Custodial Index of Records:To facilitate closure of this matter and to aid in the cooperation of the parties, I find that the School must provide Mr. Friedman with a custodial index of the records and the basis of the exemption claims for each record or each category of records. Please note that “the Supervisor may […]
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Malden Public Schools MUST without delay:
Provide a custodial index of all 80,000 responsive records. “Accordingly, the School is ordered to provide Mr. Friedman with a custodial index of the records in a manner consistent with this order, the Public Records Law and its Regulations without delay. A copy of the custodial index must be provided to this office. It is […]
Is it the responsibility of a Public School District to verify and validate the educational credentials of its own administration: (Antonietta (‘Toni’) Mertz)?
The Malden Public Schools has yet again failed to provide the educational credentials of its own administration. Ms. Antonietta (‘Toni’) Mertz currently holds a position which has a minimum educational qualification of a masters degree. “Part IV: Minimum Qualifications: 1. Incumbents must have successful experience in working with culturally and linguistically diverse staff members, families […]
Is a Corporation funded only by public monies and run only by public officials a public or private Corporation?
Is a Corporation funded only by public monies and run only by public officials a public or private Corporation?
How far will the City of Malden go to prevent releasing Antonietta (‘Toni’) Mertz Emails? What are they hiding now?
In fact, why does Ms. Mertz have a City of Malden email account to begin with? All of the other Assistant Superintendents only have Malden Public Schools email accounts, Ms. Mertz has BOTH… The request is: “Any and all electronic mail and calendar information exclusively for the [email protected] account including any draft and any deleted […]
Salem Massachusetts releases Antonietta (‘Toni’) Mertz Emails.
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/ienrxs88ubh59t3088w9m/AOatr10UMJGAmRQGzA_a5b4?rlkey=1czqd55lmgkbsi5e1u8mb09z6&dl=0 All of Salem’s public records on Ms. Mertz can be found here: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/x1s1nmv8gr8lmsfmxk4im/AKeeN8EHHUJmCbdmLt-PmaQ?rlkey=d1yvruk2mjhu0wlscn2fr8kq4&dl=0
Is Malden Public Schools continuing to pay Lawyers for Open Meeting Law Complaints and Public Records Requests from Special Education Funds?
Arlington Releases Antonietta (‘Toni’) Mertz Records
The town of Arlington Massachusetts releases records, including email and payments spanning 2016 well into 2024 today. Ms. Mertz made over $100,000.00 in 2016-2019 from Arlington and then mysteriously the payments stopped, however the emails demonstrate that Ms. Mertz was working for Arlington at least into February 2024. All of the records released today can […]
Malden tries AGAIN to silence OpenCommonwealth and AGAIN they fail.
“Based on the information provided in the School’s petition, I find that the School has not demonstrated that the requests are frivolous and not intended for the broad dissemination of information to the public about actual or alleged government activity, as required by G.L.c.66,§10(c).” OpenCommonwealth has tendered the full $1062.00… We are expecting ALL 3403 […]
Never mind the truth.
The City of Malden’s attorney, Felicia Vasudevan, continues to misrepresent the requests and defend shielding public records regarding Antonietta (‘Toni’) Mertz from OpenCommonwealth. Thousands of you are receiving updates on this story and from us and Malden is withholding records from OpenCommonwealth while releasing the same records to other requestors seeking the exact same documents. […]