Lodi Superintendent Douglas Petty and the Board of Education Have Undone All Transparency Measures. They No Longer Answer Any Questions at Public Meetings and They Don't Keep a Record of Hearing of Citizens. Therefore, It's Necessary to Submit OPRA Requests Like This Just to Obtain Basic Public Information...

The Lodi Board of Education raised taxes this year as it was receiving millions more in additional state and federal aid. The public has a right to see where the money went. Some of the aid was federal covid relief money.