Requests for District Records
The School District of Amery provides public educational services to pupils in Early Childhood through Grade 12 who reside in, or are Open Enrolled into, the School District of Amery.
The District Administrator has been designated as the legal custodian of records for the School District of Amery. Wisconsin Stats. §§19.33(1) and (4). The legal custodian is vested by the Amery Board of Education with full legal power to render decisions and carry out the duties of the School District of Amery under the public records and property law. The legal custodian is authorized to determine whether a record of the School District of Amery must be made available for inspection and/or copying by a requestor and/or whether the record request may be denied.
Pursuant to Wis. Stat. §19.34(1), requests for public records should be submitted to the District Office, located at 543 Minneapolis Ave S, Amery, WI 54001, and may be made between the District Office’s regular business hours of 8:00 am and 4:00 pm. Requests may be made orally or in writing, although the District may require certain requests to be made in writing. District records that are subject to inspection may be viewed, or copies may be obtained. Requestors will be charged 10¢ per page for requests of more than five (5) copies and/or the actual, necessary, and direct cost of other forms of duplication.
The District may require prepayment if the total cost of duplication for any records request exceeds $5.00, and may impose a fee on requestors for locating a record/records (not to exceed the actual, necessary, and direct cost of location) if location costs are $50.00 or more. Other fees may be charged to requestors to the extent permitted under Wis. Stat. §19.35(3).
In addition, please note that the following School District of Amery positions have been identified as local public offices: District Administrator, Business Manager, Amery High School Principal, Amery Middle School Principal, Amery Intermediate School Principal, Lien Elementary School Principal and the Director of Pupil Services.
Questions concerning this notice should be directed to the District Administrator.
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