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Editor’s Note 08/28/23: The submission(s) below have been revised for clarity, and are merged into one request:
[ REQUEST #1 ]
Date sent in to Sunshine: 08/20/23
Original Subject:
Exceptional Children’s Director for Jackson County Schools in NCOriginal Message:
I am requesting the name of the EC Director for this county of Jackson NC, along with all public record information allowed by law with regard to hiring, salary, years employed in the school system, licenses held by said Director, and any other personal demographic statistics allowed by law. Thank you.Government Entity:
Other (indicate in message)Start Date / End Date:
August 01, 2023 – August 31, 2023
——————–[ REQUEST #2 ]
Date sent in to Sunshine: 08/20/23
Original Subject:
Annual Budget for the Jackson County Schools’ NC District Exceptional Children’s OfficeOriginal Message:
We are requesting the annual budget including all Federal, State, and Local Funds for the Exceptional Children’s Program for all students in Jackson County NC School District. What percentage is administrative cost and what percentage of all budgets actually serve students? What is the total salary amount for all administrative EC staff in Jackson (exclude EC teachers).? Thank you.Government Entity:
Other (indicate in message)Start Date / End Date:
July 01, 2023 – December 31, 2023
——————–We completed a request to JCS related to licensure information on April 18, 2023:
In regard to the item about licensure status, specifically — Dr. Ayers indicated that:
“I cannot provide any additional information about licensure. An (education) employee’s license is not considered a public record the district can disclose. Since the district is limited to disclosing only the G.S. 115C-320 list of information in employees’ personnel files, the licensure website is the option I can offer.”
We have reviewed the links we were sent previously, as well as conducted a Google Search to determine who is the current EC Director of Jackson County, NC Schools — It appears that person is Kelly Doppke, Director of Student Support Services. [email protected]
https://www.jcpsnc.org/departments/student-support-services
https://www.jcpsnc.org/contact/who-to-contact
Assuming that info is correct — we were also able to locate their licensure details (Name, License Type, License Status, Expiration Date, Effective Date, License Areas), using the links Dr. Ayers sent previously. This info is accurate as of 08/28/2023 12:48 PM, and therefore most of the new information indicated by the sender in [REQUEST #1] has been satisfied.
The new request we will send to JCS, will read as indicated in the Message section above.
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