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Other (indicate in message) Submitted: October 29, 2025 | Updated: January 29, 2026
(October 2025) Request for Onslow County, NC Schools: Board of Education employees and salaries. As of present day.
Good afternoon Brent, Jessica, Jeff, Dr. Korenek, Elbert, (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 simple to provide, very commonly produced, and widely considered a matter of public record as part of the public personnel file of employees. Many NC schools fulfill requests like this via email in 1 week, and in many cases 1 day.
Please provide the names and salaries of all Onslow County, NC Board of Education members / employees / staff as of the present day [on the date the query is performed]. 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 annual 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.
** 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, 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: Government Denied Request
Activity:
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January 29, 2026 12:04 pm
4 months ago
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: Jessica Wells <[email protected]>
cc: Brent Anderson <[email protected]>, Jeff Hollamon <[email protected]>, [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
date: Jan 29, 2026, 12:04 PM
subject: Re: Public records request. (October 2025) Request for Onslow County, NC Schools: Board of Education employees and salaries. As of present day.Good afternoon,
In regard to the following public records request. I submitted it to your offices on October 29, 2025:
(October 2025) Request for Onslow County, NC Schools: Board of Education employees and salaries. As of present day.
Basic salary data is very simple to provide. Most entities produce this data in 1 week or 1 day.
Under NC Public Records Law, your office is required to “promptly” process all public records requests. Essentially, this means that if you intentionally delay the fulfillment of a request by allowing it to “sit” until staff has availability to address it, or feels like answering my emails, then this could be considered a denial of a request. With this in mind, I want to highlight the court case referenced in item #6 of the following article, posted on the NC Press Association website. In this instance: “The trial court held that an unjustified one-month delay in production of records was tantamount to a denial”. http://www.ncpress.
com/stories/a-bakers-dozen- for-2022nc-public-records-law, 2390 Having made reasonable attempts to follow up since October, I will now mark this request as having been “Denied” by your organization.
~ The Sunshine Request Team
Status: Government Denied Request -
January 22, 2026 8:32 pm
4 months ago
from: Brent Anderson <[email protected]>
to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
date: Jan 22, 2026, 8:32 PM
subject: Automatic reply: Public records request. (October 2025) Request for Onslow County, NC Schools: Board of Education employees and salaries. As of present day.Hello –
I am currently away from the office.
Please know that I limit my use of email from 4 p.m. to 7 a.m. Monday through Friday, and all day Saturday and Sunday. If you have an urgent matter or emergency, please don’t hesitate to call or text me on my cell phone, which I monitor 24 hours a day. Otherwise, I’ll reply when I return to the office.
Thank you,
Brent Anderson
Brent C. Anderson
Chief Communications OfficerOnslow County Schools200 Broadhurst RoadP.O. Box 99Jacksonville, NC 28540Phone – (910) 455-2211 x71601
Status: Follow up -
January 22, 2026 2:02 pm
4 months ago
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: Jessica Wells <[email protected]>
cc: Brent Anderson <[email protected]>, Jeff Hollamon <[email protected]>, [email protected], [email protected]
date: Jan 22, 2026, 2:02 PM
subject: Re: Public records request. (October 2025) Request for Onslow County, NC Schools: Board of Education employees and salaries. As of present day.Good afternoon Jessica, all others CCed,
I’m aking again that you please provide an anticipated date for the completion of my request. It was submitted to your offices on October 29th:
(October 2025) Request for Onslow County, NC Schools: Board of Education employees and salaries. As of present day.
Basic salary data for all school employees is widely considered a matter of public record, and it is very simple to provide.
Trial courts have found that an unjustified 1 month delay in the production of records is tantamount to a denial. If I do not receive a response within the next week clarifying when this request will be completed, I will mark the request as “Denied” by your organization.
I also expect that the data provided to me will now be current and up-to-date, as of the present day.
Thank you.
~ The Sunshine Request Team
Status: Follow up -
January 12, 2026 11:32 am
5 months ago
from: Jessica Wells <[email protected]>
to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
cc: Brent Anderson <[email protected]>, Jeff Hollamon <[email protected]>
date: Jan 12, 2026, 11:32 AM
subject: Re: Public records request. (October 2025) Request for Onslow County, NC Schools: Board of Education employees and salaries. As of present day.Good morning,
We have shared your request with the appropriate staff members and have reached out for an update.
