FOIA Letter

This is a request under the state Freedom of Information Act

Jocelyn Gibson
1934 Berry Fork Rd
Flatwoods, WV 26621

June 24, 2012

Mr. Dennis Albright
Superintendent
Braxton County Schools
98 Carter Braxton Dr.
Sutton, WV 26601

Dear Mr. Albright:

I am requesting access to the budget for all extracurricular activities and sports in the last four years regarding the appropriation of funds. I would like to see how much funding each activity received from the school board. I would like to see specifically the budgets involving the football and basketball teams as well and the speech team and journalism department.

Please let me know when and where such documents can be made available to me, and whether there is anymore information I need to provide.

Sincerely,
Jocelyn Gibson
Editor in chief
The Banner
(304) 644-4504
jocelynzoe0@gmail.com

I am here at the workshop and learning so much.

   Seeking journalistic experience, Ally Lawhon came to Marshall University's High School Journalism Workshop June 24-27 funded by the Herald-Dispatch. The fifteen-year-old junior attends Hurricane High School which won't begin offering journalism classes until Fall 2012.
   Despite the lack of journalistic training available at her high school, Lawhon has a background in writing. She was the winner of a local "In God We Trust" essay contest her sophomore year and has submitted a short story for competition at Shepherd University. Language Arts teacher Martina Hart said Lawhon is an "excellent writer who strives to be the absolute best she can be."
   Lawhon's passion for writing possibly stems from her passion for reading. Classic novels are her preferred reading material. George Orwell's 1984 is one of her favorites. Lawhon's interest in reading and writing as well as Hart's interpretation of her as an "enthusiastic scholar" create a solid foundation for a career in journalism.