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Policies & proceduresArchived file

ECA — Security/Access to Buildings, November 12, 2026 print

Newport News Public Schools · Newport News Public SchoolsDocument date: November 12, 2026

Two-page BoardDocs policy print listing Active status and January 20, 2026 last review.

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Owner-supplied BoardDocs browser print dated November 12, 2026. Lists adoption July 18, 1973, last revision June 19, 2007 and last review January 20, 2026. The document date is the print date, not a policy amendment. This copy does not independently certify the complete current manual. Earlier ECA prints remain separate historical records.

File: nnps-policy-eca-november-2026-print.pdf

Audit & oversight reportsSource link

DCJS 2024 school-safety survey: methodology and statewide results

Virginia state agencies · Virginia Center for School and Campus SafetyDocument date: Date not specified

Official statewide report explains that the school survey is one audit component and that divisions received a School Response Summary after their schools completed it. This is not Discovery-specific audit findings.

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Source notes

Official DCJS report, printed/PDF page 1. The 2024 survey reflects 2023–2024 conditions. No visible issue date is assigned from later PDF metadata. Checked October 31, 2026. Statewide aggregates do not establish Discovery-specific performance or whether local records were withheld.

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DCJS guidance on school-safety survey custody and access

Virginia state agencies · Virginia Center for School and Campus SafetyDocument date: Date not specified

Current DCJS FAQ describes survey access by division superintendents and VCSCS staff and public requests subject to security restrictions. It identifies a potential additional records custodian.

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Source notes

Official, unversioned current guidance checked October 31, 2026. Current workflow and deadlines are not backdated to April 2025. Custodian guidance does not establish that DCJS retains every requested local audit component or resolve a particular exemption.

FOIA responsesArchived file

January 22 NNPS correction acknowledges an omitted seven-email chain

Newport News Public Schools · Records access and restrictionsDocument date: January 22, 2026

Robert White's later January 22 response acknowledges that a previously withheld seven-email chain referenced the request but was omitted from that day's response. Read with the earlier no-created-records statement and the January 23 identification of ten withheld emails.

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Source notes & file details

Selected ANN transcription of White’s January 22 17:23:19 UTC message; private routing, signature and quoted chain omitted. Read with the earlier response and January 23 correction. Withheld contents and seven/ten-email overlap remain unverified.

File: dsa_foia_omission_correction_2026_01_22_Redacted.pdf

FOIA responsesArchived file

NNPS transmits an exclusion-list export without publishing the names

Newport News Public Schools · Public Information & Community InvolvementDocument date: January 14, 2026

January 14 response identifies a PDF export of the data file listing excluded or banned individuals. This excerpt preserves the response but omits the underlying names and contact fields.

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Source notes & file details

Owner-supplied mailbox record reviewed October 31, 2026. Selected ANN transcription of the identified message; private contact/routing fields, signatures and unrelated quoted material omitted. Original preserved privately. The copy records the sender’s position, not an independent finding.

File: nnps-exclusion-list-transmittal-2026-01-14.pdf

FOIA responsesArchived file

NNPS identifies ten withheld emails on the April 4 request handling

Newport News Public Schools · Public Information & Community InvolvementDocument date: January 23, 2026

January 23 response says additional responsive correspondence was found and ten emails were withheld under attorney-client privilege. Their contents and overlap with the earlier seven-email chain are not established.

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Source notes & file details

Owner-supplied mailbox record reviewed October 31, 2026. Selected ANN transcription of the identified message; private contact/routing fields, signatures and unrelated quoted material omitted. Original preserved privately. The copy records the sender’s position, not an independent finding.

File: nnps-foia-additional-withholding-2026-01-23.pdf

FOIA responsesArchived file

NNPS says no FOIA request tracking database or log exists

Newport News Public Schools · Public Information & Community InvolvementDocument date: July 29, 2026

July 29 reply says the requested request-management export, database, spreadsheet, report or tracking log was never created and does not exist. It does not say no individual correspondence was retained.

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Source notes & file details

Owner-supplied mailbox record reviewed October 31, 2026. Selected ANN transcription of the identified message; private contact/routing fields, signatures and unrelated quoted material omitted. Original preserved privately. The copy records the sender’s position, not an independent finding.

File: nnps-foia-log-no-records-2026-07-29.pdf

FOIA responsesArchived file

April 23, 2025 Seely correspondence on school-safety-audit review procedure (redacted excerpt)

City of Newport News · Office of the City AttorneyDocument date: April 23, 2025

City FOIA coordinator LaDonna Seely follows up on a phone inquiry about the school-safety-audit review procedure.

