Danbury City Council

Thomas J. Saadi
Councilman - 4th Ward
24 Tobins Court 203-797-1797
Danbury, CT 06810 tomsaadi@aol.com

VIA EMAIL

Salvatore Pascarella
Superintendent of Schools
Danbury School System

RE: Email Account Access by School System Personnel

Dear Superintendent Pascarella:

Some disturbing allegations have come to my attention regarding possible retribution against
some school system personnel who either spoke out at municipal meetings and/or communicated by
email with City Council members regarding their concerns and critisms of the school administration
and/or Board of Education (“BOE”). I have even heard from multiple sources allegations that you
have requested that the IT department give you all email transmissions between Danbury teachers
and me. I certainly hope that these allegations are untrue, however, if they are true it most shocking.

These allegations raise serious concerns that of the possibility that school system personnel
able to access email communications on the school system’s email server maybe doing so to identify
personnel critical of the school administration and BOE. I am familiar with the law regarding the
absence of confidentiality in utilizing government email servers. However, my concern is not with
email confidentiality per se, but with the possible improper subsequent use of the contents of such
emails by certain school system personnel. Therefore, I am requesting pursuant to the Connecticut
Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), Conn. Gen. Stat. § 1-210 et seq, that the Danbury School
system provide me with any and all documents identifying any and all email accounts accessed by
anyone other than the individual staff member to whom the account is assigned (herein after referred
to as “account holder”) and for each such account provide any and all documents identifying:

1. Name of account holder.

2. Date of each occurrence.
3. The purpose for accessing said account.
4. Whether the text of any email communications were reviewed and, if so, by whom.
5. If your response to request “4” is in the affirmative identify and produce all
documents which contain the following:

i. The date any reviewed email was transmitted by account holder,

ii. The name(s) of any third parties to whom the reviewed email was transmitted,
and
iii. The location of any copies, whether in electronic form or in hard copy,
maintained by any party other then the account holder of said reviewed email.
 I further request copies of any and all documents authored by you between April 1, 2010 and
the date of this request, including but not limited to notes, memoranda, emails, or letters that mention
any member of the Danbury City Council by name.

For documents not produced pursuant to this request please cite the specific statutory or
common law exemption shielding said document from production pursuant to the FOIA.

Thank you for your attention to this matter and I look forward to receiving your response.

Sincerely,

Thomas J. Saadi

CC: BOE Members (Via email only)

City Council President Joseph Cavo & Council members (Via email only)