The Denver Gazette: Cherry Creek School District hired an outside law firm to investigate former Superintendent Chris Smith and his wife, former Human Resources Chief Brenda Smith, but officials are withholding records that would reveal how much taxpayers spent on the investigation.

On May 15, The Denver Gazette requested under the Colorado Open Records Act the investigation into Brenda Smith — who was placed on paid administrative leave before being terminated earlier this month — as well as any “invoices, billing records, or payment records related to the investigation.”

Caitlin Holzfaster, the district’s records custodian, requested a seven-day extension on the day the records were due but did not identify the statutory basis for the extension.

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