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: March 18, 2025 | Updated: April 16, 2025
(March 2025) Request for Davidson-Davie Community College, in NC: All employees and salaries for 2024.
Good evening Donald, Laura, Jennifer, Melanie, (Records Officer / Custodian(s) of these Records),
Please reply promptly to the following public records request, which is being made in accordance with NC Public Records Law. https://www.ncleg.net/enactedlegislation/statutes/html/bychapter/chapter_132.html
The type of basic salary data I’m requesting is simple to provide, is very commonly produced, and is widely considered a matter of public record as part of the public personnel file of NC University and Community College employees. Many school systems fulfill requests like this via email in 1 week, and in many cases 1 day. You’ve also fulfilled a similar request for me before.
Please provide the names and salaries of all Employees / Faculty / Staff who were working for Davidson-Davie Community College at any point during the year 2024. Please include the following:
1) Employee first / last name
2) Date of hire
3) Position / title / department
4) Salary [including hourly wage, hourly rate, or salary — whichever payment structure is applicable to the employee]
If it isn’t possible for you to query the data in the manner requested [during historical periods of time], please clarify / explain.
Ideally, I’d like to receive the responsive records in an Excel or other machine-readable format. If any / all of this info is already publicly available online, please provide a link to where it can be accessed.
** 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
Activity:
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April 16, 2025 2:53 pm
2 days ago
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: Donald Beck <[email protected]>
cc: Laura Yarbrough <[email protected]>
date: Apr 16, 2025, 2:53 PM
subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Public records request. (March 2025) Request for Davidson-Davie Community College, in NC: All employees and salaries for 2024Hi Donald,
Thank you for providing the document above.
I’ve reviewed the file, and later this afternoon or early tomorrow I will mark this request as “Completed” on our website.
Have a great day!
~ The Sunshine Request Team
Status: Completed -
April 16, 2025 9:13 am
2 days ago
from: Donald Beck <[email protected]>
to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
cc: Laura Yarbrough <[email protected]>
date: Apr 16, 2025, 9:13 AM
subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Public records request. (March 2025) Request for Davidson-Davie Community College, in NC: All employees and salaries for 2024Please find attached the data for 2024. This should supersede any data previously received as part of this request.
Thank you,
Donald
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—————————— ————————– Email correspondence to and from this address may be subject
to the North Carolina Public Records Law and shall be disclosed
to third parties when required by the statutes. (NCGS.Ch.132)
———————————————————— ————————– **Editor’s Note: Please see the 1 file referenced (“2024-Salary-Data.xlsx”) at top left in our Documents section.
Status: Response Received from Government -
April 15, 2025 6:47 pm
2 days ago
from: Donald Beck <[email protected]>
to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
cc: Laura Yarbrough <[email protected]>
date: Apr 15, 2025, 6:47 PM
subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Public records request. (March 2025) Request for Davidson-Davie Community College, in NC: All employees and salaries for 2024Thank you for your email. I will have the data you requested to you tomorrow.
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—————————— ————————– Email correspondence to and from this address may be subject
to the North Carolina Public Records Law and shall be disclosed
to third parties when required by the statutes. (NCGS.Ch.132)
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Status: Government Processing Request -
April 15, 2025 5:24 pm
2 days ago
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: Donald Beck <[email protected]>
cc: Laura Yarbrough <[email protected]>
date: Apr 15, 2025, 5:24 PM
subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Public records request. (March 2025) Request for Davidson-Davie Community College, in NC: All employees and salaries for 2024Hi Donald,
I’m just following up on the previous message (04/04) to see what you’ve found out?
Thank you for your help!
~ The Sunshine Request Team
Status: Follow up -
April 4, 2025 2:42 pm
2 weeks ago
from: Donald Beck <[email protected]>
to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
cc: Laura Yarbrough <[email protected]>
date: Apr 4, 2025, 2:42 PM
subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Public records request. (March 2025) Request for Davidson-Davie Community College, in NC: All employees and salaries for 2024The title of the file was representative of the data quest and year not the results of the data. I’ll review to make sure it includes what you are asking and respond as soon as possible.
Thank you for your inquiry.
