Author: Parent Data Force
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Six Districts Answered on Oct. 7, and One Cut Its Own Fee to Zero
Westfield, Saugus, Dartmouth, Milton, Wilmington and Wakefield all answered the same settlement-records request on Oct. 7. Two had never replied at all.
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The Supervisor Held Our Wording Unclear: What SPR26/3972 Decides
On Oct. 7 the Supervisor closed our Amesbury appeal against us: our standardized request wording does not reasonably describe the records sought.
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Four More Districts Priced the Same Request: $2,168.70 Combined, and One Arithmetic Error
On Oct. 6 four more Massachusetts districts priced the identical student-settlement-records request. None asked for more time. Three demanded payment before producing anything.
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Three Districts, One Ruling: The Supervisor Caps Attorney Review Fees at $75 an Hour
East Bridgewater, Natick and Quincy each asked the Supervisor of Records for 30 extra business days and an hourly rate three times the statutory cap. Within 24 hours…
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Four Districts, One Day, Four Different Answers: What They Sent, What They Charged, and What We Refused to Publish
On Oct. 6, 2026, four Massachusetts districts answered our identical settlement-records requests on the same day. Two produced records and charged nothing. One produced records and charged for…
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Watertown Sent 59 Settlement Agreements, No Fee: What the Records Show
Watertown sent 59 numbered settlement agreements and no invoice. 33 of the 58 we published are now withdrawn, and the reason is our review, not the district’s.
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$27,550 for 18,900 Pages: Bridgewater-Raynham’s Estimate Is the Largest in the Settlement Records Project
Three districts billed for the same request in the same week, at the same $75 an hour. One district answered the same request with records, and no bill…
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Pages 73 Through 119: East Bridgewater’s 47-Page Blackout and the Record It Says It Does Not Have
Two hundred and forty-seven pages of email came back. Forty-seven of them came back black. A 31-page School Committee letter the District itself identified, acknowledged in writing, and…
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$350 for Six Documents: East Bridgewater’s Second Fee Fight Is Not the Redaction Fight
Same district, same records officer, four months apart — and an entirely different dispute. A $350 estimate, a $75 hourly rate, a 30-day extension justified by a lawyer’s…
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2,243 Pages, 47 of Them Blacked Out: What the Supervisor of Records Decided About East Bridgewater
East Bridgewater produced thirteen PDFs and 2,243 pages of district email. A state supervisor accepted some of the redactions, refused to accept the rest, and closed the missing-record…