Acting Board Secretary & Acting Business Administrator Information
Dear Monroe Township School District (Middlesex),
This is a request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form. Please acknowledge receipt of this message.
Records requested:
Per the BOE Resolution of May 5, 2022, which stated in part "that the Acting Superintendent and/or her designee, hereby are authorized to obtain any and all approval(s) from the Department of Education required for Ms. Laura Allen to assume the position of School Business Administrator," I request any and all emails between the Acting Superintendent and/or the Board of Education and/or its in-house attorney or its desginee with the NJ Department of Education regarding any and all approvals of Laura Allen as Acting Business Administrator.
Any and all contracts or agreements between Laura Allen and the MTSD BOE regarding her duties, responsibilities, rights, compensation, and other terms in her current role as Acting Business Administrator.
Current resume of Nancy Tagliaferro.
Current resume of Laura Allen.
Any and all job postings for the currect positions of Acting Board Secretary and Acting Business Administrator, posted between April 27, 2022 to May 11, 2022.
Yours faithfully,
Judy Bloom
Dear Ms. Bloom,
The Board is in receipt of your Open Public Records Act ("OPRA") request. Your request requires additional time to respond due to the significant demands placed on the District with regard to the COVID-19 pandemic, and OPRA requests. OPRA allows custodians to seek extensions of time pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5(i). Specifically, OPRA states that “the requestor shall be advised by the custodian when the record can be made available. If the record is not made available by that time, access shall be deemed denied.” Accordingly, your request requires an extension of time until June 29, 2022.
Dear Ms. Bloom:
The District is in receipt of your request for records under the Open
Public Records Act. Specifically, your request sought:
1. Any and all emails between the Acting Superintendent and/or the Board
of Education and/or its in-house attorney or its desginee (sic) with
the NJ Department of Education regarding any and all approvals of
Laura Allen as Acting Business Administrator.
2. Any and all contracts or agreements between Laura Allen and the MTSD
BOE regarding her duties, responsibilities, rights, compensation, and
other terms in her current role as Acting Business Administrator.
3. Current resume of Nancy Tagliaferro
4. Current resume of Laura Allen
5. Any and all job postings for the currect (sic) positions of Acting
Board Secretary and Acting Business Administrator, posted between
April 27, 2022 to May 11, 2022
The Custodian responds as follows to each of your requests:
1. This request is denied as it fails to provide a specific date or a
range of dates as required by OPRA. See Elcavage v. West Milford Twp.
(Passaic), GRC Complaint No. 2009-07 (April 2010), where the
Government Records Council held that an OPRA request for an e-mail or
e-mails shall therefore focus upon four (4) characteristics, including
containing a “specific date or range of dates.”
2. This request is denied as the District does not have any records
responsive the request.
3. This request is denied as the District does not have any records
responsive the request. Additionally, even if the District did have
such records in its possession, the request would need to be denied as
it seeks confidential personnel records exempt from disclosure under
OPRA. N.J.S.A. 47:1A-10.
4. This request is denied as the District does not have any records
responsive the request. Additionally, even if the District did have
such records in its possession, the request would need to be denied as
it seeks confidential personnel records exempt from disclosure under
OPRA. N.J.S.A. 47:1A-10.
5. This request is denied as the District does not have any records
responsive to your request.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Sincerely,
Reeshemah Zielinski