Other (indicate in message) Submitted: May 23, 2018 | Updated: June 11, 2020

Communications between Board of Education, School System Staff and Teachers

Hello!!!

I would like to see all e-mails from the following individuals:

Tawny McCoy
Ron Kiviniemi
Alice Wellborn
Betty Scruggs McGaha
Marty Griffin
Dr. Jeffrey McDaris
Dr. Jeremy Gibbs
Norris Barger

to any certified/licensed teaching staff at the following schools in Transylvania County:
Rosman High School
Rosman Middle School
Rosman Elementary School
TC Henderson Elementary School

which mentions or discusses the proposed school bond referendum that will take place in November 2018 between November 1st, 2017 and May 12th, 2018.

(For sunshine request, I believe this should be sent to Kevin Smith, School-Community Relations Coordinator at this email address: [email protected])

Editor’s Note: Sunshine Request makes no claim as to the veracity of any statements or information contained in any of the requests, or public records, we receive.

01/07/19  Editor’s Note: After several attempts to contact Kevin Smith related to his June 1st email indicating that all relevant messages are ready for pickup, we called his office this afternoon and left a voicemail to hopefully close out this request for the sender.

01/15/19  Editor’s Note: We called Kevin Smith’s office again this afternoon and left a voicemail to hopefully close out this request for the sender.

Status: Completed

Documents:

Activity:

  • June 11, 2020 4:50 pm

    3 years ago

    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: Kevin Smith <[email protected]>
    cc: Jeff McDaris <[email protected]>
    date: Jun 11, 2020, 4:50 PM
    subject: Re: Records Request: Communications between Board of Education, School System Staff and Teachers

     

    Hey Kevin,

     

    Hope you’ve been doing well!

     

    In order to complete this request (Communications between Board of Education, School System Staff and Teachers), that was originally sent to your office on May 30th, 2018, we’re going to assume the attached documents pertain to this request and we can therefore mark this request as completed. We received these documents back in January upon checking our PO Box and we tried getting in touch with you about them but never heard back. The documents came to us in a manilla envelope stamped with a “mailed on” date of June 14, 2018. It just said “Records Request” on the envelope, and did not have a return address.

     

    If this is incorrect and these documents do not pertain to this request please let us know. We’re going to mark the request as completed.

     

    Thank you for your help!
    Sunshine Request

     

    **Editor’s Note: Please see referenced file at top left in documents

    Status: Completed
  • March 20, 2020 3:54 pm

    4 years ago

    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: Kevin Smith <[email protected]>
    cc: Jeff McDaris <[email protected]>
    date: Mar 20, 2020, 3:54 PM
    subject: Re: Records Request: Communications between Board of Education, School System Staff and Teachers

     

    Good afternoon Kevin,

     

    Following up once more on this request Communications between Board of Education, School System Staff and Teachers and our email from January
    31st.

     

    All we’re asking is if you can please confirm that your office sent the pertaining files for this request back in June 2018. If you can please answer at your earliest convenience that would be much appreciated and we will be happy to “Complete” this request once we have that confirmation from you.

     

    Thanks!
    Sunshine Request

    Status: Clarification Requested
  • February 18, 2020 4:54 pm

    4 years ago

    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: Kevin Smith <[email protected]>
    cc: Jeff McDaris <[email protected]>
    date: Feb 18, 2020, 4:54 PM
    subject: Re: Records Request: Communications between Board of Education, School System Staff and Teachers

     

    Good afternoon Kevin,

     

    Following up again on this request and our email from January 31st.

     

    If you could please reply back and let us know if your office did in fact send us the pertaining files for this request back in June 2018 that would be much appreciated.

     

    Thank you!
    Sunshine Request

    Status: Follow up
  • January 31, 2020 2:33 pm

    4 years ago

    from: Kevin Smith <[email protected]>
    to: [email protected]
    date: Jan 31, 2020, 2:33 PM
    subject: Out of the office — January 30-31, 2020 Re: Records Request: Communications between Board of Education, School System Staff and Teachers

     

    Hello!

