Updated request for SCC information

[Greg Clark]

13 September 2011

 

Mr. Asay,

 

Please publicly indicate

1)            Where one can find a copy (preferably electronic) of the formal minutes for the West High SCC meetings;

2)            How one can obtain or access the audio recordings of the SCC meetings;

3)            The email addresses of the SCC members.

 

SCC information is to be posted on the official West High web site. The information presently there is incomplete and very out of date.  Although earlier today I requested that SCC information be posted on Whipsnet, Whipsnet is not a truly public site and by self-description is not affiliated with the District, and hence does not serve as a suitable substitute for appropriate distribution of SCC information. 

 

A direct reply to me would also be appreciated.

 

Thank you.

 

Greg Clark

 

[Greg Clark]

Re: “We are doing everything possible to meet the requirements of Utah State law concerning SCCs and their processes.”

 

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Mr. Assay,

 

You claim that  you “are doing everything possible…”  Seriously?

 

I take strong exception to your claim.

 

The Utah Administrative Code specifies that SCC agendas and minutes of the previous meeting shall be posted on the school’s official website ***ONE WEEK*** prior to the SCC meeting.

 

<http://www.rules.utah.gov/publicat/code/r277/r277-491.htm>.

 

In apparent violation of Utah Administrative Code, the SCC minutes have not been posted publicly on the official West High website for a ***FULL YEAR***.  Agendas also have not been posted there for nearly a full year, again in apparent violation of the Code.

 

I recently  sent you, West High administration, and others a copy of this code, pointing out these apparent violations.

 

Occasional mistakes and lateness can happen.  But the minutes for a full year’s worth of SCC meeting have not been posted appropriately.  Certainly, this is not in keeping with the claim that you “are doing everything possible”.

 

2. Many SCC agendas and minutes for older meetings have been and remain posted on the official West High web site, indicating that “technical situations” to posting on the West site are not, or at least have not previously been, a barrier.  And there is no technical barrier to providing me directly with the SCC minutes I requested. I again urge you to do so promptly.

 

3. Your reply further strongly implies that the SCC minutes are not available anywhere as a matter of public record, again in apparent violation of the Utah Administrative Code.  Posts on whipsnet are not fully public, as the site itself clearly indicates.

 

4. Minutes for this year’s SCC meetings have not been posted on whipsnet or anywhere else, to my knowledge.

 

5. Independent of technical issues, there is nothing that precludes you from providing me and others with the minutes and email addresses of SCC members as I had explicitly requested.

 

6. Calling on volunteers is not an appropriate substitute for the West High administration and SCC chair to fulfill their professional responsibilities.

 

I strongly urge you to bring the SCC into compliance with the Utah Administrative Code and to provide me with the information requested. 

 

As you know, formal appeals involving West High individuals are underway.  The minutes and recordings of the SCC are directly relevant to this process.  The failure to post the SCC minutes provides an impediment to obtaining relevant information.  Given involvement of the SCC in the process, and the potential conflict of interest for individuals controlling the release of SCC together with their own potential prior involvement in the activities that led to the matter under appeal, it strongly behooves the SCC to make this information available in a timely and appropriate manner.

 

Thank you.

 

Gregory Clark, Ph.D.

cc: BOE, Principal Jacobs, Superintendent Withers

 

 

 

From: steven asay [mailto:as...@katewwdb.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 8:35 AM
To: Whipsnet; Gregory Arthur Clark
Subject: Re: Updated request for SCC information

 

We are doing everything possible to meet the requirements of Utah State law concerning SCCs and their processes. There are, however, technical situations that have to be worked through. When those have been worked out locations of all expressed items will be posted. If people are interested in things happening faster, then they can volunteer to help with the process. 

 

Steve Asay

SCC Chair