Denver Public Schools Superintendent Alex Marrero argued during a discussion of the request-for-proposal process that the board’s policy allowing independent counsel conflicts with district policy designating him as its sole employee.
The new policy was in response to Marrero’s early contract extension in May, which was filtered through the district’s general counsel, Aaron Thompson. Thompson reports to Marrero.
As previously reported by The Denver Gazette, legal experts have said the school board may have run afoul of Colorado’s open meetings law by channeling discussions about Marrero’s contract extension through Thompson and a secret, two-member committee…