School board member Chris Danford is apparently being blocked from gathering information on a number of different financial controversies in the St. Joseph School District.

In an E-mail sent last week to the Superintendent Dr. Fred Czerwonka, and the district’s two lawyers, Danford asks for information on the district’s contracts with the OPAA food-service company. She says she has not received one response. On Monday, Danford sent another E-mail, and this time included reporters in the list of recipients.

In that second E-mail, Danford asks “…isn’t it ridiculous that an elected board member should have to sunshine the district they provide oversight for?”

She also asks for a lot more information. Here’s the list:
1. OPAA contracts for both 2013-2014 and 2014-2015
2. A list of all district owned vehicles with make/model/year and the name of the employee and their position in the SJSD that the car is assigned to.
3. List of all out of district travel for all administrators (from superintendent down to building principals) paid for by the SJSD –list by 1. administrator name, 2. conference/meeting including dates & destination and 3. costs (travel, mileage, food, lodging and any other expense) from July 1, 2012 through September 1, 2014.
4. List of all purchases made with SSI School Specialty Industries from July 2009-September 2014.
5. The total costs involved with the investigation on Beau Musser by Freeman and Fowler. The investigation was done June &July 2014, the oral report was given to the board on 8/4/14 and the written report given to the board on 9/8/14.
6. List of all costs paid for any attorney services including Mr. Briggs, Mickes, Hobbs and all others for the time July 2009-September 2014.
7. List of all settlements and their amounts from July 1, 2009 -September 1, 2014.