FCPS FOIA: Blankingship & Keith February 23, 2021, Invoices
Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS), Virginia, has been a client of law firm Blankingship & Keith for decades.
This record includes over 100 pages of invoices dated February 23, 2021, covering work Blankingship & Keith did between October 2020 and January 2021.
The invoices indicate Blankingship & Keith performed work related to the following:
- "possible regulation of advocates"
- "auditor response letter"
- "review and comment on media talking points"
- "new regulations re restraint and seclusion"
- "corrective action plans for IEEs"
- "e-mails from staff re JW reading program"
- "Conf call with Ms. Stack, Ms. Schaefer and other FCPS staff re use of Just Words"
- "Participate in conference with Client and John Cafferky re: next steps/defense recommendations on reading programs re: recent hearing officer decisions"
- "numerous e-mails from Mr. King, client re alleged confidentiality breaches"
- "E-mail from and to Mr. King re confidentiality breach in DPH he is handling re production of documents"
- "Conference call with Client re: FERPA disclosure inquiry; conduct research on same in order to advise Client/provide defense recommendations"
- civil claims
- Office for Civil Rights complaint
- due process hearings
- staff dismissal
- EER overflow investigations
- general and student-specific special education issues