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Inquirer (partially) wins disclosure request on Ackerman bonus | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

Inquirer (partially) wins disclosure request on Ackerman bonus | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

Inquirer (partially) wins disclosure request on Ackerman bonus

by Dale Mezzacappa on Jul 07 2010
The Inquirer filed a request with the state Office of Public Records to see the the criteria used to award Superintendent Arlene Ackerman a $65,000 bonus. It also sought a copy of the evaluation itself.
Late last week, it won a partial victory. The state ruled that the criteria must be made public, but not the evaluation itself.
The School Reform Commission argued that the information is