Springfield School’s superintendent Norm Ridder raised some eyebrows for his statement that some of the lawsuits that cost the district over $340,000 over the last 3 years.
"It really gets into what I would call frivolous in some cases ... people have a right to file a suit but in some cases, it is basically taking advantage of the system," said Ridder, according to the Springfield News-Leader.
The News-Leader felt this statement implied that the lawsuits were not consequential, and that the school system had been “duped” into paying for unreasonable claims.
Without a clear idea of the lawsuit claims, it’s hard to validate or invalidate that, but apropos that vagueness, the News-Leader has offered some ideas for clearing up that quagmire. They believe that more transparency about the claims would help on many fronts. Knowing that a problem has been repaired is important to the community that shoulders that cost. In turn, that accountability from the community may quell some of the less than admirable claims.
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