On the afternoon of June 8, 2026, Whitesboro Independent School District (WBISD) sent two additional replies in the WBISD-PIA-001 thread — the Texas Public Information Act request LION filed on June 1 for the district’s library catalog and 2025–26 reading lists. WBISD’s earlier midday reply had pointed to a public Destiny portal URL on Item 1 and named three curriculum programs on Item 2; LION had asked the district at 3:10 PM for the actual native catalog export, actual reading-list records, and the District’s designated Public Information Coordinator.
At 3:39 PM, WHS Library Media Specialist Sharon Bryan replied that she “won’t be able to get this information at this time” and that “it will be the end of July or the first of August before I can run this information from Destiny.”
At 3:49 PM, Director of Curriculum and Instruction Shelley Reeves replied with two clarifications. On Item 2 (reading lists), Ms. Reeves wrote that “for the 2025/2026 school year, we do not have a specific reading /book list” — a written confirmation that closes Item 2 under Chapter 552 where no responsive records exist. On the question of WBISD’s Public Information Coordinator, Ms. Reeves identified Sandra Lloyd as the District’s Public Communications contact.
At 4:03 PM, LION emailed Superintendent Ryan Harper directly, with Ms. Lloyd, Ms. Bryan, and Ms. Reeves on copy. The letter acknowledged Item 2 as closed and Ms. Lloyd’s identification as the PIA contact, then turned to the open Item 1 (the native Destiny catalog export). LION noted that the Texas Public Information Act’s statutory response window (Tex. Gov’t Code §§ 552.221 and 552.301) runs on calendar business days and does not pause for staff schedules; that the obligation runs on the District as a governmental body, not on any individual employee; that the only statutory suspension mechanism — the § 552.2325 catastrophe notice — explicitly excludes situations where staff can work remotely and is capped at fourteen calendar days; and that the Destiny Title List report runs from the standard reporting menu and does not require Ms. Bryan personally to execute. LION asked Superintendent Harper to advise on who within WBISD can produce the report for each of the four campuses before the ten-business-day window from the June 1 filing closes on or around June 15, 2026.
Sources: Bryan vacation deferral of June 8, 2026; Reeves clarification of June 8, 2026; LION letter to Superintendent Harper of June 8, 2026; Sharon Bryan listed under Library Services on the WBISD website; Shelley Reeves listed as Director of Curriculum under Curriculum & Instruction on the WBISD website.
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