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Documents, links, and evidence to support other writing on this site.

Email between Reed Sutman and Denise Swarthout, asking about the cum (pronounced "kyoom") folders, standing for Cumulative Folders.   See Source

07-28-2023

This was posted to Facebook on July 14th, and Mark Glause says he sent it to the Board of Education. He also spoke about it during the July 24th, 2023 Board of Education Meeting.   See Source

07-28-2023

Ai Generated Transcript of June 22, 2023 Byers & Co w/ Bill Clevenger & Dr. Clark   See Source

07-26-2023

Ai Generated Transcript of June 21, 2023 Interview with Bill Clevenger   See Source

07-26-2023

Notes about June 21, 2023 Bill Clevenger Interview   See Source

07-26-2023

This is the original summary of the topic. The first version did not have the "Also See" or the "UPDATE" portions, and those were added incrementally over time.   See Source

07-26-2023

These are my personal notes from the June 27th BOE Meeting. Wrote them at the meeting. I believe i modified them some the following day.   See Source

07-25-2023

I think I took these notes on June 22 or June 23. I'm not really sure. See https://www.decaturvote.com/story/2023-consolidated-municipal-election/our-sources-related-to-dennis/   See Source

07-25-2023

See https://www.decaturvote.com/story/dennis-schools-structural-issues/our-sources-related-to-dennis/   See Source

07-25-2023

See https://www.decaturvote.com/story/dennis-schools-structural-issues/our-sources-related-to-dennis/   See Source

07-25-2023

See https://www.decaturvote.com/story/dennis-schools-structural-issues/our-sources-related-to-dennis/   See Source

07-25-2023

See https://www.decaturvote.com/story/dennis-schools-structural-issues/our-sources-related-to-dennis/   See Source

07-25-2023

See https://www.decaturvote.com/story/dennis-schools-structural-issues/our-sources-related-to-dennis/   See Source

07-25-2023

See https://www.decaturvote.com/story/dennis-schools-structural-issues/our-sources-related-to-dennis/   See Source

07-25-2023

On July 13th, I emailed Dr. Clark a lot of questions. This is an email response from Denise Swarthout with answers to many of those questions.   See Source

07-25-2023

This is the email thread with Dr. Clark, with the last message being on July 13th.   See Source

07-20-2023

The letter sent from the IL Dept of Labor to DPS61, with regard to the July 6th OSHA complaint.   See Source

07-19-2023

District update announcing "DPS is prohibiting any further access to the Dennis Lab School buildings and will be closing off all access points to the buildings" due to an OSHA complaint filed on July 6th.   See Source

07-19-2023

These are fairly detailed notes about the interviews I conducted. The notes were not all written on July 14th, but haven been completed on July 14th and published this day too.   See Source

07-14-2023

AI Generated transcript of June 13th interviews. The transcript contains errors.   See Source

07-14-2023

This is the full audio from interviews conducted by Reed Sutman on June 13, 2023.   See Source

07-14-2023

This is the email sent to the Attorney General's Public Access Counselor's office on July 14th, 2023 around 1:38pm.   See Source

07-14-2023

This document details what was insufficient about the DPS61 FOIA Response.   See Source

07-14-2023

The original Q&A Returned in the FOIA response had pages rotated, such that they were hard to read. This copy of the PDF has properly formatted pages, easier to read.   See Source

07-14-2023

This is the FOIA response letter, received on July 10th.   See Source

07-14-2023

This document shows the attendees at the June 19th Staff meeting where Dennis plans were discussed.   See Source

07-14-2023

This is the Q&A with Dennis Staff during a June 19th Meeting regarding Dennis Schools.   See Source

07-14-2023

Emails with Dennis, BFW, Klingner, & Media. Received on July 10th, 2023.   See Source

07-14-2023

2023 HLS Report for French/Kaleidoscope, received July 10th, 2023   See Source

07-14-2023

2023 HLS Report for Dennis/Mosaic, returned in the FOIA response on July 10th.   See Source

07-14-2023