{"id":8410,"date":"2017-02-19T18:22:54","date_gmt":"2017-02-19T23:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/?p=8410"},"modified":"2017-02-19T18:41:51","modified_gmt":"2017-02-19T23:41:51","slug":"ierb-attachment-to-complaint-whitfield-county-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/2017\/02\/19\/ierb-attachment-to-complaint-whitfield-county-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"IERB attachment to complaint:  Whitfield County Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/americancityandcounty.com\/site-files\/americancityandcounty.com\/files\/imagecache\/medium_img\/uploads\/2012\/06\/benefits-sign-forweb.jpg\" width=\"390\" height=\"220\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: American city &amp; county<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.audits.ga.gov\/NALGAD\/IllegalImmigrationReformandEnforcementAct.html\"><strong>Immigration Enforcement Review Board<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>19 February 2017<\/p>\n<p>Attachment to complaint: Whitfield County Schools<\/p>\n<p><strong>Multiple violations OCGA 50-36-1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>IERB:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A quick inspection of the Whitfield County Schools reveals that they are conducting Adult Education classes. Several emails from Anna Bello at that office confirm that fact. I attach one below.<\/p>\n<p>A Mr. Eric Beavers at the same office has replied to my open records request, and I also attach his message. He admits that his office has none of the documents required to verify the eligibility mandated in OCGA 50-36-1 of the adult individuals they are spending tax money to educate.<\/p>\n<p>I request enforcement action and that the IERB forward this information to the state Attorney General\u2019s office for separate investigation and enforcement action.<\/p>\n<p>Below is the text of my recent open records request to Whitfield County Schools and the reply from that office.<\/p>\n<p>25 January 2017<\/p>\n<p>Open records request<br \/>\nWhitfield County Schools<\/p>\n<p>Compliance with state Public Benefits law<br \/>\nRe; OCGA 50-36-1<br \/>\nMr. Eric Beavers<br \/>\nCommunications Specialist<br \/>\nWhitfield County Schools<br \/>\nP.O. Box 2167<br \/>\nDalton, GA 30722-2167<br \/>\ncommunications@whitfield.k12.ga.us<br \/>\nPhone: (706) 217-6724<br \/>\nMr. Beavers,<\/p>\n<p>Please regard this as my official request for public records under Georgia\u2019s open records law.<br \/>\nPlease send me copies of any and all state required verification documents, including applications, affidavits and Secure and Verifiable ID associated with the calendar years 2015 and 2016 administration of the adult education for English language classes conducted by Whitfield County Schools, including the Adult English Class for ESOL Parents conducted at Varnell, Antioch, Pleasant Grove and Dug Gap schools.<\/p>\n<p>Please also include any document that illustrates the original start date of these adult education classes.<\/p>\n<p>Please contact me with any questions. I hope for an electronic response.<br \/>\nThank you,<br \/>\nD.A. King<br \/>\nMarietta, Ga. 30066<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATED January 26, 2017<\/strong><br \/>\nTo: D.A. King<br \/>\nRe; OPEN RECORDS REQUEST January 26, 2017 1:38 PM<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cDear Mr. King,<br \/>\nTo the extent we understand the records you have described, the District has no records responsive to your request. To the extent that you seek records that may be related to the program that you reference those records would be exempt from production pursuant to O.C.G.A. section 50-18-72(a)(37).<br \/>\n2017-01-25 0:28 GMT-05:00 D.A. KING :<br \/>\n\u2014<br \/>\nEric Beavers \u2013 Communications Specialist<br \/>\nWhitfield County Schools<br \/>\nw: (706) 217-6724 \u2022 c: (706) 980-7447\u201d<br \/>\n__<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And, email from Anna Bello<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Good morning ****<\/p>\n<p>I was told that you needed the times and places where I offer Adult English Class for ESOL Parents. The following is my schedule:<\/p>\n<p>Monday = Varnell 9-11am<br \/>\nTuesday = Antioch 8-10 am<br \/>\nWednesday = Pleasant Grove 10-12 am<br \/>\nFriday = Dug Gap 12:30-2:30 pm<\/p>\n<p>Please call me if you have any questions.<br \/>\nThank you<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<br \/>\nAna M. Bello<br \/>\nT III Parent Involvement Coordinator<br \/>\nCell: 706-980-1702<br \/>\nana.bello@wcsga.net<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>End of complaint attachment.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you,<\/p>\n<p>D.A. King<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Immigration Enforcement Review Board 19 February 2017 Attachment to complaint: Whitfield County Schools Multiple violations OCGA 50-36-1 IERB: A quick inspection of the Whitfield County Schools reveals that they are conducting Adult Education classes. Several emails from Anna Bello at that office confirm that fact. I attach one below. 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