Public Records Request

PUBLIC RECORD REQUESTS - RECORDS ACCESS OFFICER (ROA)

In accordance with the amended state public records law, Chapter 121 of the acts of 2016, the Beverly Public Schools District has designated Dr. Suzanne M. Charochak, Superintendent, as the person responsible for responding to public records requests.

Dr. Charochak may be contacted at 978-921-6100 or via email at scharochak@beverlyschools.org. The Beverly School District Central Administration Offices are located in the McKeown School, 70 Balch Street, Beverly.

The duties of the Records Access Officer are established by statute and include:

• Coordinating Beverly Public School District’s response to public records request;
• Assisting individuals who seek records to identify the records sought;
• Assisting the custodian of records to preserve public records in accordance with the law;
• 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 Records Access Officer in writing regarding public records requests for documents pursuant to A Guide to the Massachusetts Public Record Law, https://www.sec.state.ma.us/pre/prepdf/guide.pdf as published by William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth. 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 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. The appointment alternate RAO for Beverly Public Schools District is Assistant Superintendent, Dr. Dorothy Flaherty.

For questions or more information, please feel free to contact Dr. Suzanne M. Charochak.