LTISD Info

Perhaps the title of Susan’s presentation should have been “What not to do when handling Public Information Act Requests.”

Susan Bohn and Stephanie Rosenberg (Humble ISD) conducted a seminar called “Practical Pointers for Handling Public Information Act Requests” at the 24th Annual School Law Conference on February 27, 2009.

Seems like I am not the only concerned citizen and tax payer. Susan and Stephanie mention that someone made 200 TPIA requests in one day!^TPIA Wow, is that real or is that school lawyer reality?

They even mention that someone in the Dallas ISD requested 3000 pieces of information!^TPIA

Remember Susan claims that the LTISD made over 100,000 copies of documents for me, and that was only 2007! 100,000 or a “gazillion,” its perception, not reality that matters, don’t worry about actually proving the claims.

In fact their propensity for exaggeration continues. In an email exchange, the seminar coordinator asks Susan and Stephanie:

“I just have a quick question about your description. Did you mean to say 15,000 PIA requests or is it really 1500?”^TPIA

I guess that I am not the only one who doesn’t believe their exaggerations either.

Perhaps Susan should have talked about all of the superfluous opinion requests that she makes to the Attorney General?

What about all of the times the Attorney General has to tell her to rely on previous requests?

How about requests that Susan tries to have “re-considered” only to be told that is not possible?