PUBLIC RECORD REQUESTS – RECORDS ACCESS OFFICER (RAO)

The Haverhill Public Schools Central Administrative Offices are located in Haverhill City Hall, Room 104, Four Summer Street, Haverhill, MA 01830. To make an online public records request, click here.

Public record requests are established by statute and include:

  • Coordinating Haverhill Public Schools’ response to public records requests;
  • Assisting individuals who seek records to identify the records sought;
  • Assisting the custodian of records to preserve public records in accordance with the law;
  • Preparing, posting online, and periodically updating guidelines to enable the public to make informed public records requests; and
  • Documentation, in compliance with c. 66 § 6A(e), specific information about each request made for public records.

Please click here to request public records for documents pursuant to A Guide to the Massachusetts Public Records Law,  as published by William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Records will generally be provided electronically within 10 business days barring an exception. The requestor will be notified with an explanation in the event of a delay and a good faith estimate of any fees that may be charged for the production of the records and a reasonable timeframe for when the records will be provided, which generally will not exceed 25 business days from the initial request.