Legal Opinion
Hill v. Fairfax County School Board
Fairfax County Circuit Court
Decided July 13, 2011No. Case No. CL-2011-2345PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
By Judge Leslie M. Alden
The matter came before the Court on a complaint filed by Jill DeMello Hill, seeking mandamus relief against the Fairfax County School Board (“Board”) for violation of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA” or the “Act”), Va. Code § 2.2-3700 et seq. Ms. Hill alleges that the Board violated the Open Meeting provisions of the Act, codified in §§ 2.2-3707, 2.2-3708, by conducting a secret meeting through several e-mail exchanges in the days leading up to its vote to close Clifton Elementary School (“CES”) and by not informing the public that a member was…
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