Donald
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—————————— ————————– Email correspondence to and from this address may be subject
to the North Carolina Public Records Law and shall be disclosed
to third parties when required by the statutes. (NCGS.Ch.132)
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Status: Response Received from Government -
April 4, 2025 1:29 pm
2 weeks ago
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: Donald Beck <[email protected]>
cc: Laura Yarbrough <[email protected]>
date: Apr 4, 2025, 1:29 PM
subject: Re: Public records request. (March 2025) Request for Davidson-Davie Community College, in NC: All employees and salaries for 2024Hi Donald,
My apologies for the delay.
Thank you for sharing the document above on March 28th.
To clarify — I requested the following:
Please provide the names and salaries of all Employees / Faculty / Staff who were working for Davidson-Davie Community College at any point during the year 2024. Please include the following:
1) Employee first / last name
2) Date of hire
3) Position / title / department
4) Salary [including hourly wage, hourly rate, or salary — whichever payment structure is applicable to the employee]If it isn’t possible for you to query the data in the manner requested [during historical periods of time], please clarify / explain.
Ideally, I’d like to receive the responsive records in an Excel or other machine-readable format. If any / all of this info is already publicly available online, please provide a link to where it can be accessed.
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Looking at the document’s title, I assume that the data you’ve provided is only for current employees (working as of the present day). Can you please specify whether it was not possible for you to query the data in the manner I requested? And if so, please explain why.
Thank you for your help.
~ The Sunshine Request Team
Status: Clarification Requested -
March 28, 2025 1:08 pm
3 weeks ago
from: Donald Beck <[email protected]>
to: [email protected]
cc: Laura Yarbrough <[email protected]>
date: Mar 28, 2025, 1:08 PM
subject: Public records request. (March 2025) Request for Davidson-Davie Community College, in NC: All employees and salaries for 2024Find the requested information attached.
There is a tab for full time faculty and staff (FT) and a tab for part time faculty and staff (PT).
Thank you,
—
Donald Beck | Chief Information Officer
Davidson-Davie Community College
PO Box 1287 | Lexington, North Carolina 27293
www.davidsondavie.edu 336.224.4503
office: Rittling 124
[email protected]——————————
—————————— ————————– Email correspondence to and from this address may be subject
to the North Carolina Public Records Law and shall be disclosed
to third parties when required by the statutes. (NCGS.Ch.132)
———————————————————— ————————– **Editor’s Note: Please see the 1 file referenced (“Salary-Data-Request-2025.xlsx”) at top left in our Documents section.
Status: Response Received from Government -
March 28, 2025 11:59 am
3 weeks ago
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: Laura Yarbrough <[email protected]>
cc: [email protected]
date: Mar 28, 2025, 11:59 AM
subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Public records request. (March 2025) Request for Davidson-Davie Community College, in NC: All employees and salaries for 2024Hi Laura,
Thank you for your message.
Yes — a direct email to [email protected] would be preferred. If all you needed to send me was a document / spreadsheet.
Thank you for your help!
Status: Clarification Provided -
March 28, 2025 11:57 am
3 weeks ago
from: Laura Yarbrough <[email protected]>
to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
cc: [email protected]
date: Mar 28, 2025, 11:57 AM
subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Public records request. (March 2025) Request for Davidson-Davie Community College, in NC: All employees and salaries for 2024Hi, Sunshine Team.
Yes it’s legitimate and yes it’s the salary data. We can send directly if that is preferred. This is the normal way our CIO would send data with personal information.
Laura Lester Yarbrough | Executive Vice President, Financial & Administrative Services
Davidson-Davie Community College
PO Box 1287 | Lexington, North Carolina 27293
www.davidsondavie.edu 336.224.4669
office: Brooks Student Center 200
[email protected]——————————
—————————— ————————– Email correspondence to and from this address may be subject
to the North Carolina Public Records Law and shall be disclosed
to third parties when required by the statutes. (NCGS.Ch.132)
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Status: Clarification Provided -
March 28, 2025 11:03 am
3 weeks ago
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: [email protected]
cc: Laura Yarbrough <[email protected]>
date: Mar 28, 2025, 11:03 AM
subject: Re: Public records request. (March 2025) Request for Davidson-Davie Community College, in NC: All employees and salaries for 2024Hi Donald and Laura,
I just wanted to confirm with you that this message from Donald (see above) is legitimate, before I attempt to open it?
