The Denver Gazette: An illegal executive session — requested by Denver Public Schools Superintendent Alex Marrero and exposed after a media coalition successfully sued in court — appears to unsheathe the tone for a calculated pattern aimed at skirting Colorado’s open meeting and public information laws, attorneys and supporters of open access to government say.

The latest attempt to shield the district’s inner workings from the public came in the form of a safety report by John Youngquist, president of PrincipalEd Consulting, at the request of Deputy Superintendent Tony Smith.

District officials declined to release the final report.

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