Fairfax County Public School Lawyer bcc’d on Email Between Teacher and Student; Why?

Dear Taxpayers:

Does anyone think it a good use of taxpayer money to bcc Fairfax County Public School (FCPS) lawyers on emails as benign as:

1) an email from a teacher to her student, about an assignment; and

2) an email from an IEP case manager introducing herself to the student’s family?

About three dozen emails, spanning this past year, have been uncovered, with bcc’s to Blankingship & Keith attorneys Wesley Allen and/or John Cafferky.

As of 2018, John Cafferky’s billing rate was $295/hour and Wesley Allen’s was $245/hour.

Do we really need to pay $4-to-$5 a minute for lawyers to read emails, when there are greater needs within the school system?

These e-mails aren’t related to litigation.

Not that it makes a difference, but these emails aren’t related to a student in trouble, with perhaps disciplinary issues, either.

The student simply has parents who advocate for him, and for his special education rights.