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Other (indicate in message) Submitted: August 30, 2024 | Updated: September 23, 2024
(August 2024) Request for Washington Montessori Public Charter School [NC] Board of Trustees: Meeting minutes from special called meeting on 03/27/2024.
Good afternoon Lisa, Jamie, Rick, Austin, (Records Officer / Custodian(s) of these records),
Please reply promptly to the following public records request, which I’m making in accordance with NC Public Records Law. https://www.ncleg.net/enactedlegislation/statutes/html/bychapter/chapter_132.html
The WMPCS’s “Operation and Board Policies” indicate that:
“The Board shall keep full and accurate minutes of all official meetings (including closed sessions). Such minutes may be in written form or, at the Board’s option, may be in the form of sound or video and sound recordings. When the Board meets in closed session, it shall keep a general account of the closed session so that a person not in attendance would have a reasonable understanding of what transpired. Minutes of legitimate closed sessions are public records, but they may be withheld from public inspection so long as public inspection would frustrate the purpose of the closed session. The minutes of open sessions and accounts of closed sessions may be in written form or video and/or audio recordings.”
The WMPCS Board of Trustees web page lists an Agenda for a “Special Called Meeting” on March 27, 2024 @ 7:00pm. Please provide the Board’s official meeting minutes from that meeting. This should include Board Members present, any action items, any motions made, members voting for / against any motions presented, and any special guests who attended the meeting to present information to Board Members.
I am explicitly asking that you DO NOT provide me with any confidential / sensitive / or personally identifying information about specific students or their data (if that type of info happens to be contained in the responsive records).
** I’m simply requesting an electronic copy of an electronic record, if one exists. I’m NOT asking for the opportunity to come in person to "inspect", nor to obtain a printed copy of, this electronic record. I’m requesting explicitly that any responsive info be provided to me via the electronic medium / electronic format (in which the copy of this record already exists). If you are unable to fulfill any or all parts of this request, please specifically cite where a reason for denial is justified under NC Public Records Law. **
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Please note that by submitting this request, I’m NOT agreeing to pay any potential fees or associated costs related to my request. If it isn’t possible to process the request without incurring fees, then please let me know the itemized potential cost and clear explanations of those charges upfront, and DO NOT proceed until I respond.
By Law I’m not required to provide a name or address to associate with a public records request. However, in order to move things along I’d like to clarify that this request is being made by:
Sunshine Request
PO Box 17391
Asheville, NC 28816
The request has been sent solely by me and my email address [email protected] . If anyone other than that email address contacts you to pursue a similar request, it did not come from me. Please do not commingle or treat that as an alteration or cancellation of my request – I intend to continue to pursue my request.
Thank you for your assistance!
** Sunshine Request (www.sunshinerequest.com) makes no claim as to the veracity of any statements or information contained in any of the requests, or public records, we receive.
Status: Completed
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September 23, 2024 6:12 pm
2 months ago
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date: Sep 23, 2024, 6:12 PM
subject: Re: Public records request. (August 2024) Request for Washington Montessori Public Charter School [NC] Board of Trustees: Meeting minutes from special called meeting on 03/27/2024.Hi Austin,
Thank you for sharing the document above on 09/20!
Later this evening or early tomorrow I will mark the request as “Completed” on our website.
Thank you for your assistance with my request!
~ The Sunshine Request Team
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September 20, 2024 12:53 pm
2 months ago
from: Austin Andrews <[email protected]>
to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>, “[email protected]” <[email protected]>
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date: Sep 20, 2024, 12:53 PM
subject: Re: Public records request. (August 2024) Request for Washington Montessori Public Charter School [NC] Board of Trustees: Meeting minutes from special called meeting on 03/27/2024.I have attached the requested document.
Austin Andrews
Executive Director
Washington Montessori Public Charter School**Editor’s Note: Please see the 1 file referenced (“Minutes-March-27-2024-approved.pdf“) at top left in our Documents section.
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September 18, 2024 4:28 pm
2 months ago
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
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date: Sep 18, 2024, 4:28 PM
subject: Re: Public records request. (August 2024) Request for Washington Montessori Public Charter School [NC] Board of Trustees: Meeting minutes from special called meeting on 03/27/2024.FYI — I also received a bounceback notice just now that says the email address for [email protected] “… couldn’t be found, or is unable to receive mail.” And that, “… The email account that you tried to reach does not exist.”
Thank you.
~ The Sunshine Request Team
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September 18, 2024 4:22 pm
2 months ago
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Subject: Re: Public records request. (August 2024) Request for Washington Montessori Public Charter School [NC] Board of Trustees: Meeting minutes from special called meeting on 03/27/2024.
