HCPSS MPIA Request #2027-047

Requestor
Mabel D. Tang
Organization/Agency
Atholton Elementary School PTA
Requested Information
Please provide any and all notes, reports, written conclusions, memorandums, and electronic and/or written correspondence regarding the recent change to no longer allow parent lunch visits as noted in the HCPSS website: https://news.hcpss.org/news-posts/2026/08/getting-ready-for-2026-2027-new-this-year/.

Date Received
Status
Complete
Responsive Documents
Responsive to this request, please find attached records reflecting the development of the recent change and messaging. Under
• Under MPIA GP § 4-330, we have redacted sociological information where it contains cell phone numbers and/or has the potential to pose a risk to individual safety or privacy.
• Under MPIA GP § 4-311, which prevents disclosure of personnel records of an individual, we have redacted personal reasons for leave.
• Under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA), which restricts access to student records, and MPIA GP § 4-313, which prevents disclosure of school district records pertaining to individual students, we have redacted references to students and families from the responsive records.

*Some request language is summarized to include the requester's specific document requests and legally protected information (such as personally identifiable information of a student) or personal, defamatory and malicious content removed at the discretion of the school system.

**Responses containing legally protected information available only to the person of interest are omitted from the above report.

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