Right To Know
In accordance with Act 3 of 2008, the Right-to-Know law, requests for public records from the Gettysburg Area School District may be made through the Open Records Officer, Belinda Wallen, located at: 900 Biglerville Road, Gettysburg, PA 17325.
Email requests may be made via this address: bwallen@gasd-pa.org
Fax requests may be made by dialing 717-334-5220.
Additionally, the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records has created a standard request form, the GASD form, (below) which may be used to submit a request for information to the Gettysburg Area School District. The request should be specific and not seek answers to questions. After filing the request, a response will be issued within five (5) business days.
Filing an Appeal
When a request is denied or deemed denial, a requester may file an appeal to the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records. The appeal must be filed within 15 business days of the denial or deemed denial date. The appeal must also include the request, agency denial if one exists, and address agency grounds that the request was denied. An appeals officer will determine if the record(s) is subject to public access.
An appeal may be filed to the Office of Open Records via its Online Appeal Form, email, fax, or in person at:
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Office of Open Records
333 Market Street, 16th Floor
Harrisburg, PA 17101-2234
Phone: 717-346-9903
Fax: 717-425-5343
Email: openrecords@pa.gov
Executive Director: Liz Wagenseller
Click here to access the Office of Open Records website.
Right to Know Request Form