Mandarin Middle School Brian Covey (Executive Office of the Governor of Florida)

Jason Koebler filed this request with the Executive Office of the Governor of Florida of Florida.

It is a clone of this request.

Multi Request Mandarin Middle School Brian Covey
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From: Jason Koebler

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Florida Sunshine Law, I hereby request the following records:

Public reports show that substitute teacher Brian Covey being fired is a major topic of conversation at American and Florida public schools: https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/education/substitute-duval-teacher-brian-covey-behind-viral-video-showing-empty-bookshelves-in-middle-school-library-fired/77-d7027a8e-7eaa-4218-bde6-3f7c989d078f

Therefore, I hereby request the following records:

1) All employment and disciplinary records related to, about, or mentioning Brian Covey.

2) Any memos or communications sent to schools, administrators, teachers, parents, students, other government organizations that mention "Brian Covey," Mandarin Middle School, "empty shelves" or "empty bookshelves." Please limit this search to between Jan 26, 2023 and the time this request is processed.

3) Any communications with ESS about Brian Covey between Jan 26, 2023 and the time this request is processed.

4) Any policies, processes, or memos created to instruct schools and employees how to comply with House Bill 1467.

To help limit the extent of the responsive documents, please limit search from Jan 1, 2023 through the time this request is processed. Please deliver these documents on a rolling basis as responsive documents are found. You can treat #5 (emails) as a separate request because I suspect there will be many more responsive documents there.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes. It will be used in the course of reporting for Motherboard, VICE's science and tech site (www.motherboard.vice.com).

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, 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.

Sincerely,

Jason Koebler

From: Executive Office of the Governor of Florida

Good morning,

The Governor’s Office of Open Government is in receipt of your request for records as stated in your email below. If there is a fee associated with your request, you will be provided with a fee estimate for your review. Thank you for contacting the Executive Office of the Governor.

Sincerely,
Office of Open Government

From: Executive Office of the Governor of Florida

Good afternoon,

The Office of Open Government handles a high volume of public record requests. We are processing your request along with all other requests.

Sincerely,

Office of Open Government

From: Executive Office of the Governor of Florida

Good afternoon,

We are processing your request.

Office of Open Government

From: Executive Office of the Governor of Florida

Good morning,

The Governor’s Office of Open Government has initiated a search for records responsive to your request, a copy of which is below.

Our initial search has found over 1,200 items potentially responsive to part 2 of your request. An item identifies an email, attachment, meeting invitation, etc., and each item could result in multiple pages. All responsive pages require review for exempt and/or confidential information.

The Executive Office of the Governor is committed to public transparency and compliance with Florida’s Sunshine laws, and we will work to process your request as quickly as possible. As you may know, complex or laborious requests that may require significant staff review or materials costs are subject to service charges.

Please let us know if you would like to limit the scope of your request. Please note, if we do not hear from you within 30 days, our office will consider your request closed. Should that occur, you would be welcome to re-submit your request at any time.

Sincerely,

Open Government

From: Jason Koebler

You may remove duplicates, otherwise I'd like a cost estimate for the request as originally written. Please do not close the request.

From: Executive Office of the Governor of Florida

Good afternoon,
We are following up with you regarding your public records request submitted to this agency. Your request is attached.
Based on the breadth of the specific request, this office has identified over 700 pages that may be responsive. These records may include documents containing information that is confidential and exempt from section 119.07(1), Florida Statutes, and section 24(a), article I of the Florida Constitution. For example, materials that were prepared by an agency attorney or prepared at the attorney’s direction that reflect mental impressions, conclusions, litigation strategy, or legal theories of the attorney or agency prepared in anticipation of litigation are exempt from production pursuant to section 119.071(1)(d), Florida Statutes.
Consequently, your specific requests will require an extensive use of agency personnel and time, as well as information technology resources, to retrieve and review the documents responsive to your request and ensure compliance with the exemptions under section 119.071, Florida Statutes, and applicable law. Therefore, an initial labor deposit is being assessed pursuant to section 119.07(4)(d), Florida Statutes for 50 percent of the total cost estimate, at an initial labor deposit of $120.85. Please note that we estimate these requests may require multiple hours or more of review at appropriate hourly rates. The actual hourly rate of the lowest hourly rate of the employee capable of performing the work needed to comply with these public records requests will be assessed against the initial labor charge.
Pursuant to Florida Public Records Act, section 119.07(4), Florida Statutes, please provide us with a check in the total amount of $120.85 made payable to Executive Office of the Governor and sent to my attention at 400 S Monroe Street, Suite 209, Tallahassee, FL 32399.
Upon receipt of the aforementioned check, this office will begin to review responsive records. Once the responsive records have been reviewed, this office will send you an additional invoice for the remainder of the cost required to produce the documents. Upon receipt of payment in full, we will forward to you the documents responsive to your request. Due to the scope of your public records request, we estimate that the production of these records will take an extensive amount of time to complete.
Please note that if this office does not receive a response within thirty (30) days from the date of this letter, we will close out your specific requests as non-responsive. Please do not hesitate to contact this office in the event that you would like to discuss your current request, or if you would like to narrow it in any fashion.
Sincerely,
Office of Open Government

From: Jason Koebler


To Whom It May Concern:

Please find enclosed a check for $120.85 to satisfy the fee associated with the attached public records request.

Thank you.

Check sent by Muckrock Staff

Pay to the order of:

Executive Office of the Governor
Office of Open Government
Suite 209
400 S Monroe Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399

#11012
Amount of: $120.85
  • Created — 05/18/2023
  • In Transit — 05/19/2023
  • In Local Area — 05/21/2023
  • Processed For Delivery — 05/23/2023
  • Deposited — 06/09/2023

From: Executive Office of the Governor of Florida

Good morning,

Thank you for reaching out, the office of Open Government has received your payment of $120.85. We are unable to give an exact time frame on when your request will be released, but we are currently processing your public records request.

Sincerely ,
Office of Open Government

From: Executive Office of the Governor of Florida

Good morning,

Our office is currently inundated with requests and we are working diligently on fulfilling your request along with the others.

Sincerely,
Office of Open Government

From: Executive Office of the Governor of Florida

Good morning,

Our office is currently inundated with requests, and we are working diligently on fulfilling your request along with the others.

Sincerely,
Office of Open Government

From: Executive Office of the Governor of Florida

Good afternoon,

Our office is currently inundated with requests and is working on fulfilling yours along with the others.

Sincerely,
Office of Open Government

From: Executive Office of the Governor of Florida

Good afternoon,

The Office of Open Government is in response to an immense number of public records requests and is working very hard to fulfil them all. Your request is currently being processed; our Open Government team will look into this request and will contact you if we need any more information or if your request has been completed. Have a great weekend

Sincerely,
The Office of Open Government

From: Executive Office of the Governor of Florida

Good morning,

The Office of Open Government is processing you request along with all others.

Sincerely,

Office of Open Government

From: Executive Office of the Governor of Florida

Good afternoon,

The Office of Open Government is currently processing your request. Our Office is in response to a very immense number of public records requests as is working thoroughly through them all. Thank you for continued patience. We will contact you once your records request haven been processed. Have a great rest weekend.

Sincerely,
Office of Open Government

From: Executive Office of the Governor of Florida

Good afternoon,

A search of the Executive Office of the Governor’s files has produced documents responsive to your request as stated below. You may find your records on the Governor’s website at the link provided below under “09-26-2023_Koebler,_J._01_Responsive_Documents”. Thank you for contacting the Executive Office of the Governor.

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Sincerely,
Office of Open Government

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