On Wednesday afternoon the Greenwich Board of Selectmen held a special meeting via Zoom to discuss filing a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) commission complaint about the legality of Greenwich Board of Education meetings on Oct 21 and 23.
On Oct 21 the BOE held an emergency meeting and voted in a new Republican member, Jen Behette, to fill the vacancy created by Karen Kowalski’s resignation in July. Present at the emergency meeting were four Democrats and just one Republican of the three remaining on the board. The vote was 4-1. Acting chair Karen Hirsh noted six Republican candidates had been interviewed.
Ms Behette is a former guidance counselor and longtime Greenwich Public Schools PTA volunteer…