The board commissioned an independent audit of the dumped lunches to "repair the public's trust," board president Kristi Swett wrote in a February memo. The board planned to review the audit's findings on Tuesday, but Swett announced that one of the reports was "preliminary" and a final report would be issued in two weeks. Swett said only that "a multi-faceted breakdown of communication" led up to the discarding of lunches. The board rejected parents' request to release the reports at least a day before the next meeting to give the public a chance to prepare questions. Withers said the dialogue could continue in subsequent meetings.