     

    Thank you for your note. I am out of the office for an event in Guilford County, and I will respond as soon as I am able.

     

    For immediate assistance during business hours, please call 828-884-6173 between 7:30am and 4:30pm (Mon-Fri).

     

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    Regards,
    Kevin Smith
    Schools-Community Relations

    Status: Follow up
  • January 31, 2020 2:33 pm

    4 years ago

    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: Kevin Smith <[email protected]>
    cc: Jeff McDaris <[email protected]>
    date: Jan 31, 2020, 2:33 PM
    subject: Re: Records Request: Communications between Board of Education, School System Staff and Teachers

     

    Good Afternoon Kevin,

     

    We hope you’re having a good 2020 so far!

     

    We apologize for the long overdue reply, and are now revisiting this May 2018 request titled “Communications between Board of Education, School System Staff and Teachers”. We haven’t been able to check our PO Box for a while, but have done so recently. We received a manilla envelope stamped with a “mailed on” date of June 14, 2018. It just said “Records Request” on the envelope, and did not have a return address.

     

    We’re assuming that the 4 pages of emails contained inside pertain to this request. However, we’re a bit confused by the date on the envelope since our last email correspondence with you about this request was on 02/15/2019 when you said the results were available in your office. We do not recall you requesting our mailing information in 2018, but if we’ve missed that reply somewhere we apologize.

     

    Can you please confirm whether the envelope was in fact sent by your office in June 2018? If so, we’re sorry it has taken so long for us to confirm receipt, and will post the results on our site now to officially “Complete” this request.

     

    Thank you for your assistance!
    Sunshine Request

    Status: Follow up
  • February 15, 2019 4:32 pm

    5 years ago

    from: Kevin Smith <[email protected]>
    to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    cc: Jeff McDaris <[email protected]>
    date: Feb 15, 2019, 4:32 PM
    subject: Re: Records Request: Communications between Board of Education, School System Staff and Teachers

     

    Hello,

     

    Everything you requested is here for you in printed form, and if you prefer we can leave a copy recorded on digital media here at our reception desk. Thank you,

     

    Kevin B. Smith
    Transylvania County Schools
    Schools-Community Relations Coordinator
    [email protected]
    ofc (828) 885-7379
    cell (828) 577-0713

    Status: Response Received from Government
  • February 5, 2019 12:08 pm

    5 years ago

    Editor’s Note: We called Kevin Smith’s office again this morning and left another voicemail to hopefully close out this request for the sender.

    Status: Follow up
  • February 5, 2019 12:01 pm

    5 years ago

    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: Kevin Smith <[email protected]>
    cc: Jeff McDaris <[email protected]>
    date: Feb 5, 2019, 12:01 PM
    subject: Re: Records Request: Communications between Board of Education, School System Staff and Teachers

     

    Good afternoon Kevin,

     

    Following up on this again.

     

    We would greatly appreciate if you could send a digital copy of all the files requested, under NC Public Records Law you should be able to provide the documents in the digital format we’re requesting.

     

    Thank you so much!
    We are thankful for your help.

     

    Best wishes,
    Sunshine Request

    Status: Follow up
  • January 29, 2019 9:03 am

    5 years ago

    Editor’s Note: We called Kevin Smith’s office again this morning and left another voicemail to hopefully close out this request for the sender.

    Status: Follow up
  • January 21, 2019 1:21 pm

    5 years ago

    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: Kevin Smith <[email protected]>
    cc: [email protected]
    date: Jan 21, 2019, 1:21 PM
    subject: Re: Records Request: Communications between Board of Education, School System Staff and Teachers

     

    Hi Kevin,

     

    Happy New Year! Following up on this again.

