Predisik v. Spokane Sch. Dist. No. 81 (Majority and Dissent)
Annotate this CaseThis case involved two public school employees who were on paid administrative leave while their employer investigated allegations of misconduct. The substance behind those allegations was not in the trial court record, but the District's investigations were then-ongoing and entering their fourth year. In the spring of 2012, two media outlets submitted public records requests to the District. One request sought the "administrative leave letter given to Anthony Predisik, a Shadle Park High School counselor." The other request asked for "information on all district employees currently on paid/non-paid administrative leave." The requests returned three public records relevant to this dispute. The issue this case presented for the Supreme Court's review centered on whether public records that revealed these investigations are occurring, but do not describe the allegations being investigated, implicated the employees' privacy rights under the Public Records Act (PRA), chapter 42.56 RCW. The Court held they did not. Because no exemption applies to withhold the records from public inspection, the Court reversed and remanded with instructions to order the records at issue disclosed in their entirety without redaction.
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