We hope to be in touch with more information soon.Best,
Jessica Wells
Public Information Assistant
OCS Community Affairs
910-455-2211, ext. 71602
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.
Status: Response Received from Government -
January 8, 2026 5:45 pm
5 months ago
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: Jessica Wells <[email protected]>
cc: Brent Anderson <[email protected]>, [email protected]
date: Jan 8, 2026, 5:45 PM
subject: Re: Public records request. (October 2025) Request for Onslow County, NC Schools: Board of Education employees and salaries. As of present day.Hi Jessica,
I have not received a response to my emails on Dec. 03 or Dec. 10.
I’d like to ask one last time that you please provide an anticipated date for the completion of my request. It was submitted to your offices on October 29:
(October 2025) Request for Onslow County, NC Schools: Board of Education employees and salaries. As of present day.Basic salary data is very simple to provide. Most schools fulfill requests like this in 1 week or 1 day.
I expect that the data provided to me will be current and up-to-date as of the date you send it to me.
Trial courts have found that an unjustified 1 month delay in the production of records is tantamount to a denial. If I do not receive a response within the next week, I will need to mark this request as “Denied” by your organization.
~ The Sunshine Request Team
Status: Follow up -
December 10, 2025 4:49 pm
6 months ago
from: Brent Anderson <[email protected]> via ch5pr02cu005.outbound.protection.outlook.com
to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
date: Dec 10, 2025, 4:50 PM
subject: Automatic reply: Public records request. (October 2025) Request for Onslow County, NC Schools: Board of Education employees and salaries. As of present day.Hello –
I am currently away from the office.
Please know that I limit my use of email from 4 p.m. to 7 a.m. Monday through Friday, and all day Saturday and Sunday.
If you have an urgent matter or emergency, please don’t hesitate to call or text me on my cell phone, which I monitor 24 hours a day. Otherwise, I’ll reply when I return to the office.
Thank you,
Brent Anderson
Brent C. Anderson
Chief Communications OfficerOnslow County SchoolsP.O. Box 99Jacksonville, NC 28540Phone – (910) 455-2211 x71601
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: Jessica Wells <[email protected]>
cc: Brent Anderson <[email protected]>, [email protected]
date: Dec 10, 2025, 4:49 PM
subject: Re: Public records request. (October 2025) Request for Onslow County, NC Schools: Board of Education employees and salaries. As of present day.Hi Jessica,
Can you please provide an anticipated date or timeline for the completion of my request? Submitted to your offices on October 29:
(October 2025) Request for Onslow County, NC Schools: Board of Education employees and salaries. As of present day.Basic salary data is simple to provide. Most schools fulfill requests like this via email in 1 week, and in many cases 1 day.
Thank you!
~ The Sunshine Request Team
Status: Follow up -
December 3, 2025 3:46 pm
6 months ago
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: Jessica Wells <[email protected]>
cc: Brent Anderson <[email protected]>
date: Dec 3, 2025, 3:46 PM
subject: Re: Public records request. (October 2025) Request for Onslow County, NC Schools: Board of Education employees and salaries. As of present day.Hi Jessica,
Just checking in again to see if you’re able to provide an anticipated date or timeline for the completion of my request? It was submitted to your offices on October 29:
(October 2025) Request for Onslow County, NC Schools: Board of Education employees and salaries. As of present day.Basic salary data is simple to provide. Many schools fulfill requests like this via email in 1 week, and in many cases 1 day.
Thank you.
~ The Sunshine Request Team
Status: Follow up -
November 21, 2025 12:02 pm
6 months ago
from: Jessica Wells <[email protected]>
to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
cc: Brent Anderson <[email protected]>
date: Nov 21, 2025, 12:02 PM
subject: Re: Public records request. (October 2025) Request for Onslow County, NC Schools: Board of Education employees and salaries. As of present day.Good afternoon,
I apologize for the delay in response. Your request has been received and shared with the appropriate staff members. We will be in touch as information becomes available.
Thank you,
Jessica Wells
Public Information Assistant
OCS Community Affairs
910-455-2211, ext. 71602
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.
