips and information regarding other districts who may be experiencing similar issues in […]

OpenCommonwealth is requesting that OSEP, the Massachusetts Office of the Inspector General, .the Massachusetts State Auditor and DESE investigate and perform a detailed financial audit of the Malden Public Schools, and specifically the Special Education programs of the Malden Public Schools.

Malden Public Schools legal expenses between 2019 and 2023 have grown on average 250% or two and a half times what they were spending on average in 2016-2018.   Unfortunately, we were unable to get publicly published data from DESE for the years prior to 2019, however we have an outstanding request for 2016-2018. It should […]

Our friends at the Public Schools Data Exchanger recently received a response to a public records request from the Malden Public Schools. In this response, it appears that many public records battles and open meeting law battles the City of Malden finds itself in are being directed to the Assistant Superintendent of Special Education, Ms. […]

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Identity or Status of Requestor  Please note that the reason for which a requestor seeks access to or a copy of a public record does not afford any greater right of access to the requested information than other persons in the general public. The Public Records Law does not distinguish between requestors. Access to a […]