A whistleblower claims that one of the biggest records requests received by the Douglas County School District in the last four months is coming from a key supporter of the school board majority.
District Technology Director Michael Roth said that as many as 30,000 emails are being requested by Nicholas Maier, who has been an outspoken supporter of board members Susan Jansen, David Burns and Katherine Dickerson.
Several supporters of the school board majority have blamed the opposition for attorney Joey Gilbert’s burgeoning legal bill, but Maier requested emails from five different district officials and three bargaining units with 16 different key words including “labor,” “contract,” and “union,” between June 1 and Nov. 15, 2023, according to Roth.
Roth said the requests covered negotiations with the teachers, support staff and bus drivers unions. According to Roth, the three searches represent 7.7 gigabytes of data. He received the request on Dec. 5, 2023.
“Some could be very long and very short,” Roth said of the email sizes.
Before the emails could be released, they would have to be vetted by Joey Gilbert Law, which would cost the district more money.
“Currently the district office and counsel sift through public records requests that the technology department provides, after diligently searching for requested information,” Roth said in a copy of the complaint he provided to The Record-Courier. “The school district hires legal counsel, Joey Gilbert, at great financial...
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