Status: Government Processing Request -
November 21, 2025 11:39 am
6 months ago
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: Brent Anderson <[email protected]>
cc: Jessica Wells <[email protected]>, [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
date: Nov 21, 2025, 11:39 AM
subject: Re: Public records request. (October 2025) Request for Onslow County, NC Schools: Board of Education employees and salaries. As of present day.Good afternoon,
This is my final attempt to follow up with you regarding the following public records request. I submitted it to your offices on October 29:
(October 2025) Request for Onslow County, NC Schools: Board of Education employees and salaries. As of present day.
I have not received a response since submitting the request, nor to my follow up email about this on November 06.
Under NC Public Records Law, your office is required to “promptly” process all public records requests. Essentially, this means that if you intentionally delay the fulfillment of a request by allowing it to “sit” until staff has availability to address it, or feels like answering my emails, then this could be considered a denial of a request. With this in mind, I want to highlight the court case referenced in item #6 of the following article, posted on the NC Press Association website. In this instance: “The trial court held that an unjustified one-month delay in production of records was tantamount to a denial”. http://www.ncpress.
com/stories/a-bakers-dozen- for-2022nc-public-records-law, 2390 Basic salary data is simple to provide. Many schools fulfill requests like this via email in 1 week, and in many cases 1 day.
Having made reasonable efforts to follow up, and having received no response in nearly a month — if I don’t hear back by the end of November, I will need to mark this request as having been “Denied” by your organization.
~ The Sunshine Request Team
Status: Follow up -
November 6, 2025 2:08 pm
7 months ago
from: Brent Anderson <[email protected]> via cy3pr05cu001.outbound.protection.outlook.com
to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
date: Nov 6, 2025, 2:08 PM
subject: Automatic reply: Public records request. (October 2025) Request for Onslow County, NC Schools: Board of Education employees and salaries. As of present day.Hello –
I will be out of the office Thursday, April 28 facilitating school visits. You may contact Francine Hall – [email protected].
us or Jessica Wells – [email protected]. us for more immediate assistance. Otherwise, I will reply to emails when I return to the office. Thank you,
Brent Anderson
Brent C. Anderson
Chief Communications OfficerOnslow County Schools200 Broadhurst RoadP.O. Box 99Jacksonville, NC 28540Phone – (910) 455-2211 x.71601
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: Brent Anderson <[email protected]>cc: Jessica Wells <[email protected]>, [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
date: Nov 6, 2025, 2:08 PM
subject: Re: Public records request. (October 2025) Request for Onslow County, NC Schools: Board of Education employees and salaries. As of present day.Good afternoon,
I submitted the following public records request to your offices on 10/29/25:
(October 2025) Request for Onslow County, NC Schools: Board of Education employees and salaries. As of present day.
I have not received a 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 or timeline for the completion of the request.
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 -
October 29, 2025 4:21 pm
7 months ago
from: Brent Anderson <[email protected]> via sa9pr02cu001.outbound.protection.outlook.com
to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
date: Oct 29, 2025, 4:22 PM
subject: Automatic reply: Public records request. (October 2025) Request for Onslow County, NC Schools: Board of Education employees and salaries. As of present day.Hello –
Thanks for your email. I limit my use of email from 4 p.m. to 8 a.m. Monday through Friday, and all day Saturday and Sunday.
If you have an urgent matter or emergency, please don’t hesitate to call or text me on my cell phone, which I monitor 24 hours a day. Otherwise, I’ll reply when I return to the office.
Thank you,
Brent Anderson
Brent C. Anderson
Chief Communications Officer
Onslow County Schools
Jacksonville, NC 28540
Phone – (910) 455-2211 x71601
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: Brent Anderson <[email protected]>
cc: Jessica Wells <[email protected]>, [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
date: Oct 29, 2025, 4:21 PM
subject: Public records request. (October 2025) Request for Onslow County, NC Schools: Board of Education employees and salaries. As of present day.Good afternoon Brent, Jessica, Jeff, Dr. Korenek, Elbert, (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 simple to provide, very commonly produced, and widely considered a matter of public record as part of the public personnel file of employees. Many NC schools fulfill requests like this via email in 1 week, and in many cases 1 day.
Please provide the names and salaries of all Onslow County, NC Board of Education members / employees / staff as of the present day [on the date the query is performed]. 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 annual 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.
** 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, 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 -
October 29, 2025 4:19 pm
7 months ago
Submitted to Sunshine Request
Status: Pending