West Virginia Teachers' Strike February 23-March 3, 2018 (Department of Education)
| Multi Request | West Virginia Teachers' Strike February 23-March 3, 2018 |
| Submitted | Jan. 18, 2019 |
| Est. Completion | March 29, 2019 |
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From: Mackenzie Farkus
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the West Virginia Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
All files on or related to the West Virginia Teacher's Strike that lasted from February 23-March 3, 2018.
I am a career journalist with work that has appeared in various publications. I am willing to pay any reasonable expenses associated with this request, however, as the purpose of the requested disclosure is in full conformity with the statutory requirements for a waiver of fees, I formally request such a 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 5 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Mackenzie Farkus
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following West Virginia Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Jan. 18, 2019. 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: Department of Education
Ms. Farkus:
I am forwarding you this email thread to show you that you sent your FOIA request on January 23, 2019. Our fifth business day will be tomorrow, January 30, 2019. You will hear from us then.
Sherri Goodman Reveal
Staff Attorney
Office of Legal Services
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Building 6, Room 362
1900 Kanawha Boulevard, East
Charleston, WV 25305-0330
From: Department of Education
An acknowledgement letter, stating the request is being processed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following West Virginia Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Jan. 18, 2019. You previously indicated that it would be completed on March 29, 2019. I wanted to let you know that I am still interested in the following documents, and to see if that date was still accurate.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Department of Education
Your request, although limited in time, is exceedingly broad. So it will take the full amount of time specified in our last communication.
Sherri Goodman Reveal
Staff Attorney
Office of Legal Services
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Building 6, Room 362
1900 Kanawha Boulevard, East
Charleston, WV 25305-0330
From: Liam Knox
Hello,
I'm following up on my request to make sure that the update you last gave me, which stated that the responsive records would be available by tomorrow, March 29, is still accurate. If so, please let me know tomorrow how many responsive pages there are and what the fee estimate is, if there is one.
Thank you very much! Looking forward to hearing back from you.
From: Department of Education
Thank you for the reminder. I have been collecting documents from a number of departments. Although I originally dedicated tomorrow to reviewing all of the documents (to see if some are exempted under the Freedom of Information Act or privileged under attorney-client privilege), a family matter has arisen and I will not be in tomorrow. I am therefore extending our deadline until Monday, April 1, 2019 by close of business. At that time I will be in a position to give you a specific number of pages and discuss how you can review documents to determine what you want copied. There are, for example, a lot of communications that discuss rescheduling tests, conferences, reporting deadlines in view of the work stoppage. I doubt that is what you're interested in, but it isn't within my authority to make such a judgment call. I noticed that you do not have a telephone number for me to contact you. If you don't wish to provide, I will continue to use this email account.
Thank you for your patience.
Sherri Goodman Reveal
Staff Attorney
Office of Legal Services
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Building 6, Room 362
1900 Kanawha Boulevard, East
Charleston, WV 25305-0330
From: Mackenzie Farkus
Hello Sherri,
Thank you so much for your response. I'm sorry to hear about the family matter -- I hope everything is going okay for you. I'm not interested in the communications that discuss rescheduling tests, conferences, and reporting deadlines that you mentioned, so it's fine to leave those out of the review.
Please let me know if you need further clarification, and I'll get back to you ASAP via email.
Thanks,
Mackenzie Farkus
From: Department of Education
We have finished culling irrelevant material and have tried to avoid duplicative material. Our administrative assistant is doing a page count, but it's going to be large. Are you local or are you working within anyone local who can come to the WVDE to review the documents and decide which ones to copy? (As soon as the page count is complete, I'll email you again-probably about 15 minutes.)
Sherri Goodman Reveal
Staff Attorney
Office of Legal Services
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Building 6, Room 362
1900 Kanawha Boulevard, East
Charleston, WV 25305-0330
From: Department of Education
There are over 400 pages, but we will charge you for only 400. At .40 per page, this would come out to $160. Once we receive a check in this amount we will mail the documents to you at the address you direct. As I mentioned in my previous email, in the alternative, you are welcome to come to our office, review the documents and determine which pages you wish copied. Please let us know.
Sherri Goodman Reveal
Staff Attorney
Office of Legal Services
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Building 6, Room 362
1900 Kanawha Boulevard, East
Charleston, WV 25305-0330
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