Attendance Records of BOE Members
Dear Manalapan-Englishtown Board of Education,
Please accept this electronic request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form or use a particular software platform to submit my request per NJSA 47:1A-6(f), which states that an email from a requestor including all of the information required on the adopted form shall suffice in place of a completed form as a valid government record request.
I HAVE NOT been convicted of any indictable offense under the laws of New Jersey, any other state, or the United States.
I WILL NOT use the requested government records for a commercial purpose.
I AM NOT seeking records in connection with a legal proceeding.
Records requested:
Monthly Board of Education attendance records for Manalapan-Englishtown Regional Board of Education members from January 1, 2022 to present. Please include the name of all members for each year, as well as a complete list of meetings they have attended, missed or showed up late, if available. In addition, please provide a copy of the attendance policy applicable for all Board of Education members that applies from January 1, 2022 to present.
My preferred delivery method for response(s) to this request is by E-mail as attachments. Please confirm you have received this request. If you are not the custodian of records, please forward my request to that person and provide their email address to me for future reference.
Yours faithfully,
James Mattoon
Good evening,
That information is readily available in the Board of Education Meeting
Minutes that are located on the District's website. Here's the [1]link to
the page on the website.
I'm considering your request complete at this time.
Respectfully,
Dear Ms. Wolf,
Thank you for the response. Just so I understand your response. You are suggesting that I go and review all of the board meeting minutes to locate all of the information I requested?
Also, where are the policy documents requested related to attendance of meetings by board members?
Yours sincerely,
James Mattoon
Good evening, Mr. Mattoon,
The District doesn't maintain a record of board member attendance (other
than what is reflected in the official minutes, which, as I stated in my
original email, are available to the public on the website). The Open
Public Records Act doesn't require the Custodian of Records to create a
document where none exists. District policies are also available to the
public on the District website and can be found using this [1]link. The
Policy you're looking for is [2]Bylaw 0145 - Board Member Resignations and
Removal. The Board of Education and District Administration believe in
transparency whenever possible, which is why all Board Meeting Agendas,
Minutes, and Policies are available to the public for viewing. Board of
Education Agendas are available to the public at 12:01 a.m. on the day
before the meeting. Feel free to visit the Board of Education website
frequently for up to date information.