     

    We would greatly appreciate if you could send a digital copy of all the files requested, under NC Public Records Law you should be able to provide the documents in the digital format we’re requesting.

     

    Thank you so much!
    We are thankful for your help.

     

    Best wishes,
    Sunshine Request

    Status: Follow up
  • December 19, 2018 1:33 pm

    5 years ago

    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: Kevin Smith <[email protected]>
    date: Dec 19, 2018, 1:33 PM
    subject: Re: Records Request: Communications between Board of Education, School System Staff and Teachers

     

    Kevin,

     

    Hope you’ve been well. Following up on this again!

     

    We would greatly appreciate if you could send a digital copy of all the files requested, under NC Public Records Law you should be able to provide the documents in the digital format we’re requesting.

     

    Thank you so much!
    We are thankful for your help.

     

    Sunshine Request

    Status: Follow up
  • December 11, 2018 6:22 pm

    5 years ago

    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: Kevin Smith <[email protected]>
    date: Dec 11, 2018, 6:22 PM
    subject: Re: Records Request: Communications between Board of Education, School System Staff and Teachers

     

    Hi Kevin,

     

    Hope you’ve been well! We still need to get this request completed on our website for the requester, and we were unsure if our messages were still going through to you? We’ve also tried contacting Brenda Byrd, Technology Support at [email protected] and our email bounced back. Could you provide us with the correct email address for her so she can assist us with completing this request? We just want to confirm our messages are going through and that this request is on track to be completed before the end of the year.

     

    Thank you!
    Sunshine Request

    Status: Clarification Requested
  • December 7, 2018 3:52 pm

    5 years ago

    from: Mail Delivery Subsystem <[email protected]>
    to: [email protected]
    date: Dec 7, 2018, 3:52 PM
    subject: Delivery Status Notification (Failure)

     

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    Status:
  • December 7, 2018 3:52 pm

    5 years ago

    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: [email protected]
    cc: [email protected]
    date: Dec 7, 2018, 3:51 PM
    subject: Records Request: Communications between Board of Education, School System Staff and Teachers

     

    Good Afternoon Transylvania County Schools,

     

    I work for a website called Sunshine Request www.sunshinerequest.com. We built a site that makes it easier to make public records requests by filling out a simple form, and the results of any requests are posted on our site. This allows citizens to learn more about our local government, while saving staff from having to fulfill duplicate requests. If you have any questions about the project, please let me know, and I’ll be happy to answer.

     

    We received a request for information in your office back in May. We contacted Kevin Smith (CC’d on this email) who assisted with the request but has not communicated in regard to our follow ups since early June. We still need access to the relevant messages that Mr. Smith obtained for us so we can complete this request on our site. Are you able to help?

     

    Here are the original details sent by the requester:

     

    Subject: Communications between Board of Education, School System Staff and Teachers

     

    Message:

     

    “Hello!!!

     

    I would like to see all e-mails from the following individuals:

     

    Tawny McCoy
    Ron Kiviniemi
    Alice Wellborn
    Betty Scruggs McGaha
    Marty Griffin
    Dr. Jeffrey McDaris
    Dr. Jeremy Gibbs
    Norris Barger

     

    to any certified/licensed teaching staff at the following schools in Transylvania County:
    Rosman High School
    Rosman Middle School
    Rosman Elementary School
    TC Henderson Elementary School

     

    which mentions or discusses the proposed school bond referendum that will take place in November 2018 between November 1st, 2017 and May 12th, 2018.

     

    (For sunshine request, I believe this should be sent to Kevin Smith, School-Community Relations Coordinator at this email address: [email protected])”

     

    Thank you very much for your assistance.
    Have a great afternoon!

