Journalism Classes
| Submitted | Jan. 6, 2020 |
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From: Alexa Gagosz
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the The Missouri Sunshine Law, I hereby request the following records:
A spreadsheet of all public high schools in the state of Missouri that offer a journalism course during the current academic year (2019-2020).
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 3 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Alexa Gagosz
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following The Missouri Sunshine Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on Jan. 6, 2020. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Dear Ms. Gagosz:
On January 6 and January 9, 2020, the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) received your identical Sunshine Law requests for public records. Your specific request is as follows: "[a] spreadsheet of all public high schools in the state of Missouri that offer a journalism course during the current academic year (2019-2020)."
It may be helpful to know that pursuant to Missouri's Open Meetings and Records Law, public governmental bodies have three business days to respond to a request (see, § 610.023.3, RSMo).
With respect to your requests, please find the record we have created in response to your request.
I hope this information is of assistance.
Respectfully,
Sarah G. Madden
Coordinator, Legal Services
Governmental Affairs
Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Office: 573-751-3527
dese.mo.gov
The Missouri Bar Disciplinary Counsel requires all Missouri lawyers to notify all recipients of e-mail that (1) e-mail communication is not a secure method of communication, (2) any e-mail that is sent to you or by you may be copied and held by various computers the e-mail passes through as it goes from sender to recipient, (3) persons not participating in our communication may intercept our communications by improperly accessing your computer or this office's computers or even some computer unconnected to either of us which the e-mail passes through. This office is communicating to you via e-mail because you have consented to receive communications via this medium. If you change your mind and want further communications to be sent in a different fashion, please advise our office AT ONCE.
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2020_JournalismCourseData
From: Alexa Gagosz
Sarah,
Thank you for this information. However, I have examined it and cannot tell which school these classes belong to. Is there a way to get which school is offering these classes within these districts instead of just the district information?
Thank you for all of your help,
Alexa Gagosz
From: Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Dear Ms. Gagosz:
We are following up from your email of February 19, 2020. We have revised the spreadsheet that we created in response to your original request to include the name of the school providing the journalism course(s).
I hope this information is of assistance.
Respectfully,
Sarah G. Madden
Coordinator, Legal Services
Governmental Affairs
Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Office: 573-751-3527
dese.mo.gov
The Missouri Bar Disciplinary Counsel requires all Missouri lawyers to notify all recipients of e-mail that (1) e-mail communication is not a secure method of communication, (2) any e-mail that is sent to you or by you may be copied and held by various computers the e-mail passes through as it goes from sender to recipient, (3) persons not participating in our communication may intercept our communications by improperly accessing your computer or this office’s computers or even some computer unconnected to either of us which the e-mail passes through. This office is communicating to you via e-mail because you have consented to receive communications via this medium. If you change your mind and want further communications to be sent in a different fashion, please advise our office AT ONCE.
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