Joseph Viglione v. Medford, City of - Public Schools (SPR 20160029)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Shawn A. Williams Supervisor ofR ecords January 26, 2016 SPR16/029 Superintendent Roy E. Belson City of Medford - Public Schools 489 Winthrop Street Medford, MA 0215 5 Dear Mr. Belson: I have received the petition of Joseph Viglione appealing the nomesponse of City of Medford (City)-Public Schools (Schools) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66 § 10(b); see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). Specifically, Mr. Viglione requested records from a number of incidents occurring in or relating to the Schools. Having received no response, Mr. Viglione petitioned this office. Under the Public Records Law and the Access Regulations (Regulations) all requests for public records must be met with a response within ten (1 0) days of the request. G. L. c. 66, § 1O (b ); 950 C.M.R. 32.05. The response may be an offer to provide records, a fee estimate for provision of the records, or a denial. Both the City and Schools are advised that all records custodians must comply with both the Public Records Law and the Regulations with respect to the timeliness of response. Subsequent to the intervention by a member of my staff, you notified this office in a January 22, 2016 email that the City Solicitor will provide a written response to this request. Whereas this matter was opened based upon the Schools' failure to provide a written response, I will consider this administrative appeal closed, with the proviso that a response be provided within ten (10) days. Mr. Viglione may appeal the substantive nature ofthe City's response within ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). To assist the Schools in responding to requests for public records I have enclosed a copy of our publication, A Guide to the Massachusetts Public Records Law. This document is also available on the Internet, free of charge, at http://www.sec.state.ma.us/pre/prepdf/guide.pdf. Attorneys and other members of my staff are available during regular business hours to answer general questions regarding the Public Records Law. OneAshburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 · (617) 727-2832 ·Fax (617) 727-5914 www.sec.state.ma.us/pre

Mr. Roy E. Belson SPR16/029 Page2 January 26, 2016 In addition, members of my staff will visit a records custodian in person to conduct training workshops on the Public Records Law upon request. Rlease contact my office directly at the telephone number provided in this determination for furthe information. Enclosure cc: Joseph Viglione