On the afternoon of June 4, 2026, LION replied to Pottsboro Independent School District after reviewing the morning’s production of nine PDFs responsive to POTTSBOROISD-PIA-001, asking whether the district could re-run the three campus library catalog files as Excel (.xlsx) or comma-separated values (CSV) instead of PDF.

The reason: when the catalogs were exported to PDF, the text emerged squeezed into a narrow strip along the left edge of each page in a very small font, making title and author columns hard to read even when zoomed in. The pattern is a common print-style report-export quirk — most library management systems (Follett Destiny, Alexandria, Mackin VIA, and similar platforms) include a “Title List” or equivalent native report that produces a clean spreadsheet directly from the existing reporting menu, with no reformatting needed on the district’s end.

The Texas Public Information Act, codified at Government Code Chapter 552, requires a public body to produce responsive records but does not strictly bind the district to a requester’s preferred format. LION’s original May 29 request had identified Excel, CSV, or native export as the preferred delivery formats for exactly this reason — those formats are generally available from existing library-system reporting functions without additional staff time.

Source: LION reply to Pottsboro ISD, June 4, 2026.

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On the morning of June 4, 2026, four business days after LION filed POTTSBOROISD-PIA-001, Pottsboro Independent School District produced records responsive to the request. The district’s cover email attached nine PDFs — three campus library catalogs (Pottsboro Elementary, Pottsboro Middle School, and Pottsboro High School) and six 2025–26 book acquisition lists (two per campus) — and included a hyperlink labeled “Power of Pages Grant Book Acquisition” pointing to additional acquisition material the district said was “too large to upload as a folder.”

The reply came from June Hendrickson at the Pottsboro ISD main office, writing on behalf of Superintendent Kevin Matthews, the district’s designated Public Information Coordinator for Texas Public Information Act requests. Under Government Code Chapter 552, a public body has 10 business days to respond to a request; the Pottsboro production arrived inside that window.

LION’s May 29 request had identified Excel (.xlsx), CSV, or the library management system’s native export format as the preferred delivery formats for the catalog. The district produced the three catalog files as PDFs. LION’s scope, completeness, and format review of the production is ongoing.

Source: Pottsboro ISD production cover email, June 4, 2026.

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On May 29, 2026, LION (Local Integrity Oversight Network) filed POTTSBOROISD-PIA-001 with Pottsboro Independent School District. The request was addressed to Superintendent Dr. Kevin Matthews at kevin.matthews@pottsboroisd.org.

The Texas Public Information Act (Chapter 552, Texas Government Code) is the state law that gives any person the right to request records held by Texas governmental bodies, including school districts. This request sought a complete export of Pottsboro ISD’s current library collection across all campuses, plus the district’s approved reading lists, in electronic format.

Under Government Code §552.221, the district must promptly produce responsive records. The standard statutory window for production or a written explanation is 10 business days from receipt, which falls on or about June 12, 2026.

Source: LION transmittal of POTTSBOROISD-PIA-001 to Pottsboro ISD, May 29, 2026.

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On May 29, 2026, LION — Local Integrity Oversight Network — filed its first Texas Public Information Act request with Pottsboro Independent School District, seeking native library catalog exports for every campus and any approved reading lists used in district English / Language Arts classes during the 2025–26 school year.

The Texas Public Information Act, codified at Government Code Chapter 552, gives any member of the public the right to request government records and obligates a public body to respond within 10 business days — either by producing the records, seeking an Attorney General ruling on a withholding, or providing a written cost estimate when production charges will exceed $40.

LION’s request, assigned reference number POTTSBOROISD-PIA-001, was addressed to Superintendent Kevin Matthews, the district’s designated Public Information Coordinator. It contained two items: (1) a current complete library catalog or holdings inventory listing titles, authors, and copy counts for each of the three Pottsboro campuses — Elementary, Middle School, and High School — preferably as the native export from the district’s library management system (Follett Destiny, Alexandria, Mackin VIA, or equivalent); and (2) any district-wide or campus-specific approved reading lists, supplemental materials lists, or English / Language Arts curriculum book lists used for the 2025–26 school year.

LION asked for a fee waiver under Texas Government Code §552.267 on public-interest grounds, requested written notice of any cost estimate above the $40 threshold under §552.2615 before work began, and identified Excel (.xlsx), CSV, or the system’s native export as the preferred delivery formats — those formats are generally available from existing reporting functions without additional staff time to reformat. The statutory response window ran until June 15, 2026.

Source: POTTSBOROISD-PIA-001 request, May 29, 2026.

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