See update at the end.
By: Diane Benjamin
Unit 5 seems to think they can redact emails without any consequences. I previously reported the Attorney General is finally investigating a claim I filed with them months ago because virtually every email was redacted on a previous FOIA request.
I just received a partial FOIA request I filed weeks ago. I haven’t looked at much of it yet, but here’s one from June written by Mareen Thomas who I think is a 1st grade teacher at Grove Elementary to the President of the Unit 5’s Teacher’s Union.
Unit 5 thinks the response is TOP SECRET:
A lawsuit will be necessary to find out what Lindsey said, unless Mareen is willing to share it herself. I can ask a Chicago law firm to file a FOIA case, if not I can file it myself.
Right now I need to keep reading to see what else was redacted.
Below is Maureen Thomas’s response to Lindsey – also completely redacted.
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The lack of transparency in local government speaks volumes about what government employees think about the taxpayers who fund their entire organization and paycheck.
Was there any justification for the redaction?
Keep up the good fight and good work!
Ed
Not any provided!
Funny. I did a FERPA request years ago and they failed to redact some special Ed information on another student. Someone was discussing the needs of the child and said “he is a mess.”
Should we start making redacted comments?
FILE the lawsuit! The IL AG is to busy cleaning up his data security breach!