School charges mom $77000 to access e-mails about her son - myfox8.com
— A mother said she was given a $77,000 price tag when she tried to get information from her son’s school. She said the school is essentially refusing to honor a request she has every legal right to make. For $77,000 you can buy some pretty nice stuff like a used convertible Bentley Continental GT, or a used helicopter and flying lessons. Smith said she filed a Freedom of Information Act request pertaining to her special needs son. She said all she wanted was a year’s worth of email correspondence instead of a nominal fee. Smith said she got the outrageous charge of more than $77,000. “I do consider this flat out a denial,” Smith said. “In fact, I believe that by them throwing up a brick wall it makes me question more, so why can’t I have those emails,” Smith said. According to the letter, the Goodrich schools superintendent said it would take the district two years and more than 4,500 hours at a rate of $77,780 to get those emails. “I think Goodrich schools should be ashamed of themselves for even asking for this amount of money,” said Phil Ellison, Smith’s attorney. Source: myfox8.com
