An Open Meetings Act (OMA) lawsuit against the Barrington School Committee for unlawfully meeting in closed session to discuss the merits of instituting a mandatory breathalyzer policy for all students attending school dances. The lawsuit was later expanded to include the further charge that the school committee, by using “vague boilerplate terminology, … routinely fails to specify the nature of the business to be discussed on public agendas,” and has also failed to provide adequate public notice of some of its meetings.
