Edgefield County Citizen

Task Force Against

Corruption in Education

P.O. Box 312

Edgefield, SC 29824

Edgefield County School District

3 Par Drive

Edgefield, SC 29824

Edgefield County School Board

3 Par Drive

Edgefield, SC 29824

April 4, 2009

TO: Edgefield County School District, et al

Edgefield County School Board, et al

RE: Freedom of Information Act Request

The South Carolina Code of 1976, § 30-4-30, Freedom Information Act, paragraph (a) states:

“[a]ny person has a right to inspect or copy any public record of a public body, except as otherwise providedby Section 30-4-40, in accordance with reasonable rules concerning time and place of access.”

Therefore, we the undersigned, respectfully request the following to be made available for review, inspection, and/or copying:

  1. Any grant, contract, fund, fee, wage, salary, consulting fee, monetary compensation, payment, disbursement, remuneration, or any other award for services or goods, and allinformation, communications, memorandum, e-mails, text messages, notes, or any other hand written or electronically stored communication, books, papers, maps, photographs, cards, tapes, recordings, or otherdocumentary materials regardless of physical form or characteristics prepared, owned, used, in the possessionof, or retained by any member(s) of the Edgefield County School Board, Edgefield County School District, or any member, person, relative, registered agent, corporate officer, corporate employee, corporate consultant, contractor, subcontractor, family member, associated with, employed, contracted, or retained byMK Inc., or M.K, Inc., or M.K. Inc., or Mammas Kids, Inc., M.K. Inc of Dunbar, it’s agents, assigns, subsidiaries, or its affiliates to include, but not limited to, Dr. Mary Rice-Crenshaw, also known as (aka) Mary M. Crenshaw, aka Mary Margaret Crenshaw, aka Mary Margaret Rice-Crenshaw, aka Mary Rice-Crenshaw, aka Mary M. Rice, aka Mary Rice, aka Mary Crenshaw, aka Mary L. Rice, aka Mary Lance Rice, Dmmrice, or any variation thereof; R.E. Crenshaw, aka Robert E. Crenshaw, aka Robert Earl Crenshaw, aka Robert Crenshaw, aka Earl Crenshaw, or any variation thereof; Ella Rice, aka Ella Moultrie, aka Ella Rice-Moultrie, or any variation thereof; Walter Scott, Jr.; Corinth A. Shaw, Sr.; Jonathan R. Crenshaw; R M Crenshaw; Sylvia Jenkins; IsiahRice; Chauncey A. Crenshaw; Chauncy Crenshaw; Susan R. Crenshaw; Susan Raynes Crenshaw; Susan R. Lazenby; Susan Raynes Lazenby; Anthony Lazenby; Janel Raynes Crenshaw; Jerick E.Crenshaw;Myrtis Brightharp; Teresa Clark.
  1. Any grant, contract, fund, fee, wage, salary, consulting fee, monetary compensation, payment, disbursement, remuneration, or any other award for services or goods, and allinformation, communications, memorandum, e-mails, text messages, notes, or any other hand written or electronically stored communication, books, papers, maps, photographs, cards, tapes, recordings, or otherdocumentary materials regardless of physical form or characteristics prepared, owned, used, in the possessionof, or retained by any member(s) of the Edgefield County School Board, Edgefield County School District, or any member, person, relative, registered agent, corporate officer, corporate employee, corporate consultant, contractor, subcontractor, family member, associated with, employed, contracted, or retained byI Can Kids, Inc., it’s agents, assigns, subsidiaries, or its affiliates to include, but not limited to, Dr. Mary Rice- Crenshaw, also known as (aka) Mary M. Crenshaw, aka Mary Margaret Crenshaw, aka Mary Margaret Rice-Crenshaw, aka Mary Rice-Crenshaw, aka Mary M. Rice, aka Mary Rice, aka Mary Crenshaw, aka Mary L. Rice, aka Mary Lance Rice, Dmmrice, or any variation thereof; R.E. Crenshaw, Robert E. Crenshaw, aka Robert Earl Crenshaw, aka Robert Crenshaw, aka Earl Crenshaw, or any variation thereof; Ella Rice, aka Ella Moultrie, aka Ella Rice-Moultrie, or any variation thereof; Walter Scott, Jr.; Corinth A. Shaw, Sr.; Jonathan R. Crenshaw; R M Crenshaw; Sylvia Jenkins; IsiahRice; Chauncey A. Crenshaw; Chauncy Crenshaw; Susan R. Crenshaw; Susan Raynes Crenshaw; Susan R. Lazenby; Susan Raynes Lazenby; Anthony Lazenby; Janel Raynes Crenshaw; Jerick E.Crenshaw; Myrtis Brightharp; Teresa Clark.

