Non-discrimination policies

April 3, 2017

Dear Ms. Raih:

Boulder Valley School District (BVSD) Communications, as the designated
district custodian of record, is now in receipt of your Colorado Open
Records Act (CORA) request below.

You will receive a response by April 6.

Sincerely,

Briggs Gamblin

*Briggs Gamblin*
Director of Communications
Boulder Valley School District
w) 720-561-5823
c) 303-525-8632

April 6, 2017

Dear Ms. Raih:

Your recent Colorado Open Records Act (CORA) request involves such a large
volume of records that the District cannot reasonably prepare or gather the
records within the statutory three-business-day period without
substantially interfering with the District’s obligation to perform its
other public service responsibilities. Accordingly, the District will need
to avail itself of the statutory seven-business-day extension of time to
respond to your request. See C.R.S. § 24-72-203(3)(b).

You will receive a response no later than April 17.

Sincerely,

Briggs

*Briggs Gamblin*
Director of Communications
Boulder Valley School District
w) 720-561-5823
c) 303-525-8632

March 31, 2017
Boulder High School
1604 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, Colorado 80302

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Colorado Open Records Act, I hereby request the following
records:

Any and all written documents that include, but are not limited to,
policies, procedures, training manuals, talking points and slideshows that
include the topic of non-discrimination and anti-bullying policies
regarding LGBT-identified students. This includes, but is not limited to,
policies on the use of bathroom facilities. Please limit this request to
documents that were generated over the past two years as well as documents,
such as policies, that are in effect now.

Any and all records, reports or documents generated between the last two
years that detail all voluntary agreements made between the school and The
Office of Civil Rights following a discrimination complaint.

Any and all records, reports or documents regarding Colorado's 2008 Public
Accommodation Law that inform school policies regarding gender identity and
expression. These reports should include but are not limited to, student
sexual health education.

Finally, I request any and all memos, letters, policies and guidelines sent
to parents that outline the use of bathroom facilities

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and
this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform
me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer
the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or
CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I
look forward to receiving your response to this request within 3 business
days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Grace Raih

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I am out of the office. For questions, please contact Laurie Goodman at
laurie.goodman@bvsd.org. Thank you. (mailto:laurie.goodman@bvsd.org)
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Theresa van Zante
Boulder High School
Main Office
P: 720-561-2296
E: theresa.vanzante@bvsd.org (mailto:theresa.vanzante@bvsd.org)
Fax: 720-561-5317

April 10, 2017

Dear Ms. Raih:

As director of the Boulder Valley School District's Communications Division
and the district's designated custodian of record for purposes of
compliance with information requests under the Colorado Open Records Act
(CORA), I have noticed that you have requested this information from one of
our 57 schools - Boulder High School - via a CORA request forwarded by the
school to my office. Non-discrimination policies and procedures are
addressed at a district wide level and, as such, your response will come
from my office and apply to all BVSD schools.

I plan to send you that response no later than April 17 as I communicated
to you last week. Please direct any questions or comments concerning your
CORA request to Boulder High School or any other BVSD school in the future
to my office at either briggs.gamblin@bvsd.org or communications@bvsd.org.

Sincerely,

Briggs Gamblin

*Briggs Gamblin*
Director of Communications
Boulder Valley School District
w) 720-561-5823
c) 303-525-8632

April 13, 2017

Dear Ms. Raih:

Boulder High School will not be responding to your request. The Boulder
Valley School District (BVSD) Communications Division will be responding by
Monday, April 17, 2017 as you were already notified by me on April 10.
Please cease contacting Boulder High School directly and, instead, direct
any and all future inquiries to BVSD Communications (communications@bvsd.org)
which is the designated custodian of record for all schools in the Boulder
Valley School District.

