Customer Name:
Mr. Richard Morton
| Please produce in PDF form| any emails or other correspondence dated on or after August 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 Science curriculum. The documents should include those using any of the following terms that have been used during discussions on the science curriculum: PITU| Physics First| Physics in the universe| Biology First| traditional science| AP Biology| Biology Honors| Biology| science curriculum| science alignment. |
Response:
| Your request is granted in part and denied in part. 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. |