Families for Excellent Schools (Brooke Roslindale Charter School)

Dear Records Officer:

Pursuant to Massachusetts Public Records Act § 66-10 et seq., I am writing to request the following records:

1. Copies of all communication, including email, between your organization and Families for Excellent Schools, a/k/a Families for Excellent Schools Advocacy, or any agent thereof, inclusive of all attachments and memoranda. For purposes of manageability, you may limit this request to only those communications from the previous 24 months.

2. Copies of all communication, including email, between your organization and Massachusetts Charter Public School Association, or any agent thereof, inclusive of all attachments and memoranda. For purposes of manageability, you may limit this request to only those communications from the previous 24 months.

3. Copies of any contracts between your organization and Families for Excellent Schools, Inc., and/or Families for Excellent Schools Advocacy, Inc., if applicable.

4. Copies of any contracts between your organization and Massachusetts Charter Public School Association, if applicable.

5. Copies of any policies relating to the transmission of student records to a third party, promulgated since 2012, including revisions.

6. Copies of any school policies relating specifically to the disclosure of student “directory information” to third parties promulgated since 2012, including revisions.

7. Copies of any parental notifications regarding transmission of student information to Families for Excellent Schools, Inc., and/or Families for Excellent School Advocacy, Inc., if applicable.

8. Copies of any parental notifications regarding transmission of student information to Massachusetts Charter Public School Association if applicable.

9. Documentation of any payments made to Families for Excellent Schools, Inc. and/or Families for Excellent Schools Advocacy Inc. in the previous two years, if applicable.

10. Documentation of any payments made to Massachusetts Charter Public School Association in the previous two years, if applicable.

If any of the responsive documents contain information protected from disclosure under the Public Records Act, please redact only the protected information, and note any the reason for redaction.

If there are any fees for copying the records requested, please advise me.

Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. If possible, I request electronic copies of these records.

As you may be aware, the Massachusetts Public Records Act requires a response to this request within 10 days. Therefore, I would appreciate a response as soon as possible and look forward to hearing from you shortly.

If for any reason any portion of this request is denied, please inform me of the reasons for the denial in writing and provide the name and address of the person or body to whom an appeal should be directed.

Best regards,

MuckRock

Thank you for your prompt response to our request. Your estimated cost of producing the records requested seems unreasonably high. Please provide a detailed, good faith estimate of the expected fee as pertains to each of the items requested.

I again request that fees be waived as I believe this request is in the public interest. The requested documents will be made available to the general public free of charge as part of the public information service at MuckRock.com, processed by a representative of the news media/press and is made in the process of news gathering and not for commercial usage.

I would also remind you that I am requesting digital copies of the records, which relieves you of the burden and expense of making hard copies. I can provide a USB storage device or CD-ROM to collect the records if sharing directly by email attachment is not feasible.

I look forward to your response.

This is reminder that I have requested a detailed, good faith estimate of the expected fee as pertains to each of the items sought in my original request for public records.

In addition I again request that fees be waived as I believe this request is in the public interest. The requested documents will be made available to the general public free of charge as part of the public information service at MuckRock.com, processed by a representative of the news media/press and is made in the process of news gathering and not for commercial usage.

I would also remind you that I am requesting digital copies of the records, which relieves you of the burden and expense of making hard copies. I can provide a USB storage device or CD-ROM to collect the records if sharing directly by email attachment is not feasible.

I look forward to your response.

This is a reminder that I have requested a detailed, good faith estimate of the expected fee as pertains to each of the items sought in my original request for public records.

In addition, for purposes of narrowing the scope of the records sought, I’d like to request a list of all individuals employed by Brooke Roslindale Charter School during the two previous school years.

Finally, I again request that fees be waived as I believe this request is in the public interest. The requested documents will be made available to the general public free of charge as part of the public information service at MuckRock.com, processed by a representative of the news media/press and is made in the process of news gathering and not for commercial usage.

I would also remind you that I am requesting digital copies of the records, which relieves you of the burden and expense of making hard copies. I can provide a USB storage device or CD-ROM to collect the records if sharing directly by email attachment is not feasible.

I look forward to your response.

This is a reminder that I have requested a detailed, good faith estimate of the expected fee as pertains to each of the items sought in my original request for public records.

In addition, for purposes of narrowing the scope of the records sought, I’d like to request a list of all individuals employed by Brooke Roslindale Charter School during the two previous school years, including their respective job titles.

Finally, I again request that fees be waived as I believe this request is in the public interest. The requested documents will be made available to the general public free of charge as part of the public information service at MuckRock.com, processed by a representative of the news media/press and is made in the process of news gathering and not for commercial usage.

I would also remind you that I am requesting digital copies of the records, which relieves you of the burden and expense of making hard copies. I can provide a USB storage device or CD-ROM to collect the records if sharing directly by email attachment is not feasible.

I look forward to your response.

Thank you for producing a list of employees. To clarify my request, I'm seeking a list of all individuals employed by Brooke Roslindale Charter School during the two previous school years, as well as each individual's respective job title. This would allow me to narrow the scope of the original request. Thank you.