The Connecticut Freedom of Information Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to rule that the Greenwich Board of Education’s October 21, 2024 meeting was illegal and that the appointment made during that meeting is “null and void.”

The decision concludes a yearlong dispute over the board’s so-called “emergency meeting,” which the Commission determined violated state law. In its findings, the FOIC said the board’s Democratic leadership failed to provide proper public notice, acted in bad faith, and denied residents their legal right to transparency and participation.

“The Freedom of Information Commission unanimously ruled that the Board of Education’s October 21, 2024 meeting was illegal and that the appointment they tried to make that day was null and void,” First Selectman Fred Camill

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