That's a great question. Transparency is a core government function and I think all government agencies should be be willing to support FOIA. District 65 is a 150 million dollar organization funded most by locals, surely they can handle the ~12 or so FOIA requests they get per month from parents. Before local newspapers were dead, they w…
That's a great question. Transparency is a core government function and I think all government agencies should be be willing to support FOIA. District 65 is a 150 million dollar organization funded most by locals, surely they can handle the ~12 or so FOIA requests they get per month from parents. Before local newspapers were dead, they would get probably more than this from local journalists, who are all now unemployed.
Requests that are too burdensome, request identifying information, or take too long just get rejected anyway. You have to know what records you're looking for in advance. You can't just go fishing.
I should add: I *don't* like that this is becoming a partisan issue for the left because we are annoyed that conservative parents are asking about the CRT curriculum. If the powers ever change (and they will), we will want these transparency laws in place when the next folks in charge start putting together a curriculum that prioritizes "creative design"
You certainly have a right to petition the government; that's guaranteed in the first amendment of the constitution, much less the board policies. But you don't have a right to force them to listen or agree with you. The whole point of elections is to vote for people who we think will administrate the ideas we believe in.
That's a great question. Transparency is a core government function and I think all government agencies should be be willing to support FOIA. District 65 is a 150 million dollar organization funded most by locals, surely they can handle the ~12 or so FOIA requests they get per month from parents. Before local newspapers were dead, they would get probably more than this from local journalists, who are all now unemployed.
Requests that are too burdensome, request identifying information, or take too long just get rejected anyway. You have to know what records you're looking for in advance. You can't just go fishing.
I should add: I *don't* like that this is becoming a partisan issue for the left because we are annoyed that conservative parents are asking about the CRT curriculum. If the powers ever change (and they will), we will want these transparency laws in place when the next folks in charge start putting together a curriculum that prioritizes "creative design"
You certainly have a right to petition the government; that's guaranteed in the first amendment of the constitution, much less the board policies. But you don't have a right to force them to listen or agree with you. The whole point of elections is to vote for people who we think will administrate the ideas we believe in.
If he's not using district resources to do it, I don't care