Other (indicate in message) Submitted: March 14, 2023 | Updated: March 20, 2023

(March 2023) Request for Franklin County, NC Schools: Current employees, salaries, any pay differentials. As of 03/14/2023 (or present day).

Hello Dawayne (or Franklin County, NC Schools Records Officer),

I’m using your form at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScawiAEwNKQuUHwoXx1sxTbBd7M3RWazRe8hYlR5xHt2giJuQ/viewform to submit my public records request. However, I want to note that the form requires senders to provide:

- Name of Company requesting the record(s)
- Contact Person Requesting record(s)
- Address, Phone Number, and Email Address of Requester
- Details of Public Record Request

** By Law senders are NOT required to provide a name, address, or other personally identifying information in order to make a public records request. However, I'll just clarify (as I will again in my request below) that this request is being made by:

Sunshine Request
PO Box 17391
Asheville, NC 28816

Email: [email protected]

In the spirit of transparency, I would encourage your organization to revisit that form and your current public records request fulfillment process, to ensure that you're in compliance with NC Public Records Law.
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I'd now like to make a public records request for the following information under NC Public Records Law.
Ref: https://www.ncleg.net/enactedlegislation/statutes/html/bychapter/chapter_132.html

SUBJECT:
(March 2023) Request for Franklin County, NC Schools: Current employees, salaries, any pay differentials. As of 03/14/2023 (or present day).

MESSAGE:
Hello Dawayne (or Franklin County, NC Schools Records Officer),

I'd like to make a public records request for the following information under NC Public Records Law.
Ref: https://www.ncleg.net/enactedlegislation/statutes/html/bychapter/chapter_132.html

** Please note that by submitting this request, I am NOT agreeing to pay any potential fees or associated costs related to my request. If it is not possible to process the request without incurring fees, then please let me know the itemized potential cost and explanations for those charges upfront, and DO NOT proceed until I can respond.

** I am simply requesting an electronic copy of an electronic record, if one exists. I am NOT asking 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 an electronic medium / format (in which the copy of this record should already exist). I know that it should be possible to fulfill a records request like this one, as many other schools in NC have already done so.

I do not have any additional or further clarifying info to provide to narrow this request, other than what you see in the message below. If it is unclear, or 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.**

If any / all of this info is already publicly available online, then please provide a link to where it can be accessed:

Please provide a list of ALL current Franklin County, NC schools Employees / Staff and their Salaries [including pay differentials], as of 03/14/2023 or present day (date the query is performed). Please include the following:

1. Employee first / last name
2. Current position / title / department
3. Current salary (including hourly wage, hourly rate, or salary -- whichever is applicable.)
4. Any salary or pay “differentials” for that employee.
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By Law I am not 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 from the email address [email protected] . If anyone other than that email address contacts you to pursue a similar request, it did not come from me or my Team. 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!

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.

Editor’s Note 03/14/23: The submission above has been revised for clarity.

Based on several other similar requests we received addressed to public schools, we are assuming that the sender is actually referring to Franklin County Schools “in North Carolina” (and not in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, or Kentucky). This was not specified.

https://www.fcschools.net/

We will send in the revised request above. However, please note for the future:


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Status: Completed

Activity:

  • March 20, 2023 1:31 pm

    1 year ago

    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: Communications Email <[email protected]>
    date: Mar 20, 2023, 1:31 PM
    subject: Re: Records Request

     

    Good afternoon,

     

    Thank you for your help with this request!

     

    I’ve marked it as completed on our site.

     

    Have a good day.


    Status: Completed
  • March 20, 2023 10:14 am

    1 year ago

    from: Communications Email <[email protected]>
    to: [email protected]
    date: Mar 20, 2023, 10:14 AM
    subject: Re: Records Request

     

    Good morning,

     

    Please see the attached request for Franklin County Schools, NC.

     

    All email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law, which may result in monitoring and disclosure to third parties, including law enforcement.

     

    **Editor’s Note: Please see the referenced file (“Payroll-Assignment-as-of-3.20.2023.xlsx”) at top left in our Documents section.


    Status: Response Received from Government
  • March 14, 2023 12:06 pm

    1 year ago

    from: Google Forms <[email protected]>
    to: [email protected]
    date: Mar 14, 2023, 12:06 PM
    subject: Franklin County Schools Public Records Requests (External Form)

     

    Thanks for filling out Franklin County Schools Public Records Requests (External Form)

     

    Here’s what was received.

     

    Franklin County Schools Public Records Requests (External Form)

     

    *Please note that this form is strictly for public records.  For student transcripts please visit https://needmytranscript.com/

     

    Public Records Overview:
    https://www.sog.unc.edu/sites/www.sog.unc.edu/files/course_materials/public_records_overview.pdf

     

    Public records requests are governed by Franklin County Public Schools Board Policy Code: 5070/7350 Public Records – Retention, Release, and Disposition https://www.boardpolicyonline.com/bl/?b=franklin#&&hs=451971

     

    Franklin County Public Schools will deliver the records at no charge in electronic form by email.  If records are required in another form, the School System will charge a reasonable fee for disks/hard copies and postage.  Labor costs may be charged for extraordinary requests.

     

    Contact:
    Dawayne McIntosh
    [email protected]

     

    Please enter your email address below and then Click NEXT to submit a request.

     

    **Editor’s Note: We’ve left off the rest of this email. ^^
    It was just a long confirmation message that re-listed all of the request details we filled out on the Google form (at the time we sent in the request).


    Status: Sent to Government
  • March 14, 2023 12:06 pm

    1 year ago

    **03/14/23 Editor’s Note to Sender: We submitted the request to Franklin County, NC Schools’ public records request form at 12:06pm EST on 03/14/2023.

     

    You can see a screenshot of the response message we received from their website, above in our “Documents” section (File Name:“Form submission message, 03/14/23, 1206EST”).

     

    We will follow up again in another week or so, if we haven’t received a response.

     

    Thank you for using Sunshine Request!


    Status: Sent to Government
  • March 14, 2023 12:04 pm

    1 year ago

    Submitted to Sunshine Request
    Status: Pending