Chronicle Editorial: Why does the Croton-Harmon school district waste taxpayer funds on expensive FOIL searches rather than simply answer direct questions?

The district's disdain for Freedom of the Press and simple transparency is costing time, resources, and public funds.

One thing school should be: Transparent and responsive to requests for information.

This past July, the Chronicle published an editorial entitled “Croton-Harmon school district's disdain for the First Amendment costs staff time and taxpayer money.” In it, we gave the history of the Croton-Harmon school district’s refusal to answer often very straightforw…