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Reporters file FOIA requests for daily absentee and enrollment data from Summit SD 104
Summary
Reporters from the Lake County Gazette and Chicago Tribune requested daily student absentee counts and enrollment totals for 2024–25 and 2025–26 (to date), and lists of National Honor Society and National Merit Scholarship honorees; requests are on the board agenda.
The Summit SD 104 meeting agenda lists multiple FOIA requests from reporters seeking student absentee and enrollment records. The agenda names Owen Wang of the Lake County Gazette requesting lists of newly inducted National Honor Society members and National Merit Scholarship Corporation finalists and winners; it also lists two requests from Kate Armanini of the Chicago Tribune for daily absentee counts and total student enrollment by school for the 2024–25 school year (through Oct. 11, 2024) and for the 2025–26 year-to-date, with a request for excused vs. unexcused disaggregation if tracked.
The transcript excerpt reproduces the text of the FOIA requests on the agenda but does not include responses or any indication the board acted on the requests during the meeting. Interested parties should contact the district FOIA officer or consult posted meeting minutes for any follow-up or records production details.
