"Extensive Surveillance:" Fairfield BOE accused of aggressive residency determination tactics

"Extensive Surveillance:" Fairfield BOE accused of aggressive residency determination tactics

The Fairfield, Connecticut, Board of Education (BOE) is facing two lawsuits challenging students’ residency determinations and alleging that district leaders authorized aggressive investigative tactics, including surveilling trash pick-up at houses, monitoring private residences, and following teenagers around after they leave home in the morning. Even if true, however, Residency Investigators, who determine whether a student lives in the school…