Gender dysphoria materials
| Submitted | Dec. 20, 2022 |
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From: The Parents Coalition
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the New York Freedom of Information Law, I hereby request the following records:
All materials and correspondence between the Croton-Harmon Board of Education, Croton-Harmon School District Administration, Croton-Harmon Equity Committee, Faculty, Staff, Third Party Contractors and Consultants related to the following subjects or topics between April 2021 to the date this request is fulfilled:
Gender and Sexuality
Gender expression
LGBTQ+
Transgender hormone treatment
gender non-conforming
non-binary
cigender
Pronouns
Gender dysphoria
gender detransition
Dr. John Money
Reimer twins
This request shall also include any teachings of such curriculum mentioned above by any School District Nurse(s) employed within this district, third party contractors, consultants or other third parties invited by the school or agents of the school.
This request shall also include any documents or materials accessed by the school district, but stored on third party service providers on behalf of the district, and links/references/credentials for access to such materials if present in emails or electronic systems or files stored in browser caches, cloud storage (i.e. Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, etc), or local hard drives managed by the district. This request shall also include non-school email services used by the Croton-Harmon Board of Education, Administration and Faculty to conduct activities and business related to the school district (i.e. Gmail, Outlook, etc).
This request shall also include any training material or supplemental information provided to district staff, whether required or suggested.
Please keep in mind, pursuant to the Retention and Disposition Schedule for New York Local Government Records (LGS-01): Any record listed in the LGS-01 Schedule for which a Freedom of Information (FOIL) request has been received should not be destroyed until that request has been answered and until any potential appeal is made and resolved, even if the retention period of the record has passed.
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 5 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
The Parents Coalition
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following New York Freedom of Information Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on Dec. 20, 2022. 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: Croton-Harmon Union Free School District
Good morning,
Thank you for your patience. As a formal response:
Your FOIL request, dated December 20, 2022 pursuant to the New York Freedom
of Information Law (“FOIL”), Public Officers Law Article 6, is hereby
acknowledged. Please be advised that the same will be granted or denied
within approximately twenty (20) business days.
Tracey Borges
District Clerk
Croton-Harmon Board of Education
914-271-4713 ex 4202
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CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This electronic mail transmission is intended for
the personal and confidential use of the designated recipient(s) named
above. This message may contain confidential student or personnel data or
an attorney-client communication and as such is privileged and
confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby
notified that you have received this message and any documents in error,
that any review, dissemination/disclosure, copying, distribution, or taking
of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly
prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify
the sender immediately by e-mail and delete the original message and
documents. Thank you for your cooperation.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following New York Freedom of Information Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on Dec. 20, 2022. 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: Croton-Harmon Union Free School District
We have 20 days (excluding holidays) from the date of receiving (1/17/23).
We are gathering any information/correspondence we have pertaining to your
request.
Tracey Borges
District Clerk
Croton-Harmon Board of Education
914-271-4713 ex 4202
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CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This electronic mail transmission is intended for
the personal and confidential use of the designated recipient(s) named
above. This message may contain confidential student or personnel data or
an attorney-client communication and as such is privileged and
confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby
notified that you have received this message and any documents in error,
that any review, dissemination/disclosure, copying, distribution, or taking
of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly
prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify
the sender immediately by e-mail and delete the original message and
documents. Thank you for your cooperation.
From: Croton-Harmon Union Free School District
Dear Parent Coalition,
I am writing in response to your request sent on December 20 2022 in which you sought certain documents under the New York State Freedom of Information Law (“FOIL”). The District previously acknowledged receipt of your FOIL request by email dated December 28, 2022.
As and for these requests, the District anticipates that it will require until approximately January 27, 2023 to determine the extent to which your FOIL request will be granted and/or denied.
From: Croton-Harmon Union Free School District
Attached, please find a formal response letter along with the documents associated with your request for All materials and correspondence between the Croton-Harmon Board of Education, Croton-Harmon School District Administration, Croton-Harmon Equity Committee, Faculty, Staff, Third Party Contractors and Consultants related to the following subjects or topics between April 2021 to the date this request is fulfilled:
Gender and Sexuality
Gender expression
LGBTQ+
Transgender hormone treatment
gender non-conforming
non-binary
cigender
Pronouns
Gender dysphoria
gender detransition
Dr. John Money
From: The Parents Coalition
Thank you for your response. If possible, we would like to appeal the determination that all additional materials and correspondence related to this FOIL request are protected by the Federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act ("FERPA"). The are lawful exceptions to FERPA whereby the requested information can be provided with minimal redactions.
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