Customer Name:
Mr. Richard Morton
| Please produce in PDF form| any emails or other correspondence dated on or after July 1| 2021| through the date of this FOIA request| to or from or between any board member (Walker| Hirsman| James| Levinthal| Waters| Held| Hanson) or Superintendent Prentiss or Dr. Covino or Deb Kedrowski that reference the grading practice changes and/or Summative Formative grading ratios. The documents should include those using any of the following terms that have been used during discussions on the grading changes: grading or grade practices| grading or grade changes| grade or grading alignment| summative and formative| summative and formative ratio(s). |
Response:
| Enclosed are the responsive records with the following information withheld or redacted: Information specifically prohibited from disclosure by federal or State law or rules and regulations implementing federal or State law| including personnel evaluations and student records information pursuant to Sections 7(1)(a) and 7.5(r)| the Illinois School Student Records Act; 5 ILCS 140/7(1)(a)| 7.5(r); 105 ILCS 10/1 et seq.; Private information| including personal email addresses| home addresses| and personal phone numbers| pursuant to Section 7(1)(b) of FOIA; Personal information that would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy| such as health and family information and the identities of private citizens who communicated personal opinions| pursuant to Section 7(1)(c) of FOIA. 5 ILCS 140/7(1)(c); see Chicago Alliance for Neighborhood Safety v. City of Chicago| 348 Ill. App. 3d 188| 209| 211 (1st Dist. 2004) (“[T]he core purpose of the FOIA is to expose what the government is doing| not what its private citizens are up to.”); Preliminary drafts| notes| recommendations| memoranda and other records in which opinions are expressed| or policies or actions are formulated| pursuant to Section 7(1)(f) of FOIA; this includes “predecisional and deliberative material” which the Attorney General has repeatedly stated falls within the Section 7(1)(f) exemption. Harwood v. McDonough| 344 Ill. App. 3d 242| 247 (1st Dist. 2003); and Communications between a public body and an attorney representing the public body that would not be subject to discovery in litigation| pursuant to Section 7(1)(m) of FOIA. |