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Everett schools chief, 10 others indicted By Ralph Ranalli and Anand Vaishnav, Globe Staff, 3/27/2004 Superintendent Frederick F. Foresteire, whose Everett schools were cited by state officials as a shining light of education reform, was among 11 people indicted yesterday by Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly as part of an investigation into bidrigging and illegal kickbacks of school construction and maintenance contracts. Foresteire was charged with one count of receiving stolen property alleging that he had two $1,200 air conditioners installed at his home at the school system's expense, according to a 41-count indictment announced yesterday by Reilly and state Inspector General Gregory W. Sullivan. The indictment also charges 10 other people with involvement in a scheme to illegally profit from more than $552,000 in school construction and maintenance contracts awarded between 1998 and 2003, alleging that bid-rigging and illegal kickbacks were involved in the awarding of at least 63 contracts. Prosecutors said they did not believe that Foresteire was involved in the bid-rigging. "These contractors got around the public bidding laws, secured multiple contracts, and denied the school system the economic benefit of an open and competitive market," Assistant Attorney General Kurt Schwartz said at a press conference yesterday.
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