I’m not sure why I’m receiving this, rather than an emailed message. I have never in response to a request for salary data been sent an “encrypted [Virtru] message” from a college official which requires “verifying my identity” to open what I assume is just a salary data spreadsheet.
Thank you for your help.
~ The Sunshine Request Team
Status: Clarification Requested -
March 28, 2025 9:34 am
3 weeks ago
from: Donald Beck <[email protected]>
to: [email protected]
cc: Laura Yarbrough <[email protected]>
date: Mar 28, 2025, 9:34 AM
subject: Public records request. (March 2025) Request for Davidson-Davie Community College, in NC: All employees and salaries for 2024[email protected] is using Virtru to send and receive encrypted email.
Unlock Message
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—————————— ————————– Email correspondence to and from this address may be subject
to the North Carolina Public Records Law and shall be disclosed
to third parties when required by the statutes. (NCGS.Ch.132)
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Status: Response Received from Government -
March 18, 2025 7:36 pm
4 weeks ago
from: Laura Yarbrough <[email protected]>
to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
cc: [email protected], [email protected]
date: Mar 18, 2025, 7:36 PM
subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Public records request. (March 2025) Request for Davidson-Davie Community College, in NC: All employees and salaries for 2024.Good evening.
We have received your request. We will work on the request and return the data once retrieved.
Thank you!
Laura Lester Yarbrough | Executive Vice President, Financial & Administrative Services
Davidson-Davie Community College
PO Box 1287 | Lexington, North Carolina 27293
www.davidsondavie.edu 336.224.4669
office: Brooks Student Center 200
[email protected]——————————
—————————— ————————– Email correspondence to and from this address may be subject
to the North Carolina Public Records Law and shall be disclosed
to third parties when required by the statutes. (NCGS.Ch.132)
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Status: Government Processing Request -
March 18, 2025 6:23 pm
4 weeks ago
from: Melanie Avelino <[email protected]>
date: Mar 18, 2025, 6:24 PM
subject: No Longer with the College Re: [EXTERNAL] Public records request. (March 2025) Request for Davidson-Davie Community College, in NC: All employees and salaries for 2024.Melanie Avelino is no longer with Davidson-Davie Community College.
For immediate needs please contact Laura Yarbrough at
Laura_Yarbrough@davidsondavie.
edu. Thank you!
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Melanie L. Avelino | Director, Human Resources
Davidson-Davie Community College
PO Box 1287 | Lexington, North Carolina 27293
www.davidsondavie.edu 336.224.4662
office: {Brooks Student Center room 227}
Melanie_Avelino@davidsondavie.edu *Davidson-Davie Community College will operate under a summer schedule May
13 through August 9. Hours are Monday through Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 5:00
p.m. and Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.*—
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Carolina Public Records Law and shall be disclosed
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from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: [email protected]
cc: Laura Yarbrough <[email protected]>, [email protected], [email protected]
date: Mar 18, 2025, 6:23 PM
subject: Public records request. (March 2025) Request for Davidson-Davie Community College, in NC: All employees and salaries for 2024.Good evening Donald, Laura, Jennifer, Melanie, (Records Officer / Custodian(s) of these Records),
Please reply promptly to the following public records request, which is being made in accordance with NC Public Records Law. https://www.ncleg.net/enactedlegislation/statutes/html/bychapter/chapter_132.html
The type of basic salary data I’m requesting is simple to provide, is very commonly produced, and is widely considered a matter of public record as part of the public personnel file of NC University and Community College employees. Many school systems fulfill requests like this via email in 1 week, and in many cases 1 day. You’ve also fulfilled a similar request for me before.
Please provide the names and salaries of all Employees / Faculty / Staff who were working for Davidson-Davie Community College at any point during the year 2024. Please include the following:
1) Employee first / last name
2) Date of hire
3) Position / title / department
4) Salary [including hourly wage, hourly rate, or salary — whichever payment structure is applicable to the employee]If it isn’t possible for you to query the data in the manner requested [during historical periods of time], please clarify / explain.
Ideally, I’d like to receive the responsive records in an Excel or other machine-readable format. If any / all of this info is already publicly available online, please provide a link to where it can be accessed.
** 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. **
————————————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 -
March 18, 2025 6:22 pm
4 weeks ago
Submitted to Sunshine Request
Status: Pending