Rylee Meints v. Somerville, City of - Public Schools (SPR 20243180)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records December 5, 2024 SPR24/3180 Dr. Rubén Carmona Superintendent Somerville Public Schools 8 Bonair Street Somerville, MA 02145 Dear Dr. Carmona: I have received the petition of Rylee Meints appealing the nonresponse of the Somerville 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 October 18, 2024, Rylee Meints requested the following records: [1] Any and all documents relating to or filed in connection with school-related arrest and each referral to law enforcement conducted during the 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021, and 2021-2022 school year (up until the day the records are produced). [a] Date of arrest or referral to law enforcement[;] [b] Time of arrest or referral to law enforcement[;] [c] Charge (or charges)[;] [d] Whether the individual(s) was arrested or referred to law enforcement[;] [e] Sex of individual(s) of arrested or referred to law enforcement[;] [f] Age of individual(s) of arrested or referred to law enforcement[;] [g] Race of individual(s) of arrested or referred to law enforcement[;] [h] Ethnicity of individual(s) of arrested or referred to law enforcement[;] [i] Disability status of the individual(s) of arrested or referred to law enforcement[;] [j] Whether the individual arrested or referred to law enforcement is a student at the school[;] [k] Name of arresting officer, if applicable[;] and [l] Badge number of the arresting officer or the officer that referred the youth to law enforcement, as applicable[.] [2] If such production of the documents in question 1 is not possible, please provide any reports, incident notes, status updates, or documents which were 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

Dr. Carmona SPR24/3180 Page 2 December 5, 2024 submitted to DESE as the result of a school based arrest or any such referral to law enforcement conducted during the 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021, and 2021-2022 school year[.] Claiming to not yet have received responsive records, Ms. Meints petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR24/3180, was opened as a result. Subsequently, I learned that the School provided Ms. Meints with a response on December 2, 2024. Where this appeal was opened as a result of the School’s lack of a written response, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. Ms. Meints may appeal the substantive nature of the School’s response within ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Sincerely, Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records cc: Rylee Meints