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.
Other (indicate in message) Submitted: June 26, 2026 | Updated: July 31, 2026
(June 2026) Request for Vermont Agency of Education: Related to the Hartford, VT School Board. 01/01/2023 – 05/31/2026.
Good afternoon Records Officer / Custodian(s) of these Records,
Please reply promptly to the following public records request, which I’m making in accordance with the Vermont Public Records Act.
This request relates to waivers possibly granted to Nancy Russell to serve on the Hartford, VT School Board while concurrently employed by the Hartford, VT School District. If such records exist – please provide electronic copies of the following records covering the specific time period of January 01, 2023 through May 31, 2026:
A. Waiver applications or requests submitted by the Hartford, VT School District, Nancy Russell, or any other person or entity on their behalf – for both the initial waiver, and any subsequent extensions or new waivers.
B. The official decisions or letters from the secretary of Education granting these waivers.
C. Any related correspondence or documentation related to the deliberation, evaluation, evidence, and consideration regarding Nancy Russell's eligibility for any waiver and the approval process and decisions.
For all of the above. Please send all response documents electronically. If the files are too large for an attachment via email, then a secure download link or public Google Drive folder etc. would be greatly appreciated.
** 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 the VT Public Records Act. **
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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.
I do not believe that by Law I’m required to provide a name or address to associate with a public records request, but 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: Response Received from Government
Activity:
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July 31, 2026 10:48 am
6 days ago
from: AOE – Info Officer <[email protected]>
to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>, AOE – Info Officer <[email protected]>
cc: “[email protected]” <[email protected]>
date: Jul 31, 2026, 10:48 AM
subject: RE: Public records request. (June 2026) Request for Vermont Agency of Education: Related to the Hartford, VT School Board. 01/01/2023 – 05/31/2026.Good morning,
Pursuant to your request below, please find the attached responsive records.
Thank you,
Rose Neddo, AOE Public Records Officer
Legal Services Specialist
1 National Life Drive, Davis 5
Montpelier, VT 05620-2501
802-828-0110
**Editor’s Note: Please see the 8 files referenced (“republicrecordsrequest_june2026requestforvermont.zip”) at top left in our Documents section.
Status: Response Received from Government -
July 30, 2026 9:08 pm
1 week ago
from: Nancy Russell <[email protected]>
to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
date: Jul 30, 2026, 9:08 PM
subject: Re: Public records request. (June 2026) Request for Vermont Agency of Education: Related to the Hartford, VT School Board. 01/01/2023 – 05/31/2026.**Editor’s Note: The body of this email was left blank. There were no attachments, forwards, etc. It’s unclear if this is intentional.
Status: Response Received from Government -
July 30, 2026 3:28 pm
1 week ago
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: [email protected]
cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
date: Jul 30, 2026, 3:28 PM
subject: Re: Public records request. (June 2026) Request for Vermont Agency of Education: Related to the Hartford, VT School Board. 01/01/2023 – 05/31/2026.Good afternoon Records Officer / Custodians of these records,
I submitted a public records request to the email address “[email protected]”
back on June 26th. I did not receive a bounceback notice or any other indication that the address was incorrect. However, upon further inspection of your website just now, it occurs to me that it’s possible the address I used may either be defunct, or is incorrect:
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: [email protected]
date: Jun 26, 2026, 5:21 PM
subject: Public records request. (June 2026) Request for Vermont Agency of Education: Related to the Hartford, VT School Board. 01/01/2023 – 05/31/2026.I have not received a response since submitting the request, nor to my follow up message about this on July 08 [cc’ing schoolboard@hartfordschools.
net]. Can you please confirm receipt to let me know my request has begun processing, and please provide an anticipated date or timeline for its completion?
Thank you for your help.
~ The Sunshine Request Team
Status: Follow up -
July 8, 2026 5:17 pm
4 weeks ago
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: [email protected]
cc: [email protected]
date: Jul 8, 2026, 5:17 PM
subject: Re: Public records request. (June 2026) Request for Vermont Agency of Education: Related to the Hartford, VT School Board. 01/01/2023 – 05/31/2026.Good afternoon,
I submitted the following public records request (to AOE.InfoOfficer@vermont.
gov) on June 26th: (June 2026) Request for Vermont Agency of Education: Related to the Hartford, VT School Board. 01/01/2023 – 05/31/2026.
I have not received any response since submitting the request.
Please confirm receipt to let me know my request has begun processing, and if possible, please provide an anticipated date for its completion.
I will follow up again in 1 week, if I don’t hear anything else before then.
Thank you!
~ The Sunshine Request Team
Status: Follow up -
June 26, 2026 5:21 pm
1 month ago
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: [email protected]
date: Jun 26, 2026, 5:21 PM
subject: Public records request. (June 2026) Request for Vermont Agency of Education: Related to the Hartford, VT School Board. 01/01/2023 – 05/31/2026.Good afternoon Records Officer / Custodian(s) of these Records,
Please reply promptly to the following public records request, which I’m making in accordance with the Vermont Public Records Act.
This request relates to waivers possibly granted to Nancy Russell to serve on the Hartford, VT School Board while concurrently employed by the Hartford, VT School District. If such records exist – please provide electronic copies of the following records covering the specific time period of January 01, 2023 through May 31, 2026:
A. Waiver applications or requests submitted by the Hartford, VT School District, Nancy Russell, or any other person or entity on their behalf – for both the initial waiver, and any subsequent extensions or new waivers.
B. The official decisions or letters from the secretary of Education granting these waivers.
C. Any related correspondence or documentation related to the deliberation, evaluation, evidence, and consideration regarding Nancy Russell’s eligibility for any waiver and the approval process and decisions.
For all of the above. Please send all response documents electronically. If the files are too large for an attachment via email, then a secure download link or public Google Drive folder etc. would be greatly appreciated.
** 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 the VT Public Records Act. **
————————————
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.
I do not believe that by Law I’m required to provide a name or address to associate with a public records request, but 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 -
June 26, 2026 5:19 pm
1 month ago
Submitted to Sunshine Request
Status: Pending