Data on number of parents opting-out of the NJSLS-CHPE mandate or curriculum
Michael Gottesman, Founder NJPEC made this OPRA request to Bergenfield School District This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear Bergenfield 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:
1) Please provide records indicated the total number of students enrolled in all public schools and charter schools in your District for the 2022-2023 school year;
2) Please provide records indicating the total number of students whose parents have availed themselves of the opt-out provisions of N.J.S.A.18A:35-4.7 and opted their child out of all or a portion of the 2020 NJSLS-CHPE mandate or curriculum promulgated in accordance thereto for the 2022-2023 school year.
Yours faithfully,
Michael Gottesman, Founder NJPEC
Good afternoon, Mr. Gottesman,
I am in receipt of your OPRA request. Please see my responses below:
1) Please provide records indicated the total number of students enrolled
in all public schools and charter schools in your District for the
2022-2023 school year; Attached is a report of the number of students
enrolled by school. There are no charter schools in our district.
2) Please provide records indicating the total number of students whose
parents have availed themselves of the opt-out provisions of
N.J.S.A.18A:35-4.7 and opted their child out of all or a portion of the
2020 NJSLS-CHPE mandate or curriculum promulgated in accordance thereto
for the 2022-2023 school year. There is no document in existence which is
responsive to this request.
Thank you,
JoAnn Khoury-Frias, Ed.M., QPA
School Business Administrator/
Board Secretary/Qualified Purchasing Agent
Bergenfield Public School District
225 West Clinton Avenue
Bergenfield, NJ 07621
201-385-8801
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