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date: Sep 18, 2024, 4:22 PM
subject: Re: Public records request. (August 2024) Request for Washington Montessori Public Charter School [NC] Board of Trustees: Meeting minutes from special called meeting on 03/27/2024.Good afternoon Lisa, Jamie, Rick, Austin, (Info and Sara now CCed),
I submitted the following public request to your offices on August 30:
(August 2024) Request for Washington Montessori Public Charter School [NC] Board of Trustees: Meeting minutes from special called meeting on 03/27/2024.I haven’t received any response since submitting the request. I also haven’t received a response to my follow up email about this on 09/09.
Please confirm the request is being processed, and please provide an anticipated timeline or date for its completion.
I will follow up with you again in 1 week, if I don’t hear anything else before then.
Thank you for your help!
~ The Sunshine Request Team
Status: Follow up -
September 9, 2024 2:54 pm
3 months ago
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: [email protected]
cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
date: Sep 9, 2024, 2:54 PM
subject: Re: Public records request. (August 2024) Request for Washington Montessori Public Charter School [NC] Board of Trustees: Meeting minutes from special called meeting on 03/27/2024.Hi Lisa, Jamie, Rick, Austin, (Records Officer / Custodian(s) of these records),
I submitted the following public request to your offices on August 30:
(August 2024) Request for Washington Montessori Public Charter School [NC] Board of Trustees: Meeting minutes from special called meeting on 03/27/2024.I have not received any response since submitting the request.
Please confirm that the request is being processed, and please provide an anticipated timeline or date for its completion.
I will follow up again in 1 week, if I don’t hear anything else before then.
Thank you for your help!
~ The Sunshine Request Team
Status: Follow up -
August 30, 2024 2:06 pm
3 months ago
from: Austin Andrews <[email protected]>
date: Aug 30, 2024, 2:06 PM
subject: Out of Office Re: Public records request. (August 2024) Request for Washington Montessori Public Charter School [NC] Board of Trustees: Meeting minutes from special called meeting on 03/27/2024.I am currently out of the office due to illness. For assistance please
contact Amanda Holton ([email protected]) or Rick Yakubowski
([email protected]).Sincerely,
Austin Andrews
Executive Director
Washington Montessori Public Charter School
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: [email protected]
cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
date: Aug 30, 2024, 2:06 PM
subject: Public records request. (August 2024) Request for Washington Montessori Public Charter School [NC] Board of Trustees: Meeting minutes from special called meeting on 03/27/2024.Good afternoon Lisa, Jamie, Rick, Austin, (Records Officer / Custodian(s) of these records),
Please reply promptly to the following public records request, which I’m making in accordance with NC Public Records Law. https://www.ncleg.net/
enactedlegislation/statutes/ html/bychapter/chapter_132. html The WMPCS’s “Operation and Board Policies” indicate that:
“The Board shall keep full and accurate minutes of all official meetings (including closed sessions). Such minutes may be in written form or, at the Board’s option, may be in the form of sound or video and sound recordings. When the Board meets in closed session, it shall keep a general account of the closed session so that a person not in attendance would have a reasonable understanding of what transpired. Minutes of legitimate closed sessions are public records, but they may be withheld from public inspection so long as public inspection would frustrate the purpose of the closed session. The minutes of open sessions and accounts of closed sessions may be in written form or video and/or audio recordings.”
The WMPCS Board of Trustees web page lists an Agenda for a “Special Called Meeting” on March 27, 2024 @ 7:00pm. Please provide the Board’s official meeting minutes from that meeting. This should include Board Members present, any action items, any motions made, members voting for / against any motions presented, and any special guests who attended the meeting to present information to Board Members.
I am explicitly asking that you DO NOT provide me with any confidential / sensitive / or personally identifying information about specific students or their data (if that type of info happens to be contained in the responsive records).
** I’m simply requesting an electronic copy of an electronic record, if one exists. I’m NOT asking for the opportunity to come in person to “inspect”, nor to obtain a printed copy of, this electronic record. I’m requesting explicitly that any responsive info be provided to me via the electronic medium / electronic format (in which the copy of this record already exists). If you are unable to fulfill any or all parts of this request, please specifically cite where a reason for denial is justified under NC Public Records Law. **
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Please note that by submitting this request, I’m NOT agreeing to pay any potential fees or associated costs related to my request. If it isn’t possible to process the request without incurring fees, then please let me know the itemized potential cost and clear explanations of those charges upfront, and DO NOT proceed until I respond.
By Law I’m not required to provide a name or address to associate with a public records request. However, in order to move things along I’d like to clarify that this request is being made by:
Sunshine Request
PO Box 17391
Asheville, NC 28816The request has been sent solely by me and my email address [email protected] . If anyone other than that email address contacts you to pursue a similar request, it did not come from me. Please do not commingle or treat that as an alteration or cancellation of my request – I intend to continue to pursue my request.
Thank you for your assistance!
** Sunshine Request (www.sunshinerequest.com) makes no claim as to the veracity of any statements or information contained in any of the requests, or public records, we receive.
Status: Sent to Government -
August 30, 2024 2:02 pm
3 months ago
Submitted to Sunshine Request
Status: Pending