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FOIA responsesArchived file
White acknowledges responsive records and invokes additional response time for counsel’s December request.
The December 19 response states a seven-workday extension due to volume; it is not a final production certification. Publication copy with permanent redactions; original source retained privately.
File: dsa-2025-12-19-foia-extension.pdf
FOIA responsesArchived file
Counsel follows up on the December 12 records request and asks for a response or statutory extension.
The sender’s timing assertions and proposed court action remain attributed statements, not an established violation or filed proceeding. Publication copy with permanent redactions; original source retained privately.
File: dsa-2025-12-19-foia-followup.pdf
Court & legal recordsSource link
Official 2024 enacted text includes school-safety audit publication and written-request inspection provisions, with specified security-component exclusions. This is statutory context, not a ruling on the encounter.
Official chapter text for HB 561. Section 22.1-279.8(B) contains audit access/publication provisions before April 2025. The bill history separately identifies July 1, 2024 as the effective date. A right to inspect specified audit material is distinct from an unconditional right to enter a building or receive every unredacted security document.
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Official bill history for the 2024 school-safety legislation, identifying the July 1, 2024 effective date.
Official bill-history page, not a local NNPS policy adoption record. The effective date is not used as the issue date of a retained NNPS policy or a finding about individual conduct.
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Va. Code § 22.1-279.8(B), (D)-(F). Official publisher text.
Official Code of Virginia, § 22.1-279.8; cited school-safety audit provisions.
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Va. Code § 2.2-3705.2(4), (13)-(14). Official publisher text.
Official Code of Virginia, § 2.2-3705.2; cited public-safety record exclusions.
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Virginia Code § 2.2-3704. Official publisher text.
Official Code of Virginia, § 2.2-3704; Virginia Freedom of Information Act.
FOIA responsesArchived file
FOIA Council response to a request for 2024–2025 NNPS and School Board officer-designation records, including historical-list and registration materials.
Council response dated September 7, 2026 in the rendered email header, responding to the September 1 request. The Council identifies one responsive record and explains its holdings. The released July 21, 2025 email chain is cataloged separately. Publication copy; private contact details removed where present. Original retained separately.
File: foia-council-nnps-historical-officers-public.pdf
FOIA responsesArchived file
Agency form itemizing estimated FOIA officer, transportation analyst and HR research labor and identifying a $561.94 deposit.
Reviewed form held by Audit Newport News. Despite “Final” in the supplied filename, the form states “THIS IS NOT AN INVOICE” and the final-estimate date is blank. Date shown is the cost-estimate date, August 24, 2026; the form lists August 25 as the deposit date. This form alone does not establish the final billed or paid amount. Publication copy; private contact details removed where present. Original retained separately.
File: nnps-opening-day-cost-estimate-2026-public.pdf
FOIA responsesArchived file
LaDonna Seely and Lynn Spratley correspondence concerning request G008933-040425, treatment of an interaction as a verbal request and access to a school safety audit.
Agency and requester correspondence on April 4, 2025; top Spratley reply is dated in the rendered email header. This is a response chain, not the safety audit itself. A separate entry records the April 17 arrangement for review of a redacted audit. Requester assertions remain attributed to the requester. Publication copy; private contact details removed where present. Original retained separately.
File: seely-discovery-safety-audit-2025-public.pdf
FOIA responsesArchived file
Chief Deputy City Attorney correspondence stating that NNPS will arrange review of a redacted Discovery STEM Academy safety audit.
Spratley reply dated April 17, 2025 in the rendered email header. The agency discusses excluding vulnerability-assessment components and cites its statutory basis. This reply does not contain the audit or establish that a review occurred. Publication copy; private contact details removed where present. Original retained separately.
File: spratley-discovery-safety-review-public.pdf
FOIA responsesArchived file
NNPS response and requester follow-up concerning Robert White’s employment records and records documenting receipt or handling of an April 2025 request.
Email chain includes White’s January 22, 2026 agency response. Employment contract and job-description documents referenced by the reply are separately cataloged; they are not attached to this email PDF. Requester statements are attributed claims and do not establish misconduct. Publication copy; private contact details removed where present. Original retained separately.
File: white-foia-employment-intake-2026-public.pdf
FOIA responsesArchived file
July 21, 2025 email chain between Robert C. White and the Virginia FOIA Council concerning officer-list contact updates and access to online training.
FOIA Council record released to Audit Newport News. White requests an officer-list update and training access; the Council confirms the update and account creation. Source credential redactions are preserved. This correspondence is not a training-completion certificate. Publication copy; private contact details removed where present. Original retained separately.
File: white-foia-officer-designation-2025-public.pdf
FOIA responsesArchived file
NNPS correspondence about August 24, 2026 bus staffing, scheduled service, performance exports, fees, redactions and requests to complete or clarify the release.
Most complete reviewed thread, including White’s September 22 reply, the September 11 release message and September 17 requester follow-up. The top reply says final billing, outstanding records and revised redactions are attached; those attachments are not embedded in this email PDF. The HR response, arrival workbook and estimate form have separate entries. Earlier overlapping threads were not added. Publication copy; private contact details removed where present. Original retained separately.
File: white-opening-day-transportation-2026-public.pdf
Contracts & purchasingArchived file
NNPS offer document for Executive Director of Public Information and Community Involvement, including the stated annual salary and contract terms.
Imported from the Audit Newport News working files. Two-page offer dated April 4, 2025, for the 2025–2026 academic year. It is an offer/contract-terms copy; the record does not independently establish later approval, current employment, or actual paid compensation.
File: Contract for Robert C White dtd 20250404.pdf
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Adopted Newport News City Council minutes acknowledge Michelle Price’s February 14 death and her school-division public-information role.
Official adopted meeting minutes, linked for the memorial acknowledgment and professional-role chronology. This acknowledgment does not determine FOIA succession, interim responsibility, or request handling.
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Public obituary identifying Michelle Price’s February 14, 2025 death and her NNPS public-information leadership, Deputy Clerk and FOIA-officer roles.
C. C. Carter Funeral Home public obituary. The record date identifies the reported date of death, not a verified web-publication date. Linked for the professional-role chronology; no family details are reproduced. It does not establish an interim FOIA appointment or who handled a particular request.