Garlick v. Oak Park & River Forest High School District No. 200

This dispute has all the earmarks of a schoolyard squabble, each side holding to its position with grim determination. Still, there is a point to be made.

The issue has to do with whether a student’s father can require a high school to copy and hand over his daughter’s algebra test booklets. To address this issue we are required to examine the Illinois School Student Records Act (Act) (105 ILCS 10/2 (West 2006)).

Plaintiff Warren Garlick, Keri Garlick’s father, filed a declaratory judgment action against defendant Oak Park — River Forest High School District #200 (OPRF), seeking an unredacted…