May 4, 2021
Dear Sir/Madam:

Ridgewood Public Schools received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request on April 27, 2021. As such, the seven (7) business day deadline to respond to your request is May 6, 2021. This response to your request is being provided to you on the 5th business day after the custodian’s receipt of said request.

The following records are being provided in their entirety as required by law and are responsive to your request.

1. Please provide electronic copies of newspaper advertisement for Supervisor of Elementary Education: English Language Arts and Social Studies and Supervisor of Elementary Education: Math and Science

Ridgewood Public Schools only advertises hard-to-fill positions in physical newspapers. The job posting for Supervisor of Elementary Education: English Language Arts and Social Studies has been posted on Applitrack, which also posts on our website (www.ridgewood.k12.nj.us) and on nj.com. You can view the post for Supervisor of Elementary Education: English Language Arts and Social Studies on the following link:

https://www.applitrack.com/ridgewoodnj/o...

The position of Supervisor of Elementary Education: Math and Science will be filled by our present Supervisor of Elementary Education who currently oversees all four content areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies, Math and Science. By narrowing her focus areas from four to two, we are enabling each of the two content areas to be dealt with in a deeper and more robust fashion. Accordingly, this is not an open position and therefore we are not soliciting candidates for this position. For your reference, attached is the job description for the Supervisor of Elementary Education: Math and Science.

2. Please provide qualifications of all candidates that applied for the job.

While we are currently receiving applications for the open position of Supervisor of Elementary Education: English Language Arts and Social Studies, resumes, applications for employment, or other information concerning job applicants while a recruitment search is ongoing is exempt from OPRA (N.J.S.A. 47:1A-9, Executive Order No. 26 (McGreevey, 2002).

3. Please provide the selection criteria and qualifications of the selected candidates for the following two new positions (Supervisor of Elementary Education: English Language Arts and Social Studies and Supervisor of Elementary Education: Math and Science).

The selection criteria can be found in the provided job description.

These records are being transmitted to you via OPRAmachine, as per your request. There is no cost associated with this request.

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 [insert name of agency] 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 [email address], or at their web site at 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,
Scott T. Bisig, M.Ed.
Business Administrator
Ridgewood Public Schools
[email address]