

If the request is denied in whole or in part (by redaction), WCPSS will provide the requester with an explanation of the denial, which includes the legal authority of the denial.If the requested record contains information that is exempt, WCPSS will make available the portion of the record that is not exempt and clearly redact the exempt portion of the record.If a request is ambiguous or overly broad, WCPSS will give you an opportunity to revise the request and explain how the records are maintained and accessed by the department.If a WCPSS employee believes it would help to ensure the accuracy of the department’s response, the requester may be asked for the intended use of the information requested, but the requester is not obligated to give this information.Requesters may be asked to put request in writing, however, if the requester declines, WCPSS will honor the verbal request. WCPSS will acknowledge receipt of the request verbally or in writing.WCPSS will respond to public records requests whether the request is written or verbal.Procedures for handling public records requests See page 3, Part I, of The Public Records Act of the NC Guide to Open Government and Public Records. The indexing rule does not require a government agency to create a database it has not already created. Indexes include information about data fields and lists of data fields. Indexes of computer databases are public records. Public records include paper and electronic documents, emails, papers, letters, maps, books, photographs, films, sound recordings, magnetic or other tapes, electronic data-processing records, artifacts, or other documentary material, regardless of physical form or characteristics. They also include materials written or made by private people or companies and submitted to WCPSS regardless of whether those materials were required or requested by WCPSS or whether they were sent WCPSS voluntarily at the private person’s initiative. Public records include materials written or created by WCPSS and its employees. Public records are documentary materials made or received by government agencies in North Carolina in carrying on public business. The Communications Department is responsible for ensuring that all public records requests are handled in a timely and uniform manner. The public records of the Wake County Public School System are governed by the state of North Carolina’s Public Records Act, General Statute 132. Wake Forest iSTEM Magnet Elementary School.Wake Early College of Information and Biotechnologies.Wake Early College of Health and Sciences.Reedy Creek Magnet Middle School Center for the Digital Sciences.Lincoln Heights Magnet Elementary School.Jeffreys Grove Magnet Elementary School.

Farmington Woods Magnet Elementary School.
