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Rose Caldarone v. Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (SPR 20240855)
Massachusetts Public Records Appeal · Petitioner won — agency ordered to respond · Filed 03-21-2024
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SPR 20240855 is a Massachusetts Public Records Law appeal filed by Rose Caldarone concerning records held by Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, opened 03-21-2024. Type: Appeal. Status: Closed. Supervisor of Public Records determination: Petitioner won — agency ordered to respond.
Case Details
- Case Number
- 20240855
- Case Type
- Appeal
- Case Subtype
- Initial
- Status
- Closed
- Requester
- Rose Caldarone
- Date Opened
- 03-21-2024
- Date Closed
- 04-03-2024
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records April 3, 2024 SPR24/0855 Helene Bettencourt Associate Commissioner Commissioner’s Office Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 135 Santilli Highway Everett, MA 02149 Dear Ms. Bettencourt: I have received the petition of Rose Caldarone appealing the response of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (Department) to a request for public records. See G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On February 12, 2024, Ms. Caldarone requested “…a total number of all initiated PRS reports initiated from 2019-2020, 2020-2021, 2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-2024 for the Plymouth Public School District. . . . [I am] looking for the total number… for each year.” On March 5, 2024, Ms. Caldarone modified her initial request, requesting, “[a]ll PRS complaints, initiated from 2019-2020, 2020-2021, 2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-2024 for the Plymouth Public School district - specifically letters of closure, letters of finding and any other dispositional letters related to closed PRS complaints. . . . I asked for the total number of open PRS complaints.” The Department responded on March 5, 2024. Unsatisfied with the response, Ms. Caldarone petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR24/0855, was opened as a result. Subsequently, I learned that the Department provided Ms. Caldarone with a response dated April 1, 2024. Where this appeal was opened as a result of the Department’s March 5th response, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. Ms. Caldarone may appeal the substantive nature of the Department’s response within ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). One Ashburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 • (617) 727-2832• Fax: (617) 727-5914 sec.state.ma.us/pre • pre@sec.state.ma.us Helene Bettencourt SPR24/0855 Page 2 April 3, 2024 Sincerely, Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records cc: Rose Caldarone