A&A: Are school district “fact-finding” committee meetings public?
Q: One of the school districts I cover is considering closing a school. At first the superintendent announced they were closing a school at a board meeting, but after a huge amount of public uproar he backpedaled and said there would be public hearings before a decision is made. The district has set up a fact-finding committee to look at things like declining enrollment numbers in the area, fiscal impact and the impact on academic