Other (indicate in message) Submitted: March 7, 2025 | Updated: March 12, 2025

(March 2025) Request for The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction: Names and monthly salaries of all NC Public School District’s PIOs. As of present day.

SUBJECT:
(March 2025) Request for The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction: Names and monthly salaries of all NC Public School District’s PIOs. As of present day.

MESSAGE:
Good afternoon NC DPI (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 type of basic salary data I’m requesting is very commonly produced, and is widely considered a matter of public record as part of the public personnel file of employees. Many NC entities fulfill requests like this via email in 1 week, and in many cases 1 day.

Please provide the names and monthly salaries of every current NC Public School District’s “Public Information Officer”, as of the present day [on the date the query is performed]. To be clear – I am not asking for the names and salaries of every PIO working at every single County Public School in NC. I’m only asking for those PIOs who are working at the “Central Office” or “District-wide” level. Please include the following:

1) Employee first / last name
2) Date of hire
3) Position / title / department
4) Monthly Salary [please include hourly wage, hourly rate, or monthly salary -- whichever payment structure is applicable to the employee]

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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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.

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 03/07/25: The original submission we received has been revised for clarity.

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Status: Completed

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Activity:

  • March 12, 2025 4:39 pm

    1 week ago

    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: Public Records <[email protected]>
    date: Mar 12, 2025, 4:39 PM
    subject: Re: Your Public Records Request

     

    Good afternoon,

     

    Thank you for your reply.

     

    I will now mark this request as “Completed”.

     

    Have a great rest of your day!

     

    ~ The Sunshine Request Team

     

    Editor’s Note to Sender: According to Google, North Carolina has“115 local public school districts”. Within each district, there are multiple different elementary, middle, and high schools. Based on the response provided to us by the NC DPI, it seems the sender may need to submit more than 115 individual requests, one to every NC Public School District (or each individual school) you’d like to receive salary data from.

     

    ** That being said, please note:

     

    Sunshine Request is a site built to make requests for public records (recorded info such as documents, emails, and data sets) to government entities. We are a small 3-person team, running the website in addition to our primary business. Due to our availability, the volume of requests we receive, and the time required to fulfill each one — our focus is on fulfilling requests which are in the public interest, and evaluating if there is a public benefit to that info being available.

     

    We do not have the capacity to submit 115 similar requests to different entities. It would take us several months or more to do so, while also processing all other requests we receive through our site. We would recommend that the sender reaches out directly to the appropriate Government entity (or entities) for assistance with future requests, if multiple requests need to be made.

     

    Thank you for using Sunshine Request!

    Status: Completed
  • March 11, 2025 10:47 am

    1 week ago

    from: Public Records <[email protected]>
    to: “[email protected]” <[email protected]>
    date: Mar 11, 2025, 10:47 AM
    subject: Your Public Records Request

     

    Good morning,

     

    We received the following public records request on March 7, 2025.

    SUBJECT:

    (March 2025) Request for The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction: Names and monthly salaries of all NC Public School District’s PIOs. As of present day.

     

    MESSAGE:

    Good afternoon NC DPI (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 type of basic salary data I’m requesting is very commonly produced, and is widely considered a matter of public record as part of the public personnel file of employees. Many NC entities fulfill requests like this via email in 1 week, and in many cases 1 day.

     

    Please provide the names and monthly salaries of every current NC Public School District’s “Public Information Officer”, as of the present day [on the date the query is performed]. To be clear – I am not asking for the names and salaries of every PIO working at every single County Public School in NC. I’m only asking for those PIOs who are working at the “Central Office” or “District-wide” level. Please include the following:

     

    1) Employee first / last name

    2) Date of hire

    3) Position / title / department

    4) Monthly Salary [please include hourly wage, hourly rate, or monthly salary — whichever payment structure is applicable to the employee]

     

    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.

    ————————————

     

    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.

     

    There are no records responsive to your request. The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction does not maintain employment records such as salaries of individuals employed by Local Education Agencies (LEAs). You would be able to obtain this information directly from each LEA. You may find the Educational Directory and Demographical Information Exchange (EDDIE) to be a helpful resource.

     

    Thank you, and have a great day!

     

    —

    NCDPI Communications
    Office of Communications and Information Services
    Division of The Chief of Staff
    NC Department of Public Instruction
    [email protected]
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    Visit us on the web at https://dpi.nc.gov . All e-mail 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.
    Status: Response Received from Government
  • March 7, 2025 5:18 pm

    1 week ago

    **Editor’s Note: We submitted the following request to The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NC DPI) via their Public Records Request Form, on 03/07/25 at 5:18pm EST. Any updates we receive about the request, will be posted here on our website.

     

    The submission confirmation email is also above, at top left, in our Documents section. (File name: “Submission-confirmation-030725-518pm.pdf“).

     

    Thank you for using Sunshine Request!

     

    SUBJECT:

    (March 2025) Request for The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction: Names and monthly salaries of all NC Public School District’s PIOs. As of present day.

     

    MESSAGE:

    Good afternoon NC DPI (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 type of basic salary data I’m requesting is very commonly produced, and is widely considered a matter of public record as part of the public personnel file of employees. Many NC entities fulfill requests like this via email in 1 week, and in many cases 1 day. 

     

    Please provide the names and monthly salaries of every current NC Public School District’s “Public Information Officer”, as of the present day [on the date the query is performed]. To be clear – I am not asking for the names and salaries of every PIO working at every single County Public School in NC. I’m only asking for those PIOs who are working at the “Central Office” or “District-wide” level. Please include the following:

     

    1) Employee first / last name

    2) Date of hire

    3) Position / title / department

    4) Monthly Salary [please include hourly wage, hourly rate, or monthly salary — whichever payment structure is applicable to the employee]

     

    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.

    ————————————

     

    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: Sent to Government
  • March 7, 2025 2:40 pm

    2 weeks ago

    Submitted to Sunshine Request
    Status: Pending