Commonwealth Transparency v. Middleborough, Town of - Public Schools (SPR 20241036)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records April 5, 2024 SPR24/1036 Ann Gagnon Records Access Officer Middleborough Public Schools 30 Forest Street Middleborough, MA 02346 Dear Ms. Gagnon: I have received the petition of Commonwealth Transparency appealing the response of the Middleborough Public Schools (School) to a request for public records. See G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On March 26, 2024, the requestor sought “[a]ny and all email communications which contains ‘1367661’ (without quotes), and/or ‘1367661.v1’ (also without quotes) including any attachments. This requests includes but is not limited to email, email-attachments, text messages, calendar entries, voice mail messages and/or physical documents.” The School responded on April 2, 2024. Unsatisfied with this response, the requestor petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR24/1036, was opened as a result. Subsequently, I learned that the School provided the requestor with a response on April 5, 2024. Where this appeal was opened as a result of the School’s April 2, 2024 response, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. The requestor may appeal the substantive nature of the School’s April 5th response within ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Sincerely, Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records cc: Commonwealth Transparency 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