Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Open Records Challenge- United High School, Indiana County

For JRNL 220, we were required to send a letter requesting a public record from either our hometown, Indiana, or our high school. I decided to request a janitor's salary from my high school because I remember when my mother was on the school board there was a big to-do about the janitors in our district being the highest paid in our conference. I sent United a "Right to Know" letter on October 24, 2008 and promptly received a response on October 27, 2008. I was very surprised that they responded so quickly. The letter I received was short and to the point.

To sum up the letter: "We received your request. Here is the requested information."

I honestly thought they might have a problem just giving me the salary of a specific employee but they didn't appear to have any problem with it.

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