Florida Book Challenges: St. Johns County School District
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Submitted | June 11, 2022 |
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From: Adam Steinbaugh
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Florida Sunshine Law, I hereby request the following records:
1. A copy of any records generated or received pursuant to any policy concerning challenges to curricular, instructional, or library materials.
2. A copy of any complaints (including informal complaints), and any records generated as a result of the complaints, where the complaint led to a change in status of any book or material in a school library.
3. A copy of any current policy concerning challenges to curricular, instructional, or library materials.
4. A copy of any public records requests received concerning books, library materials, or curricular materials and any records produced in response to the request.
This request is limited to records generated on or after January 1, 2021.
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 business days.
Sincerely,
Adam Steinbaugh
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Florida Sunshine Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 13, 2022. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: St. Johns County School District, St. Augustine
Good morning,
Our office received your public records request, but we are not clear as to the original request as we never received it. Do you have the email address where the original request was sent to?
Please accept this email to confirm receipt of your attached public records request pursuant to Ch. 119 F.S. Responses for requests to inspect or copy records will be made in good faith with reasonable time allowed to retrieve the record and delete those portions of the record which are exempt. Fees for copying, reviewing and redacting may be applicable.
I will forward you the requested information once it has been completed. In the meantime, if you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
Amisha Kearse
Confidential Staff Secretary
Public Records - Community Relations
40 Orange St., St. Augustine, FL 32084
904-547-7637 l Amisha.Kearse@stjohns.k12.fl.us<mailto:Amisha.Kearse@stjohns.k12.fl.us>
From: Adam Steinbaugh
Hello Amisha --
The original request was sent to sjpubrec@stjohns.k12.fl.us. Below is a copy of the email:
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To: sjpubrec@stjohns.k12.fl.us
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2022 12:16:07 -0000
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St. Johns County School District, St. Augustine
SL Office
Community Relations Department
40 Orange Street
St. Augustine, FL 32084
June 13, 2022
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Florida Sunshine Law, I hereby request the following records:
1. A copy of any records generated or received pursuant to any policy concerning challenges to curricular, instructional, or library materials.
2. A copy of any complaints (including informal complaints), and any records generated as a result of the complaints, where the complaint led to a change in status of any book or material in a school library.
3. A copy of any current policy concerning challenges to curricular, instructional, or library materials.
4. A copy of any public records requests received concerning books, library materials, or curricular materials and any records produced in response to the request.
This request is limited to records generated on or after January 1, 2021.
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 business days.
Sincerely,
Adam Steinbaugh
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<p><br>St. Johns County School District, St. Augustine<br>SL Office<br>Community Relations Department<br>40 Orange Street<br>St. Augustine, FL 32084</p>
<p>June 13, 2022</p>
<p>To Whom It May Concern:</p>
<p>Pursuant to the Florida Sunshine Law, I hereby request the following records:</p>
<p>1. A copy of any records generated or received pursuant to any policy concerning challenges to curricular, instructional, or library materials. </p>
<p>2. A copy of any complaints (including informal complaints), and any records generated as a result of the complaints, where the complaint led to a change in status of any book or material in a school library.</p>
<p>3. A copy of any current policy concerning challenges to curricular, instructional, or library materials.</p>
<p>4. A copy of any public records requests received concerning books, library materials, or curricular materials and any records produced in response to the request. </p>
<p>This request is limited to records generated on or after January 1, 2021.</p>
<p>The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>Adam Steinbaugh</p>
<p>View request history, upload responsive documents, and report problems here:<br>https://www.muckrock.com/
<p>If prompted for a passcode, please enter:<br>••••••••</p>
<p>Filed via MuckRock.com<br>E-mail (Preferred): requests@muckrock.com</p>
<p>PLEASE NOTE OUR NEW ADDRESS<br>For mailed responses, please address (see note):<br>MuckRock News<br>DEPT MR 130056<br>263 Huntington Ave<br>Boston, MA 02115</p>
<p>PLEASE NOTE: This request is not filed by a MuckRock staff member, but is being sent through MuckRock by the above in order to better track, share, and manage public records requests. 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.</p>
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From: St. Johns County School District, St. Augustine
I've searched our email recovery and we never received that email on our end. We will begin to process this request today.
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From: St. Johns County School District, St. Augustine
Good afternoon,
Pursuant to your public records request for copies of any records generated or received pursuant to any policy concerning challenges to curricular, instructional, or library materials, copy of any complaints (including informal complaints), and any records generated as a result of the complaints, where the complaint led to a change in status of any book or material in a school library, any current policy concerning challenges to curricular, instructional, or library materials, any public records requests received concerning books, library materials, or curricular materials and any records produced in response to the request.
I have attached an invoice for the cost of search, retrieval and preparation of your request.
A complete payment of the attached invoice will be required to begin the search and retrieval of your request. If the actual time to gather these documents is lower than our proposed estimate the difference will be returned to you.
Please let me know if you would like for us to proceed. The information on where and how to address the payment is on the attached invoice. We will hold off on performing any search and/or retrieval until the payment is received.
Thank you.
Amisha Kearse
Confidential Staff Secretary
Public Records - Community Relations
40 Orange St., St. Augustine, FL 32084
904-547-7637 l Amisha.Kearse@stjohns.k12.fl.us<mailto:Amisha.Kearse@stjohns.k12.fl.us>
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From: St. Johns County School District, St. Augustine
Good morning,
The below email was sent to you on July 5, 2022. We have not received payment or response. This request will close on July 15, 2022, if payment or response is not received. Look forward to hearing from you.
Respectfully,
Amisha
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From: Adam Steinbaugh
Amisha --
Given the exorbitant cost cited here -- which is approximately ten times higher than any other district has charged for this request, and most have completed it with no cost -- I will withdraw this request unless the district is willing to consider a fee waiver.
Best,
Adam Steinbaugh