PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The City Council has again asked the School Committee for a redacted version of the 2025 Pittsfield High School investigative report. 

This time, it is sent to an almost-all-new panel that largely expressed a need for increased transparency around the report during last year's election.  

On Tuesday, Ward 6 Councilor Dina Lampiasi and Ward 7 Councilor Katherine Moody's petition urging the School Committee release the report with needed redactions was approved. School Committee member Ciara Batory has submitted the same request for Wednesday's meeting. 

Five past and present PHS staff members were investigated for alleged misconduct, and allegations were found to be "unsupported," according to executive summaries released by the former committee. 

Moody said the handling of this report has caused "such massive damage" to public trust. 

"I would argue that the damage done to our community by handling this so poorly far outweighs the possibility of lawsuits on a very carefully and well-redacted report that needs to be released to the public," she added. 

"I've been shouting this from the rooftop for far too long, and now I finally have a podium to shout from. So there you go, release the report." 

The district launched a more than $150,000 investigation at the end of 2024 after a Pittsfield High dean of students, Lavante Wiggins, was arrested and charged by the U.S. Attorney's Office for allegedly conspiring to traffic large quantities of cocaine in Western Massachusetts.