Attendance of Students information

Howard Rait made this Official Information request to Fergusson Intermediate (Trentham)

The request was refused by Fergusson Intermediate (Trentham).

From: Howard Rait

Dear Fergusson Intermediate (Trentham),
Please provide the following information.
1. How and when (dates included) Fergusson Intermediate School communicated "their attendance rules to students and their families" for the years of 2016 and 2017 which is a legal requirement of the Ministry of Education? (see hyperlink below).
2. Copies of the information that was "communicated to students and their families" for the years of 2016 and 2017.
Note: The reason I am asking these questions is I have never received any paperwork, emails, notices or school policies about this other than what is in the schools prospectus (which has very limited and very basic information) and the schools website is sadly lacking any content on this subject as well.
3. A copy of the schools revised/updated student attendance policy (early/mid 2017?) which resulted from a previous complaint by myself to the Board of Trustees - as advised by Katrina Casey of the Ministry of Education in her letter to myself dated 10 July 2017, of which I forwarded you a copy.

https://education.govt.nz/school/managin...

Yours faithfully,

Howard Rait

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From: Howard Rait

Dear Fergusson Intermediate (Trentham),

Hi Ferguson Intermediate School - I not you are again late and outstanding another OIA request. Please indicate whether you intend to answer or not as you know I require this information prior to the Principal departing.

Yours faithfully,

Howard Rait

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From: Howard Rait

Dear Fergusson Intermediate (Trentham),

Hi Fergusson Intermediate School - in particular Paul Patterson (Principal), Jan Hall-Jones (Principals Secretary) and Ros Connelly (Chair of the Board of Trustees).

Are you going to respond to this OIA request at all? This is becoming a very familiar pattern of you NOT responding to OIA Requests - even those which have not gone through this website, but privately. They are not difficult requests so should not be an issue to process.

Yours faithfully,

Howard Rait

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From: Howard Rait

Dear Fergusson Intermediate (Trentham),

Hi Fergusson Intermediate School.

Can you please answer this OIA Request as you know it is a LEGAL Requirement of yourselves. You also know this OIA request is also part of the complaint I sent to the Principal (Paul Patterson), the BOT Chair (Ros Connelly) and also the Principal's Sectary (Jan Hall-Jones) last week which as yet to even be acknowledged by any of the three. A very common pattern here I notice.

Yours faithfully,

Howard Rait

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Howard Rait left an annotation ()

Catherine Marks <catherine.marks@russellmcveagh.com> A lawyer from the legal firm Russell Mcveagh was engaged by the school and has advised this request has been refused (like all my other requests).

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