Wichita Public Schools: Open Records Requests Are a Burden
Posted on May 19, 2008 - Filed Under Education, Kansas, Open records, Schools | 2 Comments
Listen to an audio boardcast of this article here.
I recently learned that USD 259 (the Wichita, Kansas public school district) considers it a burden when citizens make requests for records. At least that’s what Lynn Rogers, vice-president of the board of USD 259, told me at a May 12, 2008 meeting when I was invited [...]
Wichita School District Values Its Information Highly
Posted on April 14, 2008 - Filed Under Education, Kansas, Open records, Wichita | 2 Comments
Recently members of Wichitans for Effective Education asked USD 259, the Wichita public school district, this question:
How many classrooms (and portables) are there in 2007-08? For 2006-07?
This would seem a fairly simple question for the school district to answer. After all, the district tells us that schools are overcrowded. To make that assessment, the district [...]
Open Records in Kansas
Posted on March 6, 2008 - Filed Under Kansas, Open records | Leave a Comment
Recently I was recruited to participate in the Sunshine Blogger Project. Its purpose is to “find out whether America’s governors properly archive the e-mail that comes into and goes out of their offices, and are able to provide copies of those e-mails when members of the public request them.”
I believe that open records and meetings [...]
