The Mayfield Central School District issued a statement Wednesday saying that a Freedom of Information Law request sent to the district on Feb. 3 by U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-Schuylerville, was “inadvertently overlooked in the recipient’s email inbox” and the district is now working to comply with an appeal filed by the congresswoman Monday.Stefanik wrote in a social media Facebook post Wednesday that “ ... not responding to a FOIL request is ILLEGAL,” but New York state’s FOIL law does allow local governments and school districts to be in compliance, as long as they answer an appeal within the 10-day time limit,…

MAYFIELD -- About 50 people packed into the Mayfield Central School District Board of Education meeting Tuesday night, many of them hoping to speak their minds about the district's decision to place a pre-K teacher on paid administrative leave, and then reinstate her to her classroom for undisclosed reasons.Those people would leave the meeting disappointed, after the school board decided to adjourn early after several members of the public refused to comply with the state's ongoing indoor mask mandate for school buildings.In a theatrical display, Mayfield resident Jordan Howard refused to put a mask on after Mayfield Superintendent Christopher Harper distributed…