2020-2021 Worcester County Public School FOIA for Budget and Income

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Massachusetts Public Records Law, I hereby request the following records:

1) A copy of any and all current and active:
a) memorandum of agreements (MOAs); and
b) memorandum of understandings (MOUs); and
c) contracts; and
d) any other formal (official) agreements; and
e) budget information
between the state, federal, and local agencies, third party contractors, and businesses

2) For ANY AND ALL covid-19 related communication within the Worcester Public School Districts between September 1, 2018 and June 1, 2022, provide:
a) the reason(s) for the above; and
b) the legal justification for the reason(s); and
d) the name of business(es), contractor(s) involved

I am interested in the internal records from of each department, so this information must be from each department's current records, and not coordinated with any other department, entity, agency, or group, unless that outside department's normally stores internal records for your department. For example, the school providing me with a police report which was on file prior to this public records request is acceptable, but the school requesting a police report in order to fulfill this public records request is not acceptable.

Fees for public records requests are defined in part in Massachusetts law 950 CMR 32.07 (2)(m) for municipal records and 950 CMR 32 (2) in general. Anything over 10 dollars please contact me first.

I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as we believe this request is in the public interest, as suggested but not stipulated by the recommendations of the Massachusetts Supervisor of Public Records. The requested documents will be made available to the general public free of charge as part of the public information service at MuckRock.com, processed by a representative of the news media/press and is made in the process of news gathering and not for commercial usage.

I expect the request to be filled in an accessible format, including for screen readers, which provide text-to-speech for persons unable to read print. Files that are not accessible to screen readers include, for example, .pdf image files as well as physical documents.

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, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Sara Cooke

Hello,

I have yet to see the request returned and it has been over 10 days.

Thanks,
Sara Cooke