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• On the article D86 President to Dianne Barrett: Pay the District Back

  SubaruSuzie

  12:41 pm on Saturday, November 26, 2011

  I agree with Samantha. More school board members should be like Dianne Barrett and take an active role in ensuring that our children's education is taken seriously. Dianne clearly cares about the quality of education our children recieve and by asking for records merely wanted to make sure that the Special Education program was the best that it could be. Mr. Brennan should be commending not condemning Dianne.

  I cannot believe that the Court has allowed the district to hide behind its partial compliance with the applicable Illinois laws. Somehow by giving her some, but not all the documents they have met their burden. That's like me ordering a hamburger and McDonald's only giving me the bun and a tomato! That she recieved some records and not others completely missed the point. Dianne is a school board member and as such should a right to access ANY and ALL documents related to her duties as a school board member. The burden should not be on her to show what she hopes to find in a document she has not read! Let's not forget that as a school board member, she is required to keep private information private.

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• On the article DuPage Judge Rules Against Barrett in D86 Records Dispute

  SubaruSuzie

  12:41 pm on Saturday, November 26, 2011

  I agree with Govt Watchdog. More school board members should be like Dianne Barrett and take an active role in ensuring that our children's education is taken seriously. Dianne clearly cares about the quality of education our children recieve and by asking for records merely wanted to make sure that the Special Education program was the best that it could be. Mr. Brennan should be commending not condemning Dianne.

  And as for the privacy concerns a few commentors seem to share, let's not forget that as a school board member, Dianne is required to keep private information private.

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