Hale v. Washington County School Board

This appeal involves an interpretation of The Virginia Freedom of Information Act, Code § 2.1-340, et seq. (the Act). The specific question is whether an administrative request for minutes or other records is a condition precedent to judicial remedies under the Act.

*78On March 15, 1988, Raynard T. Hale, then the Superintendent of Schools of Washington County (the Superintendent),1 attended a meeting of the Washington County School Board (the Board). During the meeting a motion was made, seconded, unanimously carried, and recorded in the minutes as follows:

“A motion was made that the'Board only…