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Source notes & file details

April 23 at 12:20 p.m., Seely followed a phone call about Discovery safety-audit review and cited § 22.1-279.8(B). Her characterization of the procedure is attributed correspondence, not an independent legal conclusion. The email does not establish forwarding to NNPS, completed review or the timing of the final restriction decision. Original page 1 of 2; logo-only second page omitted.

File: dsa-2025-04-23-audit-review-procedure.pdf

FOIA responsesArchived file

September 23, 2024 City video-request referral to NNPS FOIA officer (redacted excerpts)

City of Newport News · CommunicationsDocument date: September 23, 2024

City acknowledgment of a Discovery STEM video-records request, directing the requester to NNPS FOIA officer Michelle Price.

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Source notes & file details

City Request Center acknowledgment and referral to Michelle Price as NNPS FOIA officer, dated September 23, 2024 at 1:26 p.m. The request concerns a claimed morning encounter; the response does not establish that the encounter occurred, that video existed, or that footage was produced. Private requester and contact details permanently removed.

File: dsa-2024-09-23-video-request-referral.pdf

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Va. Code § 2.2-3704.01 — Records containing both excluded and nonexcluded information; duty to redact

Virginia state agencies · Legal reference sourcesDocument date: Date not specified

Requires release of nonexcluded portions; whole-record withholding is permitted only when an exclusion covers the entire content.

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Source notes

Official Code of Virginia publisher text. Verified in both 2024 and 2025 FOIA editions, printed pages 8–9. Current section history lists 2016 Acts, chapters 620 and 716, with no later amendment listed. Source checked October 16, 2026.

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Va. Code § 2.2-3704.2 — Public bodies to designate FOIA officer

Virginia state agencies · Legal reference sourcesDocument date: Date not specified

Addresses designation and public contact information, training, and the Council's FOIA-officer listing. Local public bodies may give public notice by several specified methods.

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Source notes

Official Code of Virginia publisher text. The two-calendar-year training interval already appears in the 2024 edition, printed page 10. Effective July 1, 2025, HB 2152/2025 Acts, chapter 533 added Council-offered or approved training for legal counsel who also serve as FOIA officer; it did not newly create biennial training. Source checked October 16, 2026.

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Virginia Freedom of Information Act — July 1, 2024 edition

Virginia state agencies · Legal reference sourcesDocument date: Date not specified

Official historical FOIA compilation supporting the statutory-version references associated with the DSA records. Retains the FOIA text effective before the April 2025 events.

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Source notes

Official Virginia FOIA Advisory Council compilation, expressly effective July 1, 2024 except as otherwise stated. Use for April 2025 events. Official Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council publication; source checked October 16, 2026.

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Virginia Freedom of Information Act — July 1, 2025 edition

Virginia state agencies · Legal reference sourcesDocument date: Date not specified

Official historical FOIA compilation supporting the statutory-version references associated with the DSA records. Includes separate law-enforcement versions effective before and from July 1, 2026.

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Source notes

Official Virginia FOIA Advisory Council compilation, expressly effective July 1, 2025 except as otherwise stated. Contains separate versions of law-enforcement provisions effective until and from July 1, 2026; use the former for March 11, 2026. Official Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council publication; source checked October 16, 2026.

FOIA responsesArchived file

2023-2024 Discovery STEM safety survey: nonoperational overview excerpt

Newport News Public Schools · NNPS / related records correspondenceDocument date: Date not specified

Nonoperational overview excerpt of the retained 2023–2024 Discovery STEM safety survey.

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Source notes & file details

Only the identified source pages are reproduced, with further privacy/security redactions. The original has 27 pages. June 24, 2024 is a crisis-plan review/update field, not a verified survey issue date. This is not the separate 37-page, double-sided Crisis Management Plan described in the April 4 response. Publication copy with permanent redactions; original source retained privately.

File: dsa-2024-safety-survey-overview-excerpt.pdf

FOIA responsesArchived file

March 14, 2025 administration-records request forwarded by Seely

City of Newport News · Office of the City AttorneyDocument date: March 14, 2025

Seely forwards the requester’s March 13 administration-building records request to NNPS on March 14, asking for a time/cost estimate.

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Source notes & file details

The later PDF print header is not evidence that White authored or handled this March correspondence. Publication copy with permanent redactions; original source retained privately.

