12 September 2016 HAND DELIVERED Ms. Janet Roberts, Business Administrator ℅ Salt Lake City School District 440 East 100 South Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 Re: 2nd GRAMA Notice of Appeal: Gang Prevention Expenditures Dear Ms. Roberts, Acting under the authority of my elected office, and in my official capacity as a member of the Salt Lake City Board of Education, I submit the following appeal on behalf of the residents of Salt … Continue reading
TEXT OF LETTER TO SUPERINTENDENT: 25 August 2016 DELIVERED VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL & USPS Ms. Alexa Cunningham, Superintendent ℅ Salt Lake City School District 440 East 100 South Salt Lake City, Utah 84111-1891 Re: DISTRICT FINANCES ► GANG PREVENTION EXPENDITURES Dear Dr. Cunningham, Acting under the authority of my elected office, and in my official capacity as a member of the Salt Lake City Board of Education, I submit the following request on … Continue reading
The U.S. Department of Education – Office for Civil Rights is investigating the Salt Lake City School District for retaliation. Board president Heather Bennett recently advised me that the District was going to start charging me $45.00 an hour for the time it takes to gather information in response to request I make for data or information. I objected and stated that as an elected member of the Board of Education, I would not pay … Continue reading
There She Goes Again ! The Misclassification of Another Document In June of this year, I became aware that the District had commissioned a performance Audit on the Human Resource Department. I sent an email to Superintendent Withers, requesting a copy of the Audit. On July 7, 2015, the Superintendent’s personal Attorney, Ms. Kindle emails me a copy of the Audit and states the following: The Report is marked “Confidential” and that status must be … Continue reading
Michael’s Email Response: Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 6:27 PM From: Michael Clára <donmiguelslc@gmail.com> To: Heather Bennett <Heather.Bennett@slcschools.org> Re: GRAMA Requests, Pending and Future President Heather Bennett, You will recall, I did not attend last night’s Board meeting because I believe that the manner in which the attorney hired to represent the Board of Education was done in violation of the Board’s policies and in violation of Utah’s Procurement Code as well as Utah’s … Continue reading
Two years ago, one of my neighbors, Maureen Minson introduced me to the concept of the School to Prison Pipeline. Maureen was facing obstacles by the adults in the school system as she tried to educate parents and students about their rights when it comes to dealing with school suspensions. At the time Maureen was a student at the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah. I was later reintroduced to the … Continue reading