all e-mails between pauger@ridgewood.k12.nj.us and Kate Russell June 2021 with subject lines relating to "softball" or "playoff game"
Dear Ridgewood Public School District,
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: seeking electronic copies of all e-mails between [email address] and Kate or Katherine Russell
Time frame: June 1 to June 30, 2021
Subject lines and topics would contain "softball" or "playoff game" or "Saturday's game"
Yours faithfully,
Mark Sullivan
August 25, 2021
Dear Mr. Sullivan:
The Ridgewood Board of Education (“District”) received your revised Open Public Records Act (“OPRA”) request on August 23, 2021. The seven (7) business day deadline to respond to your request is September 1, 2021. As such, the District is timely responding to your OPRA request in accordance with New Jersey law.
Your OPRA request seeks the following records:
seeking electronic copies of all e-mails between [email address] and Kate or Katherine Russell
Time frame: June 1 to June 30, 2021
Subject lines and topics would contain "softball" or "playoff game" or "Saturday's game"
Your request is invalid under OPRA as it is seeking email communication with a student. In the landmark decision of L.R. v. Camden City Public School District, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that documents containing information related to an individual student, even if all personally identifiable information is redacted, is not subject to release through an OPRA request. The Court reasoned that the New Jersey Regulations protecting “student records” as defined by the New Jersey Administrative Code, as well as Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (“FERPA”) and its Regulations, take precedence over OPRA, and thus those records maintain their protection under those laws.
Your OPRA request has been closed.
Very truly yours,
Scott Bisig
Business Administrator/Board Secretary