Olympia School District fined $14,000
Published 2:28 pm Friday, October 14, 2011
OLYMPIA — A Thurston County judge has ordered the Olympia School District to pay $14,000 for withholding a public record.
Superior Court Judge Paula Casey ruled in August that the district violated the Washington Public Records Act by failing to disclose a draft letter to an attorney during
litigation on behalf of the family of a 6-year-old girl who was molested by a school bus driver.
The Olympian reported that the judge ordered the district Wednesday to pay the money to Tacoma lawyer Darrell Cochran. He is seeking $2.25 million from the district for the family of the 6-year-old.
District spokesman Ryan Betz said Thursday that the district mistakenly did not include the draft letter among the 544 pages originally provided to Cochran after he filed a lawsuit.
