Updated Teacher Retention Data
| Submitted | March 26, 2022 |
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From: Kristin Reed
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
* Annual teacher retention data for City of Richmond Public Schools for the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 school years.
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,
Kristin Reed
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Virginia Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 26, 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: Virginia Department of Education
Good morning, Ms. Reed:
I hope this message finds you well. I am writing to confirm that our office
received your Virginia FOIA request on Monday, March 28th (the first
business day following submission). Please be advised that we are still
processing your request at this time. We will keep you posted on the status
of this request.
Have a great day.
Best regards,
Rebecca Westfall
<https://www.doe.virginia.gov/>
*FOIA Officer*
OFFICE OF POLICY
VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT ♥F EDUCATION
From: Virginia Department of Education
Good afternoon:
I hope this message finds you well. Please be advised that due to staff
commitments it is not practically possible for us to provide a response
within the five (5) working days required under Virginia FOIA.
Consequently, we are invoking the additional seven (7) working days
permitted by Va. Code § 2.2-3704(B)(4) and a response will be provided by
or before Wednesday, April 13th.
I hope you have a good rest of the week.
Best regards,
Rebecca Westfall
<https://www.doe.virginia.gov/>
*FOIA Officer*
OFFICE OF POLICY
VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT ♥F EDUCATION
From: Virginia Department of Education
Good afternoon:
I hope this message finds you well. I am writing in response to your
Virginia FOIA request for copies of the "annual teacher retention data for
City of Richmond Public Schools for the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 school
years." Please be advised that the 2021-2022 school year data will not be
available until later this summer. Attached please find a spreadsheet of
responsive data, which reflects the instructional personnel retention and
turnover rate for Richmond City Public Schools from school year 2019-20 to
school year 2020-21.
I hope you have a good evening.
Best regards,
Rebecca Westfall
<https://www.doe.virginia.gov/>
*FOIA Officer*
OFFICE OF POLICY
VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT ♥F EDUCATION
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Personnel Turnover Rate by Public School Division from SY2019-2020 to SY2020-2021
From: Kristin Reed
Good evening,
I am writing to follow up on my 3/26/22 request for teacher retention data for Richmond Public Schools for years 2020-2021 and 2021-2022. I was informed in April that this data would be available this summer, and I'd love to revisit that request now that some time has passed.
Best,
Kristin Reed
From: Virginia Department of Education
Good morning, Ms. Reed:
I hope this message finds you well. After consulting with our Data Services
team, please be advised that the requested 2021-22 teacher retention data
is not yet available. We anticipate that this data will be available in
early September and we can provide it to you at that time.
I hope you have a great holiday weekend.
Best regards,
Rebecca Westfall
<https://www.doe.virginia.gov/>
*FOIA Officer*
OFFICE OF POLICY
VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT ♥F EDUCATION
From: Kristin Reed
Thank you for your response Rebecca! I was able to receive the fall 2020 retention data in May of 2021. Could you clarify why data is delayed this year?
Best,
Kristin
From: Virginia Department of Education
The VDOE Data Services team recently took over teacher data reporting from
a different division, which has resulted in some unexpected technical
issues and therefore a delay in data availability this year.
Best regards,
Rebecca Westfall
<https://www.doe.virginia.gov/>
*FOIA Officer*
OFFICE OF POLICY
VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT ♥F EDUCATION
From: Virginia Department of Education
Good afternoon, Ms. Reed:
I hope this message finds you well. I'm writing in response to your
Virginia FOIA request from earlier this summer regarding teacher retention
for Richmond City Public Schools. Attached please find a spreadsheet of
responsive data, which reflects the instructional personnel retention and
turnover rate for Richmond City Public Schools from school year 2020-21 to
school year 2021-22.
I hope you have a good evening.
Best regards,
Rebecca Westfall
<https://www.doe.virginia.gov/>
*FOIA Officer*
OFFICE OF POLICY
VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT ♥F EDUCATION
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Personnel Turnover Rate by Public School Division from SY2020-2021 to SY2021-2022