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From: "Olson, Jessica" Subject: FW: Request to be added to legal notices email distribution list

Date: March 25, 2013 7:47:20 AM PDTTo:

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From:Russell, JeffSent:Monday, March 25, 2013 7:47:18 AMTo:Olson, JessicaCc:Cohn, GarySubject:RE: Request to be added to legal notices email distribution listAuto forwarded by a Rule

Dear Director Olson,

Your request to create an agenda item for the March 26 regular board meeting regarding Ms. Kolrud's repeated desire to

be placed upon the Everett School District's legal notice distribution email and statements made to Ms. Kolrud about thismatter in July, 2012 is denied.

Sincerely,Jeff RussellEverett Public Schools Board of Directors, President

-----Original Message-----From: Olson, JessicaSent: Fri 3/22/2013 8:49 AM

To: Russell, JeffCc: LeSesne, Pam; Debra & Gary KolrudSubject: Re: Request to be added to legal notices email distribution list

Jeff --

This issue indicated in this email exchange with Debra Kolrud ought be discussed as an agenda item for this Tuesday'sregular meeting (March 26), as should your statement to Ms. Kolrud indicating that you as an individual director have theauthority to direct the superintendent to do anything.

Please see that these issues are added to the March 26 agenda as agenda item.

Please apprise if you are refusing, and, if you are capable, the rationale for your refusal.

-- Jessica

Sent from my iPhone

On Mar 22, 2013, at 3:10 AM, "Debra & Gary Kolrud" wrote:


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To the Everett School Board,As the Board of Directors to Everett School District, you were each included in this very long email thread (below)

as I made my continual request to have my email address included in the Everett School District legal notice distributionemail list, so that I could be informed of special meeting of the board of directors along with notifications of any other legal

notices. Each Director is also aware, both the Superintendent and Board President Russell denied my request to beadded to the Everett School District email legal notice distribution list. I was repeatedly told by President Russell andSuperintendent Cohn to sign up for the district In-touch system to receive notices of the Everett school board meeting,which I did, however I have yet to receive any notification of the special meeting that has been scheduled for today at4:30! I've also reviewed the legal notice section of the Herald, and there is also no legal notice informing the public of suchmeeting, there is also nothing on your board website, or any notice on the district home page or under "legal notice" on thedistrict website about today's special meeting!

Once again, I will share with you that most all Districts allow requester email addresses to be included to their legal

notice distribution list, and I ask once again that the Everett School District allow requester email addresses to be includedon this list as well. I hope you will reconsider to help take step to ensuring the public is properly informed of specialmeeting, especially since the In-system did not send out this notice as promised!

Since the board does not have a policy that specifically excluded citizen emails from being included to this

distribution email list, please add my email or the very least have a board discussion on this issue. It's important theDistrict take steps forward to ensure the public is fully informed of meetings of the Board of Directors!

I would also like to know when the Directors received their notification for the speical meeting scheduled today at

4:30, the day and time?

Thank you,

Debra Kolrud

----- Original Message -----From: Jeff Russell To: Debra & Gary Kolrud

Cc: Gary Cohn , Edwin Petersen Sent: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 00:22:13 -0000 (UTC)Subject: RE: RE: Request to be added to legal notices email distribution list

Dear Ms. Kolrud


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Thank you for your interest in the work of the Everett School Board and the policies and procedures of the Everett

Public Schools.

Dr. Cohn has denied your request to be added to the legal notices email distribution list and over a series of

exchanges has provided you ample rationale for doing so. Receiving an answer to ones question and receiving theanswer that one wants are two very different matters. I consider further discourse on this topic an unwise use of staff timeand public funds. As President of the Board of Directors I have directed Dr. Cohn to cease further correspondence withyou on this matter. If you desire to receive notice of the meetings of the board please do by registering with the DistrictsIn Touch system or keeping up to date on the meeting schedule through Board Docs.

Sincerely,

Jeff Russell

Everett Public Schools Board of Directors, President

-----Original Message-----

From: Debra & Gary Kolrud [mailto:[email protected]]

Sent: Thu 7/26/2012 3:43 PM

To: Superintendent

Cc: Mahan, Kathy; Vanderwilt, Debbie; Waggoner, Mary; Russell, Jeff; Petersen, Edwin; Andrews, Carol; LeSesne,

Pam; Olson, Jessica

Subject: Fwd: RE: Request to be added to legal notices email distribution list

Gary

This leaves only one question left unanswered:

Does anything in Everett School District Policy prohibit persons other than board members and the media from

receiving legal notices?
mailto:[email protected]


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It is a simple yes or no question, Gary -- perhaps if you limited your answer to one of those two options, it would

eliminate the confusion you have as to whether you are being responsive or not.

Debra

----- Forwarded Message -----

From: Superintendent

To: Debra & Gary Kolrud

Sent: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:10:49 -0000 (UTC)

Subject: RE: Request to be added to legal notices email distribution list

Debra, thank you for acknowledging my answer to your question. By your response, you clearly indicate you have

the answer to your question: "the policy outlines who WILL receive the materials [you] request, and that [I] am followingthat policy". It seems that we are now on the same page with respect to your question and the answer to it: the policyprovides who will receive the materials, and I am following the policy.

Now that you have clearly re-stated the answer to your question, I trust this concludes this email series.

Dr. Gary Cohn

Superintendent

Everett Public Schools

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