PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The City Council doesn't want promises of transparency around the Pittsfield High School investigation to be backtracked.

On Tuesday, it urged the School Committee to release a public summary of the findings from the independent investigation into staff misconduct at PHS. Councilors reported that they have been left in the dark along with the general public, so much so that Ward 1 Councilor Kenneth Warren submitted a public records request.

"I want to be clear that we on the council haven't received a secret briefing on what happened. We are being left in the dark, too. It's not acceptable," Ward 6 Councilor Dina Lampiasi said.

"We're all concerned, and we can do it differently."

Earlier this month, school officials requested a recap of the process and, if possible, the findings of Bulkley Richardson & Gelinas' investigation triggered by allegations against two administrators who have since been cleared by an outside investigation.

The district's legal counsel has reportedly advised against releasing the report even though officials pledged transparency when the scandal arose.

Councilor at Large Earl Persip III, who submitted the petition, admitted that he is 50/50 "at best" about his child attending Pittsfield schools next year.

"I thought I would never say that out loud," he said. "I have to say that now because my children come first, and I don't think that the school department is thinking about how parents feel."