Basic Employee Info as of 10/1/2024
Charlie Kratovil made this OPRA request to West Windsor-Plainsboro School District as part of a batch sent to 100 authorities Automatic anti-spam measures are in place for this older request. Please let us know if a further response is expected or if you are having trouble responding.
Dear West Windsor-Plainsboro School District,
Please accept this electronic request for public records made under NJSA 47:1A-10 and the common law right of access. I am a journalist with New Brunswick Today and Trenton Makes News, and require the records for my reporting on New Jersey's local governments, school districts, and autonomous authorities. 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.
Please provide payroll records, documents, lists, reports or statements sufficient to show:
1) the name, title/position, department/division, current salary, and hire date for all salaried employees as of today, October 1, 2024
2) the name, title/position, department/division, current hourly pay rate(s), and hire date for all hourly employees, as of today, October 1, 2024
3) the names of all current employees enrolled in each public pension system as of today, October 1, 2024
4) the names of all current and former employees receiving compensation in the form of a healthcare program/plan as of today, October 1, 2024
5) the name and pay status of each employee currently suspended from duty, as of today, October 1, 2024
6) the name, title/position, department/division, final salary, hire date, separation date, and reason for separation for all employees who left employment since January 1, 2024
7) the 2024 total year-to-date (YTD) base pay, overtime pay, and other extra pay for each current or former employee, including all stipends/allowances, bonuses, reimbursements and other payments or perks granted each employee, as of today, October 1, 2024
If an employee has different rates of pay for different work or different roles, please indicate each of the pay rates in the response. Please also be specific about the stated purpose of any extra payments, such as bonuses, stipends, and reimbursements.
My preferred delivery method for response(s) to this request is by E-mail as attachments, and the preferred file type is Microsoft Excel spreadsheet(s). Please confirm you have received this request, and feel free to contact me at 732-993-9697 if I can be helpful in clarifying this request. Thanks very much and have a nice day.
Yours faithfully,
Charlie Kratovil
Dear Mr. Kratovil,
The West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District Board of Education
(the “Board”) received your OPRA Request via OPRAMachine on Oct. 2, 2024,
as it was sent after hours on Oct. 1, 2024, at 6:55 p.m. Because the
District was closed on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2024, the seven business day
deadline to respond to your OPRA request expires on Oct. 14, 2024. This
response is being sent to you within that time frame.
The specific request is as follows:
“Please provide payroll records, documents, lists, reports or statements
sufficient to show:
1) the name, title/position, department/division, current salary, and hire
date for all salaried employees as of today, October 1, 2024
2) the name, title/position, department/division, current hourly pay
rate(s), and hire date for all hourly employees, as of today, October 1,
2024
3) the names of all current employees enrolled in each public pension
system as of today, October 1, 2024
4) the names of all current and former employees receiving compensation in
the form of a healthcare program/plan as of today, October 1, 2024
5) the name and pay status of each employee currently suspended from
duty, as of today, October 1, 2024
6) the name, title/position, department/division, final salary, hire date,
separation date, and reason for separation for all employees who left
employment since January 1, 2024
7) the 2024 total year-to-date (YTD) base pay, overtime pay, and other
extra pay for each current or former employee, including all
stipends/allowances, bonuses, reimbursements and other payments or perks
granted each employee, as of today, October 1, 2024
If an employee has different rates of pay for different work or different
roles, please indicate each of the pay rates in the response. Please also
be specific about the stated purpose of any extra payments, such as
bonuses, stipends, and reimbursements.
The Board’s responsive documents to this Request are attached.
• For Requests #1 and #2 - The responsive document to these Requests is
named "1&2 OPRA October 2024”.
• For Request #3 – The responsive document to this Request is named “3 -
Pension October 2024”.
• For Request #4 - The responsive document to this Request is named "4-
Current Healthcare staff and retirees October 2024”.
• For Request #5 – The Board does not have any documents that are
responsive to this request.
• For Request #6 - The responsive document to this Request is named "6 -
Resigned OPRA October 2024”.
• For Request #7 – The Board’s responsive document that most closely
matches your request is a Payroll Check Summary Report. The
spreadsheet is through Oct. 15, 2024.
If you believe that your request for access to a government record has
been denied or unfilled within the seven (7) business days required by
law, you have a right to challenge the decision to deny access. At your
option, you may either institute a proceeding in the Superior Court of New
Jersey or file a complaint with the Government Records Council (GRC) by
completing the Denial of Access Complaint Form. You may contact the GRC
by toll-free telephone at 866-850-0511, by mail at P.O. Box 819, Trenton,
NJ, 08625, by e-mail at [1][email address], or at their web site at
[2]www.state.nj.us/grc. The GRC can also answer other questions about the
law. All questions regarding complaints filed in Superior Court should be
directed to the Court Clerk in your County.
Sincerely,
Kia Bergman
Custodian of Records
On Wed, Oct 2, 2024 at 10:05 AM Kia Bergman <[3][West Windsor-Plainsboro School District request email]>
wrote:
Your request has been received.
Dear Mr. Kratovil,
I am responding as the records custodian for the West Windsor-Plainsboro
Regional School District Board of Education (“Board”). This email is in
response to your OPRA Request that was submitted to me on July 2, 2025.
Because the District was closed on July 4, 2025, the seventh business day
deadline to respond to your OPRA Request expires July 14, 2025. This
response is being provided within that time frame.
OPRA defines a “government record” of a public entity as “any paper,
written or printed book, document, drawing, map, plan, photograph,
microfilm, data processed or image processed document, information stored
or maintained electronically or by sound-recording or in a similar device,
or any copy thereof, that has been made, maintained or kept on file in the
course of his or its official business.” N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1. Accordingly,
the Board is required to produce only those records which it maintains in
the official course of business and which are not otherwise exempt from
production. Pursuant to the definition of a government record, a public
entity is not required by OPRA to research information and/or create
records that do not exist in response to OPRA requests. See e.g., Mag
Entertainment, LLC v. Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, 375 N.J.
Super. 537 (App. Div. March 2005).
Your specific request was as follows:
“Records sufficient to show the name, title/position, and total amount
paid to each current or former employee on the payroll during the
2024-2025 fiscal year. If possible please include breakdowns by categories
such as base pay, overtime pay, stipends, bonuses, etc.”
Response: The Board’s responsive document is attached hereto. I note that
employees who left district employment have their title listed as #NA.
If your request for access to a government record has been denied or
unfilled within the seven (7) business days required by law, you have a
right to challenge the decision by the District to deny access. At your
option, you may either institute a proceeding in the Superior Court of New
Jersey or file a complaint with the Government Records Council (GRC) by
completing the Denial of Access Complaint Form. You may contact the GRC
by toll-free telephone at 866-850-0511, by mail at P.O. Box 819, Trenton,
NJ 08625, or by e-mail at [1][email address], or at their website at
[2]www.state.nj.us/grc. The GRC can also answer other questions about the
law. All questions regarding complaints filed in Superior Court should be
directed to the Court Clerk in your County.
Sincerely,
Kia Bergman
Custodian of Records