Paper Sues Cincinnati Schools Over Secretive Search
The Cincinnati Enquirer has sued the city's school board and its new superintendent over the secretive process by which the superintendent was chosen for the job.
The newspaper filed a federal lawsuit on Oct. 24, alleging that its First Amendment rights were violated when the school board, Superintendent Alton Frailey, the board's search firm, and four unnamed finalists for the post conspired to withhold information about the search. ( "Cincinnati Search: Quick, Quiet, and Controversial," Oct. 2, 2002.)
In a separate action, the newspaper filed a complaint before the Ohio Supreme Court, seeking to compel the district to turn over what it says are public records...
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