Lexington Man Exposes School District for Intentionally Overestimating Costs of Public Records - The Boston Globe

Lexington man exposes school district for intentionally overestimating costs of public records - The Boston Globe

“Hopefully, when I let them know the cost, they will not want to do it," an official wrote in an email.

A Muzzle for the Lexington schools, caught trying to run up the tab for a public records request

The Lexington Minuteman would not approve. Photo (cc) 2022 by Dan Kennedy. Kyle York had a simple request. He asked the school department in Lexington, Massachusetts, to provide him with public records in order to bolster his request that the system provide support services for his daughter, who has dyslexia. But thanks to the state’s notoriously weak public records law, school officials were able to stonewall him by demanding fees that were gro…