Here, once again, is the message sent to you on April 10:

*April 10, 2017*

*Dear Ms. Raih:*

*As director of the Boulder Valley School District's Communications
Division and the district's designated custodian of record for purposes of
compliance with information requests under the Colorado Open Records Act
(CORA), I have noticed that you have requested this information from one of
our 57 schools - Boulder High School - via a CORA request forwarded by the
school to my office. Non-discrimination policies and procedures are
addressed at a district wide level and, as such, your response will come
from my office and apply to all BVSD schools.*

*I plan to send you that response no later than April 17 as I communicated
to you last week. Please direct any questions or comments concerning your
CORA request to Boulder High School or any other BVSD school in the future
to my office at either briggs.gamblin@bvsd.org
<briggs.gamblin@bvsd.org> or communications@bvsd.org
<communications@bvsd.org>.*

*Sincerely,*

*Briggs Gamblin*

*Briggs Gamblin*
Director of Communications
Boulder Valley School District
w) 720-561-5823 <(720)%20561-5823>
c) 303-525-8632 <(303)%20525-8632>

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: <requests@muckrock.com>
Date: Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 11:51 AM
Subject: RE: Public Records Law Request: Non-discrimination policies
To: scott.cawlfield@bvsd.org

April 13, 2017
Cambridge Rindge and Latin School
459 Broadway
Cambridge, MA 02138

This is a follow up to a previous request:

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request,
copied below, and originally submitted on Feb. 26, 2017. Please let me know
when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is
needed.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

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On April 10, 2017:
Hello,

I will be out of the office for the rest of this semester on medical leave.
Please contact Scott Cawlfied (scott.cawlfield@bvsd.org) to help with this
request. I apologize for any inconvenience.

Thank you,
Theresa van Zante
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Theresa van Zante
Boulder High School
Main Office
P: 720-561-2296 <(720)%20561-2296>
E: theresa.vanzante@bvsd.org
Fax: 720-561-5317 <(720)%20561-5317>
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On April 10, 2017:
To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request,
copied below, and originally submitted on Feb. 26, 2017. Please let me know
when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is
needed.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

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On March 31, 2017:
To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Massachusetts Public Records Law, M.G.L. c.66, §10, I
hereby request the following records:

Any and all written documents that include, but are not limited to,
policies, procedures, training manuals, talking points and slideshows that
include the topic of non-discrimination and anti-bullying policies
regarding LGBT identified students. This includes, but is not limited to,
policies on the use of bathroom facilities. Please limit this request to
documents that were generated over the past two years as well as documents,
such as policies, that are in effect now.

Any and all records, reports or documents that detail all voluntary
agreements made between the school and The Office of Civil Rights following
a discrimination complaint.

Any and all records, reports or documents regarding St.2016, c.134 that
inform school policies regarding gender identity and expression.

Finally, I request any and all memos, letters, policies and guidelines sent
to parents that outline the use of bathroom facilities regarding gender
identity and expression.

I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as we believe this
request is in the public interest, as suggested but not stipulated by the
recommendations of the Massachusetts Supervisor of Public Records. 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 expect the request to be filled in an accessible format, including for
screen readers, which provide text-to-speech for persons unable to read
print. Files that are not accessible to screen readers include, for
example, .pdf image files as well as physical documents.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform
me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer
the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or
CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I
look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 business
days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Grace Raih
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On March 30, 2017:
I am out of the office. For questions, please contact Laurie Goodman at
laurie.goodman@bvsd.org. Thank you. (mailto:laurie.goodman@bvsd.org)
--

Theresa van Zante
Boulder High School
Main Office
P: 720-561-2296 <(720)%20561-2296>
E: theresa.vanzante@bvsd.org (mailto:theresa.vanzante@bvsd.org)
Fax: 720-561-5317 <(720)%20561-5317>
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On March 20, 2017:
To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request,
copied below, and originally submitted on Feb. 26, 2017. Please let me know
when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is
needed.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

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Filed via MuckRock.com
E-mail (Preferred): requests@muckrock.com

For mailed responses, please address (see note):
MuckRock
DEPT MR 34056
411A Highland Ave
Somerville, MA 02144-2516

PLEASE NOTE: This request was filed by a MuckRock staff reporter. Also note
that improperly addressed (i.e., with the requester's name rather than
"MuckRock News" and the department number) requests might be returned as
undeliverable.
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I've shared an item with you:

LGBTQ-Related Documents CORA
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0ByI0TFJUh1NtemZ4WHVZUnlNd1E?usp=sharing&invite=CLqBib8M&ts=58f54d3f

It's not an attachment -- it's stored online. To open this item, just click
the link above.

April 17, 2017

Dear Ms. Raih:

Attached in view only format is a Google folder responsive to your recent
Colorado Open Records Act (CORA) request.

BVSD Communications will consider this request closed.

Sincerely,

Briggs Gamblin
Director
BVSD Communications