Nicole Solas. Photo: Facebook
A school committee in Rhode Island is threatening to sue a woman for filing what they said were 160 separate public records requests. However, the parent argues under state law the filings constitute just one, as they were filed within a 30 day period.
Now, the South Kingstown mother of a kindergartner, Nicole Solas, is firing back. The Town of South Kingstown initially demanded a nearly $10,000 bill for records retrieval related to her request for information about the school district’s implementation of “critical race and gender curriculum.”
On Wednesday night, the South Kingstown School Committee will meet, with one of the agenda items listed as “Discussion/Action: filing lawsuit against Solas to challenge filing of over 160 APRA requests.”GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST
SK School Committee Chair Emily Cummiskey. Photo: Twitter
The Chair of the South Kingstown School Committee is blasting the more than 200 public records requests made by Nicole Solas which is the subject of discussion for a potential lawsuit by the body against Solas at Wednesday s School Committee meeting.
As GoLocal reported on Wednesday, Solas argued under state law the filings constitute just one, as her requests for information about the school district’s implementation of “critical race and gender curriculum.” were filed within a 30 day period. More than 200 APRA requests have been filed by a single individual in just the last few weeks alone, demanding more than 300 hours of our District s time to these records requests, time that should be dedicated to keeping our schools running successfully, said Committee Chair Emily Cummiskey.
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