List of MD schools with reported COVID cases (Department of Health and Mental Hygiene)

Open Justice Baltimore filed this request with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene of Maryland.
Tracking #

20-709

Multi Request List of MD schools with reported COVID cases
Est. Completion Dec. 15, 2020
Status
Fix Required

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From: Open Justice Baltimore


To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Maryland Public Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

I am requesting a list of the names of all Maryland schools (both public and private) that have reported positive cases of COVID-19, along with the total number of cases reported at each of those schools. The information I am requesting should not contain any personally identifiable information (and any such information should be redacted), only numbers reported by the schools. For background information, the data I am requesting is discussed in the article "Maryland schools will have to report any coronavirus cases — but health officials don’t plan to publicize the data", which can be found here: https://www.baltimoresun.com/education/bs-pr-md-schools-coronavirus-data-20201005-20201009-3zwydnjpqjhbfemnblepumy3ii-story.html.

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 10 calendar days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Open Justice Baltimore

From: Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

To Whom It May Concern:

Your request for a list of all Maryland Schools the reported positive
covid-19 cases was received by the Maryland Department of Health on October
15, 2020. Pursuant to state statute, MDH has 10 business days to provide an
initial response to a PIA request and 30 days to provide a final response
(unless otherwise indicated). As such, MDH has until October 29, 2020, to
provide an initial response to your PIA request.

Regards,
Heather Shek
Office of Governmental Affairs
Maryland Department of Health
201 W. Preston St.
<https://maps.google.com/?q=201+W.+Preston+St.+Baltimore,+MD+21201&entry=gmail&source=g>
Baltimore, MD 21201
<https://maps.google.com/?q=201+W.+Preston+St.+Baltimore,+MD+21201&entry=gmail&source=g>
(410) 767-6504
MDH.PIA@maryland.gov
http://dhmh.maryland.gov/

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From: Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Good Evening,

Please see the attached correspondence related to the below PIA request.

Regards,
Heather Shek
Office of Governmental Affairs
Maryland Department of Health
201 W. Preston St.
<https://maps.google.com/?q=201+W.+Preston+St.+Baltimore,+MD+21201&entry=gmail&source=g>
Baltimore, MD 21201
<https://maps.google.com/?q=201+W.+Preston+St.+Baltimore,+MD+21201&entry=gmail&source=g>
(410) 767-6504
MDH.PIA@maryland.gov
http://dhmh.maryland.gov/

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the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed and may
contain information that is privileged, or exempt from disclosure under
applicable law. If the reader of this email is not the intended recipient,
you are hereby notified that you are strictly prohibited from reading,
disseminating, distributing, or copying this communication. If you have
received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and
destroy the original transmission.

From: Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

A final response to this request was sent on November 16, 2020.

Regards,
Heather Shek
Office of Governmental Affairs
Maryland Department of Health
201 W. Preston St.
<https://maps.google.com/?q=201+W.+Preston+St.+Baltimore,+MD+21201&entry=gmail&source=g>
Baltimore, MD 21201
<https://maps.google.com/?q=201+W.+Preston+St.+Baltimore,+MD+21201&entry=gmail&source=g>
(410) 767-6504
MDH.PIA@maryland.gov
http://dhmh.maryland.gov/

--
NOTICE: This message and the accompanying documents are intended only for
the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed and may
contain information that is privileged, or exempt from disclosure under
applicable law. If the reader of this email is not the intended recipient,
you are hereby notified that you are strictly prohibited from reading,
disseminating, distributing, or copying this communication. If you have
received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and
destroy the original transmission.

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