Mr. Jarratt,

Please consider this a formal response to your request for information
in your letter dated May 22, 2006 and received in my office on May 23,
2006.

The requested email document, including headers, that was printed out
and hand delivered to a parent interested in learning more about the
specific financial documents you requested on May 18, 2006 is provided
below.  Neither you or the parent in question made any formal request
for this or any other documents under the Freedom of Information Act.
As your original email request on May 17, 2006 and my response on May
18, 2006 were provided freely without any specified restrictions, the
financial questions you posed in this email and my response (along with
references to the specific financial documents shared), was also shared
and provided freely to anyone interested in the topic you raised.  Under
these circumstances, a person need not identify them self to gain access
to simple questions and answers about District 1 financial operations,
which are a matter of public record.  There was nothing confidential, or
of a sensitive nature that might invade the privacy of an individual or
group of individuals, about your original email or my response, or in
the dissemination of same via printout to a concerned parent and
taxpayer in our community.

It is my understanding that the individual in question chose to post a
verbatim transcript of this document on the GoFlo website message board,
but this was done without my knowledge or consent.

As far as your other requests for information contained your emails on
May 18 & 19, 2006 is concerned, that is the information that has not
already been provided, District 1 is in the process of finalizing its
administrative procedures concerning FOIA requests.  Our school board
policy manual lacked the needed clarity and specificity for me to advise
you on what formal process you need to follow to gain access to the
documents you request.  I will advise you regarding this matter as soon
as this procedure is finalized.

Yours for Better Education,

James P. Tenbusch, Ph.D.
Superintendent of Schools
Winthrop Harbor School District No. 1
500 North Avenue
Winthrop Harbor, IL 60096
847.731.3085 Voice
847.731.3156 Fax