Dear Auckland Grammar,

Recently the headmaster of Auckland Grammar made public comments regarding voluntary donations being made compulsory. I am interested in seeing how Auckland Grammar presents information to parents regarding voluntary donations. Therefore I request:

1) The level of voluntary fees set by Auckland Grammar for the years 2013 to 2015 inclusive.
2) The percentage of students whose guardians donated, fully donated and did not donate for the years between 2013 and 2015 inclusive.
3) All information sent to students' guardians regarding voluntary donations, "school fees" etc. in the 2015 calendar year. This would include any information provided to all guardians of students; whether via information packets, email, direct mail or newsletters and any follow up information to guardians who had not donated. In cases where follow up letters were sent I would ask that examples be provided (to avoid any privacy implications).
4) Any processes or policies regarding the setting and collection of voluntary donations that exist.

Yours faithfully,

Gavin Millar

Dear Ian Palfrey,

Thank you for your response to my request. Given that the title of one of the attached documents was "1st Donation Letter" can you please confirm that this in fact the only letter that will be sent this year (including more individual followups)? The naming would seem to imply that there are potentially more.

Yours sincerely,

Gavin Millar

Dear Ian Palfrey,

In that case I'd like to point out that my request was for all communication sent in the 2015 calendar year. I'm interested in seeing the complete communication over a "fee year" to understand if more pressure is applied for the payment of voluntary donations.

Can you please provide this as per my original request.

Yours sincerely,

Gavin Millar