In February 2022, I submitted an OPRA request for
settlement that appeared on an agenda. I had no idea what it was for or who it
involved. I just wanted to see if public
funds were used to pay off someone. I
received the following response from the Board office:
“Good Morning,
Attached please find the items you requested from your OPRA request received on 2/28/2022.
As per item #4 on your request, this is a confidential agreement involving a student and is not considered a public document.”
I just looked at the initial OPRA request. It appears the settlement was an Employee Settlement and Release.
Something is not right. Giacobbe took great measures to hide something.
This follows a pattern with Matthew Giacobbe. Look at the language that Matthew Giacobbe used in a separate Employee Settlement dated March 6, 2020.
Just because Matthew
Giacobbe wants to keep Settlements confidential does not make them confidential. Matthew Giacobbe is clear violator of the Open
Public Records Act. He uses his OPRA violations
as a money-maker.
