Lake Washington School District claims records request ‘unreasonably burdensome’

(The Center Square) – The Lake Washington School District’s Public Records Office is refusing to release public records that The Center Square requested, saying the records request is “unreasonably burdensome.”

But other governments released similar records that show how taxpayer money is being spent, and an open government group says it doesn’t believe the request to the school district, which has an annual budget of $793 million, is too broad or vague.

“I’m confused by the public records officer’s response,” wrote George Erb, secretary for the Washington Coalition for Open Government, after The Center Square shared the request and response with him. “The PRO is correct to say that a request for all or substantially all records is insufficient. But your request, though large, did seek specific kinds of records created within ...