Customer Name:
David Giuliani
| I am seeking a security or other report of an incident that was believed to have happened outside one of the entrances of Hinsdale South High School after a Board of Education meeting on Oct. 28| 2021. Security may have been involved| and it may have happened at the south front entrance of the school. I am also seeking any video or emails related to the incident. |
Response:
| Responsive records with the following information redacted or withheld have been provided: Information specifically prohibited from disclosure by federal or State law or rules and regulations implementing federal or State law| such as student personal information| pursuant to Sections 7(1)(a) and 7.5(r) of FOIA| including the Illinois School Student Records Act| 105 ILCS 10/1 et seq.; Private information| including personal cell phone numbers| pursuant to Section 7(1)(b) of FOIA; Personal information that would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy| including documents related to an ongoing internal investigation 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); see also State J.-Reg. v. Univ. of Illinois Springfield| 2013 IL App (4th) 120881| ¶ 28| 994 N.E.2d 705| 713 (The “e-mail strings” containing the staff opinions and general communications regarding the process of the investigation or the scheduling of meetings during the investigative process…are clearly protected within this exemption.”); 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. |