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Judge: Charter violated rules H. Park school operator in breach of Meetings Act By Shawn D. Lewis The Detroit News Comments . Highland Park - A judge has

ruled that the Highland Park charter schools system is in violation of the state's Open Meetings Act for failing to notify a district board member about

meetings and not releasing other information. Wayne County Circuit Judge Robert J. Colombo Jr. ruled Friday in favor of Highland Park school board secretary

Robert Davis, who filed the lawsuit against the charter system managed by the Leona Group LLC. The judge said the defendants violated the law by failing

to make available minutes of meetings held by the three-member board installed when Leona took over the district's new charter system this past summer.

Colombo said the charter system is to make the meeting minutes available for public inspection at Highland Park Renaissance High School, where the board

meets. The judge also ruled the defendants violated the act by not informing Davis of future public meetings. Davis said his requests for information regarding

public board meetings were consistently ignored. You have certain administrators within the organization who are purposely withholding information," he

said. A spokeswoman for the Leona Group said Monday the charter operator needed to consult its attorney before responding. But she did provide information

about board meeting agendas. The board meeting schedule for the 2012-13 school year, past agendas and minutes through August are now posted to the board

page," said Mary Marshall. Agendas and minutes for September and October will be posted when they are provided to Leona's webmaster, Marshall said. slewis at detroitnews.com

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