School Committee argues those text messages don't change anything
By Reporter Staff Reporter Staff A School Committee lawyer argued Tuesday that leaving out the "Westie whites" exchange from text messages handed over to the Globe and a woman who turned out to be a secret member of the parents group suing over exam-school admissions was an innocent mistake, not part of some nefarious scheme to hide racial hatred by School Committee members. In a motion asking a federal judge not to re-open the case, the committee's outside lawyer, Kay Hodge, added that even if those texts had been included in response to public-records requests, it's hardly proof of racial b...