Ghiglione v. School Committee of Southbridge

The plaintiffs, three registered voters of the town of Southbridge, challenge the action of the defendant school committee of Southbridge (school committee) in conducting a grievance hearing in closed session as a violation of the open meeting law, G. L. c. 39, §§ 23A-23C.

The school committee conducted a regularly scheduled meeting on December 21, 1976. The meeting was completed and adjourned. The chairperson 2 of the school committee then announced that the committee would take up the matter of a teacher’s grievance relating to the denial of the teacher’s request for a sabbatical leave. 3…