REACH and HYPE are two after school hip-hop dance programs run by ReachUSA, Inc. whose CEO is Jason Reed. REACH operates in the Carlisle, PA community and HYPE operates in the Chambersburg, PA community. Both groups promote greater academic achievement through the performing arts (ReachUSA Mission Statement) but also promote positive values and morals while also teaching kids to be polite, self-confident, and good citizens in their communities.

ReachUSA was given a grant of $150,000, over 3 years, to help cover dance instruction, student tutoring, uniforms, and facility rental which was to be administered through the Chambersburg Area School District. After only receiving a portion of the grant money, Jason Reed asked the Chambersburg Area School District to provide documentation to show how the grant money was allocated and spent so that he could, in turn, properly fill out the financial documentation for ReachUSA, which is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. The Chambersburg Area School District board refused to turn over the requested documentation and so two Right-To-Know requests were filed, one by Mr. Jason Reed and another by Ms. Maria Dorsey (a Reach Parent), under the Pennsylvania Right-To-Know law of 2009 to compel the School District to turn over the financial documents. The Chambersburg School Board challenged the requests to the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records who threw outt the challenge and declared that the documents should be released to Mr. Reed and Ms. Dorsey. Now, the Chambersburg Area School District has resorted to filing lawsuits against Jason Reed and Maria Dorsey to block the release of the information.

Pennsylvania's Right-To-Know law is very similar, if not identical to, the Freedom of Information Act, but on a state level instead of a federal level. This should not have ever been an issue but now Jason Reed has had to ask the court to provide monetary damages to cover the costs of renting new practice facilities for the students to practice in and also to cover the costs of having to retain legal counsel after having been sued.

This is NOT about the money. All Mr. Reed and Ms. Dorsey want is for the Chambersburg Area School District to release the financial records that the PA Office of Open Records have already declared to be Right-To-Know information. Please help me and everyone else associated with Reach by signing this petition asking that the Chambersburg Area School District release the information.