Further, The South Carolina Code of 1976, § 30-4-30, Freedom Information Act, paragraph (b) states:

“[t]he public body may establish and collect fees not to exceed the actual cost of searching for or making copies of records. Fees charged by a public body must be uniform for copies of the same record or document.However, members of the General Assembly may receive copies of records or documents at no charge frompublic bodies when their request relates to their legislative duties. The records must be furnished at the lowestpossible cost to the person requesting the records. Records must be provided in a form that is both convenientand practical for use by the person requesting copies of the records concerned, if it is equally convenient for thepublic body to provide the records in this form. Documents may be furnished when appropriate without chargeor at a reduced charge where the agency determines that waiver or reduction of the fee is in the public interestbecause furnishing the information can be considered as primarily benefiting the general public. Fees may not becharged for examination and review to determine if the documents are subject to disclosure. Nothing in thischapter prevents the custodian of the public records from charging a reasonable hourly rate for making recordsavailable to the public nor requiring a reasonable deposit of these costs before searching for or making copies ofthe records.”

We the undersigned, further understand there may be a fee or costs associated with this request, however, we respectfully request a waiver for such costs attributed to this request as the:

“[d]ocuments may be furnished when appropriate without chargeor at a reduced charge where the agency determines that waiver or reduction of the fee is in the public interestbecause furnishing the information can be considered as primarily benefiting the general public.”

Additionally, pursuant The South Carolina Code of 1976, § 30-4-30, Freedom Information Act, paragraph (c) states:

“[e]ach public body, upon written request for records made under this chapter, shall within fifteen days(excepting Saturdays, Sundays, and legal public holidays) of the receipt of any such request notify the personmaking such request of its determination and the reasons therefor. Such a determination shall constitute thefinal opinion of the public body as to the public availability of the requested public record and, if the request isgranted, the record must be furnished or made available for inspection or copying. If written notification of thedetermination of the public body as to the availability of the requested public record is neither mailed norpersonally delivered to the person requesting the document within the fifteen days allowed herein, the requestmust be considered approved.”

We the undersigned also understand the time for your response begins on the date of receipt of this request. If you fail to respondor comply with this request we will seek injunctive relief pursuant toThe South Carolina Code of 1976, § 30-4-100, Freedom Information Act, paragraph (a) which states:

“[a]ny citizen of the State may apply to the circuit court for either or both a declaratory judgment andinjunctive relief to enforce the provisions of this chapter in appropriate cases as long as such application is madeno later than one year following the date on which the alleged violation occurs or one year after a public vote inpublic session, whichever comes later. The court may order equitable relief as it considers appropriate, and aviolation of this chapter must be considered to be an irreparable injury for which no adequate remedy at lawexists.”

and,

“[i]f a person or entity seeking such relief prevails, he or it may be awarded reasonable attorney fees andother costs of litigation. If such person or entity prevails in part, the court may in its discretion award him or itreasonable attorney fees or an appropriate portion thereof.”

Your assistance in this matter is greatly appreciated. If you have any questions regarding this request please contact Jim Jackson, at (803) 518-7688 or Charles Kemp at (803) 384-0710.

Very truly yours,

/S/ Original Signed

D. James Jackson

/S/ Original Signed

Charles Kemp

cc: Lindsey Graham, United States Senator

Jim DeMint, United States Senator

Mark Sanford, Governor, South Carolina

Secretary of State South Carolina

Ethics Commission, State of South Carolina

Department of Education, State of South Carolina

Molly Spearman, South Carolina Association of School Administrators

Superintendent, Clarendon School District 3

Superintendent, Dorchester County School District 4

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