Public Records Request
In accordance with the amended state public records law, Chapter 121 of the Acts of 2016, the Blackstone Valley Vocational Regional School District has designated Dr. Michael F. Fitzpatrick, Superintendent-Director, as the person responsible for responding to public records requests.
Dr. Fitzpatrick may be contacted at: 508–529–7758 x-3034 or via e-mail at: RAO@valleytech.k12.ma.us. The Blackstone Valley Vocational Regional School District Administrative Offices are located in the Blackstone Valley Vocational Regional Technical High School at 65 Pleasant Street in Upton, Massachusetts and is open Monday – Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The duties of the Records Access Officer (RAO) are established by statute and include:- Coordinating Blackstone Valley Vocational Regional School District’s response to public records requests;
- Assisting individuals who seek records to identify the records sought;
- Preparing, posting online, and periodically updating guidelines to enable the public to make informed public records requests; and
- Documenting, in compliance with c. 66 § 6A(e), specific information about each request made for public records.
Please contact the RAO in writing regarding public records requests for documents pursuant to A Guide to the Massachusetts Public Records Law, as published by William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth. See the new provisions for the Updated Public Records Law effective January 1, 2017.
NOTE: Records will generally be provided in electronic format within 10 business days barring an exception. In this case, the Records Access Officer will contact the requestor with an explanation for the delay and a good faith estimate of any fees that may be charged for the production of the records and a reasonable timeframe for when the records will be provided, which generally will not exceed 25 business days from the initial request.