Building Capacities- Budget Cut- Garfield
Dear Collingswood 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-5(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:
Pursuant to the New Jersey Open Public Records Act (OPRA), please provide the following information:
-The numeric student capacity for each elementary school, broken down by grade level and by individual classroom.
-The current student enrollment for each current elementary school, broken down by building and grade level.
-The same capacity and enrollment information for Garfield students.
-The number of available seats at each elementary school, by grade level where available.
-The numeric number of non-tenured staff employed by Garfield as of 3/25/2026
Date for data collection: 03/25/2026
Please provide these records in electronic format.
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,
Concerned Collingswood Tax Payer
The numeric student capacity for each elementary school, broken down by
grade level and by individual classroom. Request for information - "numeric
student capacity" is not a record.
-The current student enrollment for each current elementary school, broken
down by building and grade level. Request for information - this is not a
document request
-The same capacity and enrollment information for Garfield students.
Request for information (same as above).
-The number of available seats at each elementary school, by grade level
where available. Request for information - "number of available seats" is
not a record.
-The numeric number of non-tenured staff employed by Garfield as of
3/25/2026 Request for information - "numeric number of..." is not a record.
#bekind
Beth Ann Coleman, MPA, SFO, RSBA, QPA
Assistant Superintendent for Business and Operations
Collingswood and Oaklyn Public Schools
100 Lees Avenue (former Good Shepherd School)
Collingswood, NJ 08108
p-856-962-5702 ext. 9001
f- 856-962-5723
-----Original Message-----
From: StudentAdvocate2013
<[OPRA #88873 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2026 6:00 PM
To: OPRA requests at Collingswood Board of Education <[Collingswood Board of Education request email]>
Subject: OPRA request - Building Capacities- Budget Cut- Garfield
Dear Collingswood 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-5(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:
Pursuant to the New Jersey Open Public Records Act (OPRA), please provide
the following information:
-The numeric student capacity for each elementary school, broken down by
grade level and by individual classroom.
-The current student enrollment for each current elementary school, broken
down by building and grade level.
-The same capacity and enrollment information for Garfield students.
-The number of available seats at each elementary school, by grade level
where available.
-The numeric number of non-tenured staff employed by Garfield as of
3/25/2026
Date for data collection: 03/25/2026
Please provide these records in electronic format.
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,
Concerned Collingswood Tax Payer
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