Open Records Challenge - United High School, Indiana County

As part of my journalism 220 class, I was asked to obtain an item of public record. I chose to try and get the salary of an English teacher from my high school. I sent a letter requesting the salary and addressed it to United High School's "Right to Know Officer." I sent the letter out on Oct. 24, and by Oct. 27 I had received a letter in reply with all of the information that I requested. The "Right to Know Officer" is called the "Open Records Officer" at United. I was pleasantly surprised with how easy it was to obtain this information. I think that this law is an excellent way to let the public find out information that they deserve to have open to them.