Wisconsin School District Charges Law Group $11K For Records Over A Trans-Identifying Male Student Showering In Front Of Four GirlsBY: SHAWN FLEETWOOD
MAY 17, 2023
A Wisconsin school district is charging a state-based law firm over $11,000 for records related to a recent incident at a local high school, where a trans-identifying male showered naked in front of four female students.
In an April 19 letter sent to the Sun Prairie Area School District (SPASD), the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (WILL) filed an open records request for any and all communications related to a March incident at Sun Prairie East High School (EHS), in which an 18-year-old male student, who claims to be a woman, purportedly showered unclothed in the girl’s school locker room in the presence of four female, freshmen students. In its letter, WILL called on the district “to address [the incident] immediately and put policies in place that will protect the safety and privacy of all students (and provide public notice of what those policies are).”
Sun Prairie, a Madison suburb, is located in the deep-blue enclave of Dane County.
In its May 10 response to WILL, Lori Lubinsky, who serves as SPASD’s general counsel, claimed it would cost over $11,000 to fulfill the law firm’s request for records surrounding the EHS showering incident. Obtained by The Federalist, Lubinsky’s letter notes the cost for SPASD “to search the individual email accounts of all certified staff at EHS” for relevant documents is nearly $5,000. The district further claims it would cost over $5,000 for EHS staff to search for all “texts, messages, voicemails and other communications” related to the March incident.
“Until this estimate is paid, the District will not proceed to locate any responsive records to this request,” the letter reads.
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Source:
https://thefederalist.com/2023/05/17/wisconsin-school-district-charges-law-group-11k-for-records-over-a-trans-identifying-male-student-showering-in-front-of-four-girls/
