The Secretary's War on Woke

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For questions, email Marley Billingsley at marley.billingsley@sde.ok.gov.



OSDE Open Records Request Form

Your Name Al Jones

Affiliation Type Member of the Public

Organization Name N/A

Address MuckRock News, DEPT MR146493, 263 Huntington Ave

City Boston

State Massachusetts

ZIP Code 02115

Phone 617-299-1832

Email requests@muckrock.com

Purpose of Request Personal

Due Date 05/29/2023

Type of Information Requested Other

Other Type of Information Requested

Requested Records To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Oklahoma Open Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
All emails or other documents from 6/1/22-5/25/23 (including but not limited to memos, instant messages, policies, and drafts) originating from:
* assistants to Secretary Ryan Walters (including both executive/personal assistants and assistant secretaries, or any of the Secretary's other direct reports)
* assistants to Matt Langston
* Ryan Walters and Matt Langston themselves...
and containing one or more of the following keywords:
woke, racism, racist, anti-white, propaganda, indoctrination, liberal, gay, trans, LGBT, global warming, climate change, DEI, diversity, Communist, socialist, Commie, CCP, ChiCom, pornography, porn, Democrat.
In the case of instant messages, I would appreciate it if you could include enough surrounding messages to make sense of the exchange in context -- say, all messages between the two parties in question for a 48-business-hour period centered on the exchange that hits the keyword (so if you get a result on a Wednesday, all IMs between them on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday).
Also, as a newsgatherer reporting in the public interest, I respectfully request a fee waiver.
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,
Al Jones
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Thank you for contacting the Oklahoma State Department of Education ("OSDE").

We received the Open Records Request you submitted on 05/28/23, 10:46 PM. Your request has been assigned ORR #: 23-242.

Your request below will be fulfilled as soon as the records are available and approved for release within a reasonable amount of time in accordance with applicable law.

ORR #: 23-242
Date Submitted: 05/28/23, 10:46 PM
Your Name: Al Jones
Affiliation Type: Member of the Public
Organization Name: N/A
Address: MuckRock News, DEPT MR146493, 263 Huntington Ave
City: Boston
State: Massachusetts
ZIP Code: 02115
Phone: 617-299-1832
Email: requests@muckrock.com
Purpose of Request: Personal
Due Date: 05/29/23
Type of Information Requested: Other
Other Type of Information Requested:
Requested Records: To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Oklahoma Open Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

All emails or other documents from 6/1/22-5/25/23 (including but not limited to memos, instant messages, policies, and drafts) originating from:

* assistants to Secretary Ryan Walters (including both executive/personal assistants and assistant secretaries, or any of the Secretary's other direct reports)
* assistants to Matt Langston
* Ryan Walters and Matt Langston themselves...

and containing one or more of the following keywords:
woke, racism, racist, anti-white, propaganda, indoctrination, liberal, gay, trans, LGBT, global warming, climate change, DEI, diversity, Communist, socialist, Commie, CCP, ChiCom, pornography, porn, Democrat.

In the case of instant messages, I would appreciate it if you could include enough surrounding messages to make sense of the exchange in context -- say, all messages between the two parties in question for a 48-business-hour period centered on the exchange that hits the keyword (so if you get a result on a Wednesday, all IMs between them on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday).

Also, as a newsgatherer reporting in the public interest, I respectfully request a fee waiver.

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,

Al Jones

Upload documents directly: https://www.muckrock.com/
School Year(s) Needed: N/A
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Student Demographics: N/A
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To whom it may concern,

I am writing today regarding the above reference ORR with the OSDE. I apologize for my delay in reaching out to you, our office has been inundated with requests. In order to write a query for our eDiscovery teams to do an email pull, I do need to know sender and recipient mailboxes to target for your search.

Do you want correspondence between OSDE staff and Mr. Langston and Mr. Walters? Or is there perhaps something more specific you are looking for?

I look forward to hearing from you,

Marley Billingsley

Open Records Coordinator

Oklahoma State Department of Education

2500 North Lincoln Boulevard, 5th Floor

Oklahoma City, OK 73105

405-521-4889

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Your request has been closed because of a lack of response to the following email. State Board of Education rules states that “if the requester fails to furnish additional information reasonably necessary to identify the records sought or otherwise enable agency personnel to accurately process the request, any further processing of the request may be suspended by the records custodian. A request suspended for a period of 45 calendar days or more shall be deemed abandoned.”

Marley Billingsley

Open Records Coordinator

Oklahoma State Department of Education

2500 North Lincoln Boulevard, 5th Floor

Oklahoma City, OK 73105

405-521-4889

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