S.C. Supreme Court says superintendent search should have been open
A school district violated the state's
Freedom of Information Act by not releasing information on the finalists for a
superintendent job, the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled Monday.
"FOIA must be construed so as to make it possible for citizens to learn and
report fully the activities of public officials," Justice Costa Pleicones wrote
in an unanimous opinion.
The (Spartanburg) Herald-Journal sued the Spartanburg District 7 School
District in 2003 after the district refused to release information on the
finalists for the job.
Read the full story in the Charlotte Observer