Open Records Officer & Title IX Coordinator

Brentius Watts

(770) 504-2300
brentius.watts@bcssk12.org
Open Records Requests must be made in writing. Pursuant to O.C.G.A.§50-18-71(c)(1), the Board of Education may charge reasonable fees for search, retrieval, and other direct administrative costs based on an hourly rate. In addition, the Board of Education may also charge an administrative fee for the records ($ .10 per page).

Open Records Requests
The Butts County Board of Education and Administration of Butts County Schools believe strongly in a transparent and open governance system that is responsive to the community. The Butts County School System strictly adheres to all tenets of Georgia's Open Records Act.

Georgia law states that an agency must produce records responsive to a request within three business days unless in cases of exceptional circumstances. If the records cannot be produced within three business days, the agency must inform the requestor, in writing, when the records will be produced, the cost to produce the records (if any), and, if applicable, the specific legal authority exempting the records from disclosure, by Code section, subsection, and paragraph. The agency can only add to or amend the legal authority cited as the basis for exemption only once if such amendment is within five days of discovery of an error.

Open Records Requests must be submitted in writing to:
Brentius Watts
Director of Human Resources and Communications
181 N. Mulberry St. Jackson, GA 30233
Administrative Assistant of Human Resources
Melissa Patterson
(770) 504-2300

Click here to download the Records Request Form.