The Montgomery County Board of Education (BOE) released a statement regarding the release of the redacted Jackson-Lewis Investigation Report. In a Thursday afternoon tweet, the Board of Education stated that the redacted report can be found on the Board’s website. As of press time at 3:30pm, we have been unable to find it on the website, but it can be accessed at this link. The (BOE) statement can be seen below:
“We believe that restoring trust with our staff and community is of utmost importance and it is our hope that by releasing this report, which is redacted to protect the right of our employees, will be a step toward a renewed belief in the integrity of our public-school system.
We are bound by the Maryland Public Information Act, which while being a law intended to ensure public access to documents, explicitly excepts personnel records. That we will comply with what is expected of under this law is a given, but we have also heard from our staff and our community that access to a copy of the Jackson-Lewis report outlining the facts surrounding the promotion and appointment of the principal is essential in restoring trust in our school system. We have tried to balance these interests by releasing the redacted report that complies with the Maryland Public Information Act.
We will not be releasing a redacted version of the exhibits as that information contains personally identifiable information of staff and personnel. Releasing that information would result in a document with blacked out pages because of the amount of personally identifiable information found within those exhibits.”
BOE statement regarding the release of the redacted Jackson-Lewis Investigation Report. The redacted report can be found on the Board's website. pic.twitter.com/0Jj2D6PWHl
— Moco BOE (@mocoboe) October 12, 2023