File: dsa-2025-03-14-administration-records-request.pdf

FOIA responsesArchived file

April 14, 2025 Stewart interim restriction letter

Newport News Public Schools · NNPS / related records correspondenceDocument date: April 14, 2025

Stewart’s letter cites the March 13 and April 4 School Board Office interactions and imposes an interim restriction pending panel review.

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Source notes & file details

The letter calls the interval ten working days and states April 14 through April 26, 2025. Those are the document’s words, not a recalculated interval. Conduct allegations remain attributed. Publication copy with permanent redactions; original source retained privately.

File: dsa-2025-04-14-interim-restriction.pdf

FOIA responsesArchived file

April 23, 2025 signed Moss final 365-day restriction letter

Newport News Public Schools · NNPS / related records correspondenceDocument date: April 23, 2025

Signed Moss letter announces a 365-day restriction from NNPS property and states the agency’s reasons.

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Source notes & file details

Dated April 23, 2025; the official-letter transmittal is April 24. The signed scan and corresponding embedded attachment render identically. Allegations and a charge are not an adjudication; receipt and final court disposition are not established by the letter. Publication copy with permanent redactions; original source retained privately.

File: dsa-2025-04-23-signed-final-restriction.pdf

FOIA responsesArchived file

December 12, 2025 counsel request for restriction and incident records

Newport News Public Schools · NNPS / related records correspondenceDocument date: December 12, 2025

Counsel requests restriction decisions and drafts, encounter records, FOIA handling records and public-access/security policies.

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Source notes & file details

December 12, 2:29 p.m. Requested categories do not independently prove the records exist. Private requester details are removed. Publication copy with permanent redactions; original source retained privately.

File: dsa-2025-12-12-counsel-foia-request.pdf

FOIA responsesArchived file

December 12, 2025 White internal records referral

Newport News Public Schools · NNPS / related records correspondenceDocument date: December 12, 2025

White forwards counsel’s new request to Stewart and sets an internal collection timetable.

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Source notes & file details

December 12, 3:09 p.m. Documents later FOIA administration, not White’s participation in the earlier encounters or ban issuance. Publication copy with permanent redactions; original source retained privately.

File: dsa-2025-12-12-white-referral.pdf

FOIA responsesArchived file

December 15, 2025 Spratley inquiry, 11:46 a.m.

City of Newport News · Office of the City AttorneyDocument date: December 15, 2025

Spratley says she will check with the City FOIA coordinator about earlier correspondence.

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Source notes & file details

December 15, 11:46 a.m. An inquiry during the search, not a final no-records determination. Publication copy with permanent redactions; original source retained privately.

File: dsa-2025-12-15-spratley-inquiry-1146.pdf

FOIA responsesArchived file

December 15, 2025 Spratley response, noon

City of Newport News · Office of the City AttorneyDocument date: December 15, 2025

Spratley agrees to send earlier information after Stewart clarifies the scope.

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Source notes & file details

December 15, noon. A promise to send information does not by itself establish that it was delivered or the release was complete. Publication copy with permanent redactions; original source retained privately.

File: dsa-2025-12-15-spratley-response-1200.pdf

FOIA responsesArchived file

December 15, 2025 Spratley scope question, 11:57 a.m.

City of Newport News · Office of the City AttorneyDocument date: December 15, 2025

Spratley relays the City coordinator’s request-history response and asks whether the City’s April reply is sought.

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Source notes & file details

December 15, 11:57 a.m. The City-specific statement does not establish that no request was made to NNPS. Publication copy with permanent redactions; original source retained privately.

File: dsa-2025-12-15-spratley-scope-1157.pdf

FOIA responsesArchived file

December 15, 2025 Stewart clarification on prior requests, 11:59 a.m.

Newport News Public Schools · NNPS / related records correspondenceDocument date: December 15, 2025

Stewart clarifies that counsel seeks responses to earlier requests.

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Source notes & file details

December 15, 11:59 a.m. Intermediate scope clarification; the City’s request history and NNPS’s request history are distinct. Publication copy with permanent redactions; original source retained privately.

File: dsa-2025-12-15-stewart-scope-1159.pdf

FOIA responsesArchived file

December 15, 2025 White clarification and Spratley acknowledgement

Newport News Public Schools · NNPS / related records correspondenceDocument date: December 15, 2025

White clarifies that the search includes requests the City answered on NNPS’s behalf; Spratley acknowledges.

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Source notes & file details

December 15, 12:06–12:07 p.m. Search-scope correspondence, not a complete production inventory or certification. Publication copy with permanent redactions; original source retained privately.

File: dsa-2025-12-15-white-scope-1206.pdf