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Allen ISD sent a redacted substitute PT5 and asked LION to delete the original

On May 18, 2026 at 4:41 PM Central, J. Renee Cunningham — Communications and Marketing Specialist for Allen Independent School District (Allen ISD) — emailed LION asking that LION delete the PIR 285-050126 LION Q3-PT5 document Allen ISD had transmitted to LION earlier the same day, and substitute a redacted version in its place. The original PT5 had been delivered at 12:49 PM as part of the District’s supplemental production for Question #3 of LION reference number ALLENISD-PIA-002, a request filed under the Texas Public Information Act (PIA) — Texas Government Code Chapter 552, which gives Texas residents the right to obtain records held by governmental bodies. The District uses the prefix “PIR” (Public Information Request) on its internal request-ticket numbers.

The recall email read in full on the operative request:

“Please delete previously transmitted document titled PIR 285-050126 LION Q3-PT5 (only this attachment, all others are acceptable as provided) and replace with the attached PIR 285-050126 LION Q3-PT5_Redacted. The redacted document supersedes the previously provided document of the same name.”

J. Renee Cunningham — Communications and Marketing Specialist, Allen ISD — May 18, 2026, 4:41 PM Central

The recall email cited no exception under Chapter 552, identified no prior ruling from the Texas Attorney General, and supplied no OR-number (Attorney General Open Records ruling number) under Section 552.301 — the provision that requires a governmental body to seek an Attorney General decision in writing within ten business days when it wishes to withhold information from public disclosure. The single content difference between the original PT5 and the redacted substitute is one page: an inbound email from a member of the public to a trustee, dated September 18, 2025.

LION did not delete the original document. Both versions — the original transmitted at 12:49 PM and the redacted substitute transmitted at 4:41 PM — are preserved in LION’s ALLENISD-PIA-002 production folder. LION has not filed a formal challenge to the redaction. The record stands as the District produced it.

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