Amherst Public Schools IEP Enrollment Data

Hi. I forwarded your request to Dr. Faye Brady, the person in charge of
Special Education for our district. She will reply to you.

Dr. Marta M. Guevara
Amherst/Pelham
Regional School District
Director of Academic Achievement and Accountability
170 Chestnut Street
Amherst, MA 01002
(413) 362-1871
fax (413) 549-6108
guevaram@arps.org
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January 15, 2013
Amherst Regional Public Schools
170 Chestnut Street
Amherst, MA
01002

This is a follow up to a previous request:

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request,
copied below, and originally submitted on Dec. 19, 2012. Please let me
know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further
clarification is needed.

Thank you for your help.

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On Dec. 19, 2012:

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Massachusetts Public Records Law, M.G.L. c.66, §10, I
hereby request the following records:

For each school in the district, for the years 2009-2012:

- The number of students evaluated by the district to determine if they
qualified for an IEP
- The number of students who qualified for an IEP based on that
evaluation
- The number of students initially rejected who received independent
assessments and were subsequently placed on an IEP.

I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as we believe this
request is in the public interest, as suggested but not stipulated by
the recommendations of the Massachusetts Supervisor of Public Records.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public
free of charge as part of the public information service at
MuckRock.com, processed by a representative of the news media/press and
is made in the process of news gathering and not for commercial usage.

I expect the request to be filled in an accessible format, including
for screen readers, which provide text-to-speech for persons unable to
read print. Files that are not accessible to screen readers include, for
example, .pdf image files as well as physical documents.

In the event that fees cannot be waived, I would be grateful if you
would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my
request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail
attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I
look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10
business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Tom Nash

Filed via MuckRock.com
E-mail (Preferred): requests@muckrock.com

For mailed responses, please address (see note):
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 2385
PO Box 55819
Boston, MA 02205-5819

PLEASE NOTE the new address as well as the fact that improperly
addressed (i.e., with the requester's name rather than MuckRock News)
requests might be returned by the USPS as undeliverable.

Dear Mr. Nash,

We have received your request for information. Routine data reports
are submitted to the Mass. Department of Elementary and Secondary
Education. A report with the information you have requested is not
developed and hence is not available to share. As you know, the Public
Records law does not require that a public entity create a document,
only that it provide a requested document is available. However, there
is data available about our district on the DESE website and hopefully
you will find this to be helpful.

Faye Brady



To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request,
copied below, and originally submitted on Dec. 19, 2012. Please let me
know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further
clarification is needed.

Thank you for your help.

---

On Dec. 19, 2012:

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Massachusetts Public Records Law, M.G.L. c.66, §10, I
hereby request the following records:

For each school in the district, for the years 2009-2012:

- The number of students evaluated by the district to determine if they
qualified for an IEP
- The number of students who qualified for an IEP based on that
evaluation
- The number of students initially rejected who received independent
assessments and were subsequently placed on an IEP.

I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as we believe this
request is in the public interest, as suggested but not stipulated by
the recommendations of the Massachusetts Supervisor of Public Records.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public
free of charge as part of the public information service at
MuckRock.com, processed by a representative of the news media/press and
is made in the process of news gathering and not for commercial usage.

I expect the request to be filled in an accessible format, including
for screen readers, which provide text-to-speech for persons unable to
read print. Files that are not accessible to screen readers include, for
example, .pdf image files as well as physical documents.

In the event that fees cannot be waived, I would be grateful if you
would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my
request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail
attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I
look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10
business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Tom Nash

Filed via MuckRock.com
E-mail (Preferred): requests@muckrock.com

For mailed responses, please address (see note):
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 2385
PO Box 55819
Boston, MA 02205-5819

PLEASE NOTE the new address as well as the fact that improperly
addressed (i.e., with the requester's name rather than MuckRock News)
requests might be returned by the USPS as undeliverable.