HCPSS MPIA Request #2020-163

Requested Information
I respectfully request to obtain electronic copies of all email and text communication (if available) between Richard Kohn and current members of the Board of Education and/ or Superintendent Martirano for the time period of May 1, 2017, through October 18, 2019. For email communication, this request is for electronic copies of any correspondence in which the name "Richard Kohn", "Rick Kohn" or "Richard A Kohn" appears in the To, From, CC field, subject line and/or within the body of an email in a mailbox belonging to Dr Martirano or a Board of Education member. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns.
Date Received
Status
Complete
Response Notes

Responsive to your request for text messages, no existing records have been located meeting the parameters requested.

Responsive Documents
Responsive to this request, attached is the first batch of emails from mailboxes belonging to either current Board of Education members and/or Dr. Martirano in which the names supplied as keywords showed up in the To, From, CC fields, subject line or body of an email. 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 redacted information that could reveal individual student information from the responsive records. Additionally, under MPIA GP § 4-330, we redacted sociological information where it contains personal phone numbers, addresses or has the potential to pose a risk to individual privacy, as well as medical information which is exempt under MPIA GP § 4-329(b).
The second batch of responsive emails meeting the same parameters above, through May of 2018. 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 redacted information that could reveal individual student information from the responsive records. Additionally, under MPIA GP § 4-330, we redacted sociological information where it contains personal phone numbers, addresses or has the potential to pose a risk to individual privacy.
The third and final batch of responsive records meeting the same parameters above, inclusive of all remaining emails through May of 2017. Under MPIA GP § 4-330, we have redacted sociological information where it contains personal phone numbers, addresses or has the potential to pose a risk to individual privacy.

*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.

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