Deja vu all over again! Let’s just say that the thought went through my mind when I scanned through the email was “Remedial Reading time again?”. Yep, my RSA 91-A demand, for one thing, was auto-magically translated into something else. I’ve heard of New Math but now I must deal with New English? Or is reading comprehension the issue here? Perhaps just a vocab lesson for the word “obstinate”?
Anyways, this seems to becoming the Districts’ first salvo to my demand: “You do the work, not us”.
—— Original Message ——
From “Jodie Holmquist” <jholmquist@hnhsd.org>
To “skip@granitegrok.com” <skip@granitegrok.com>
Cc “Kim M. Caron” <kcaron@hnhsd.org>; “Maria A. Webb” <mwebb@hnhsd.org>
Date 3/28/2023 3:45:06 PM
Subject Right-to-Know RequestDear Mr. Murphy,
Pursuant to your Right-to-Know request of March 22, 2023, the information you requested can be readily found at our school library websites which are accessed through the school websites and are available to all interested parties.
The Hinsdale Elementary School card catalog is at: HINSDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LIBRARY
The Hinsdale Middle High School card catalog is at: https://hmhslibrary.weebly.com/
Thank you,
Jodie
Jodie Holmquist
Business Administrator
Hinsdale School District #92
Hinsdale, NH
603-336-5728 x7682
Yep, been through this before. But manners require that, in which schools that have little ones, it sometimes is needful to distract, correct, and then redirect them. Now, I’ll admit, there may be some that won’t like that sentence construction. If so, ask yourself this – would I have to write that if they had simply taken the few minutes to push a button, run the report and export it to a spreadsheet? And then be done with me by emailing it to me?
—— Original Message ——
From “Skip” <Skip@granitegrok.com>
To “Jodie Holmquist” <jholmquist@hnhsd.org>
Cc “Kim M. Caron” <kcaron@hnhsd.org>; “Maria A. Webb” <mwebb@hnhsd.org>
Date 3/29/2023 12:45:32 PM
Subject Re: Right-to-Know RequestGood afternoon,
I am contacting you to thank you for responding within the mandatory five day limit. Unfortunately, the District has not supplied the demanded Responsive Records as mandated by RSA 91-A:
This request is for the Hinsdale / SAU92 School District library “card catalog”. This is for any and all books located in the following:
- District-wide “main” library
- Each school within the District’s “main” library
- If a school has multiple “main” libraries (such as Brockton High, Brockton, MA)
- All classrooms with cataloged books that are tracked by the District.
The information for each Responsive Record shall include:
- Name of the book
- Name of the Author(s)
- Content Summary
- ISBN identification (or other such designated ID)
- Name of the School
- If a School has multiple libraries, a designation of which library is being referenced (in the case of Brockton High, the five libraries: Red, Azure/Blue, Green, Yellow, and the Science libraries)
- Name/designation of the Classroom within a School
You also are out of compliance with the Law in not specifying what the exemption that is permissible under NH’s Right To Know Law that allows you to not deliver those Responsive Records:
Per RSA 91-A:4 IV(c) If you deny any portion of this request, please cite the specific exemption used to justify the denial to make each record , or part thereof, unavailable for inspection along with a brief explanation of how the exemption applies to the information withheld.
Merely sending links to look up individual materials is not supplying the District’s card catalog is insufficient. It is the lawful responsibility of the Responder to fully supply the Responsive Records and not shift that burden to a Requester.
Or is it the sense of the District that it can refuse to honor a valid Right To Know demand?
I await your lawful compliance in this matter. And yes, I do know that the Destiny library system has the ability to deliver the Responsive Records in the spreadsheet format as previously outlined.
-Skip
At the time of this writing, I have yet to hear back. The saga continues