     

    Sunshine Request

    Status: Sent to Government
  • November 7, 2018 11:59 am

    5 years ago

    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: Kevin Smith <[email protected]>
    date: Nov 7, 2018, 11:59 AM
    subject: Re: Records Request: Communications between Board of Education, School System Staff and Teachers

     

    Hi Kevin,

     

    Hope you’ve been well! We apologize for the delay in our following up on this request! We still need to get this request completed on our website for the requester, is there anyway you could send us the digital copies of the files requested? We’d really appreciate it.

     

    Thank you!
    Sunshine Request

    Status: Follow up
  • August 22, 2018 3:47 pm

    5 years ago

    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: Kevin Smith <[email protected]>
    date: Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 3:47 PM
    subject: Re: Records Request: Communications between Board of Education, School System Staff and Teachers

     

    Hi Kevin,

     

    I haven’t received a response since my last email and would like to be able to resolve and close this request on our site. We would greatly appreciate if you could send a digital copy of all the files requested, under NC Public Records Law you should be able to provide the documents in the digital format we’re requesting.

     

    Thank you,
    Sunshine Request

    Status: Follow up
  • June 20, 2018 3:08 pm

    5 years ago

    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: Kevin Smith <[email protected]>
    date: Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 3:08 PM
    subject: Re: Records Request: Communications between Board of Education, School System Staff and Teachers

     

    Hi Kevin,

     

    Sorry for the delayed reply on this request. We would greatly appreciate if you could send a digital copy of all the files requested, under NC Public Records Law you should be able to provide the documents in the digital format we’re requesting.

     

    Thank you so much!
    We are thankful for your help.

     

    Sunshine Request

    Status: Clarification Requested
  • June 1, 2018 11:17 am

    5 years ago

    from: Kevin Smith <[email protected]>
    to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>,
    Jeff McDaris <[email protected]>
    date: Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 11:17 AM
    subject: Re: Records Request: Communications between Board of Education, School System Staff and Teachers

     

    Thank you for your request.

     

    All relevant messages are ready for pickup here at the Education Center. We are open Monday – Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m..

     

    225 Rosenwald Lane
    Brevard, NC 28712
    (828) 884-6173

     

    Best wishes,
    Kevin

    Status: Response Received from Government
  • May 30, 2018 11:21 am

    5 years ago

    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: [email protected]
    cc: [email protected]
    date: Wed, May 30, 2018 at 11:21 AM
    subject: Records Request: Communications between Board of Education, School System Staff and Teachers

     

    Good Afternoon Transylvania County Schools and Dr. Mcdaris,

     

    I work for a website called Sunshine Request www.sunshinerequest.com. We built a site that makes it easier to make public records requests by filling out a simple form, and the results of any requests are posted on our site. This allows citizens to learn more about our local government, while saving staff from having to fulfill duplicate requests. If you have any questions about the project, please let me know, and I’ll be happy to answer.

     

    We recently received a request for information that may be available in your office. If there’s another party that we should be contacting about this request then please let us know.

     

    Here are the details sent by the requester:

     

    Subject: Communications between Board of Education, School System Staff and Teachers

     

    Message:

     

    “Hello!!!

     

    I would like to see all e-mails from the following individuals:

     

    Tawny McCoy
    Ron Kiviniemi
    Alice Wellborn
    Betty Scruggs McGaha
    Marty Griffin
    Dr. Jeffrey McDaris
    Dr. Jeremy Gibbs
    Norris Barger

     

    to any certified/licensed teaching staff at the following schools in Transylvania County:
    Rosman High School
    Rosman Middle School
    Rosman Elementary School
    TC Henderson Elementary School

     

    which mentions or discusses the proposed school bond referendum that will take place in November 2018 between November 1st, 2017 and May 12th, 2018.

     

    (For sunshine request, I believe this should be sent to Kevin Smith, School-Community Relations Coordinator at this email address: [email protected])”

     

    Thank you very much for your assistance.
    Have a great afternoon!

     

    Sunshine Request

    Status: Sent to Government
  • May 23, 2018 6:40 pm

    5 years ago

    Submitted to Sunshine Request
    Status: Pending