Email Communication
Dear Ridgewood Public 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: Header information of the following: Saurabh Dani, Hyunju Kwak, Laurie Weber, and/or Steve Kim to any combination of the following: Daniel Fishbein, Antoinette Kelly, Jennie Smith Wilson, Sheila Brogan, Jim Morgan, Cristopher Kaufman, and Muhamad Mahmoud, Vincent Loncto and Christina Krauss and all responses to those email communications from January 1, 2016 through May 30, 2020
Yours faithfully,
Second Street
Dear Sir or Madam,
This correspondence is being sent in response to the Open Public Records Act (“OPRA”) request you submitted to the Ridgewood Public Schools. As the official Records Custodian, I received this request on October 27, 2021. As such, the seven (7) business day deadline to respond to your request is November 5, 2021. I will be sending a response to your request within this deadline.
If your request for access to a government record has been denied or unfilled within the seven business days required by law, you have a right to challenge the Board’s 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 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, New Jersey, 08625, by e-mail at [email address], or at their website at www.state.nj.us/grc. The Council 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.
Scott T. Bisig, M.Ed.
Business Administrator/Board Secretary
Ridgewood Public Schools
November 5, 2021
Dear Sir or Madam:
The Ridgewood Public Schools (“District”) records custodian received your Open Public Records Act (“OPRA”) request on October 27, 2021. The seven (7) business day deadline to respond to your request is November 5, 2021. As such, the District is timely responding to your OPRA request in accordance with New Jersey law.
Your OPRA request seeks the following records:
Header information of the following: Saurabh Dani, Hyunju Kwak, Laurie Weber, and/or Steve Kim to any combination of the following: Daniel Fishbein, Antoinette Kelly, Jennie Smith Wilson, Sheila Brogan, Jim Morgan, Cristopher Kaufman, and Muhamad Mahmoud, Vincent Loncto and Christina Krauss and all responses to those email communications from January 1, 2016 through May 30, 2020
The District requires additional time to compile, review, and redact (if necessary) the documents that may be responsive to your request. The District anticipates finalizing your request by November 10, 2021. The District also reserves the right to request an additional extension of time, if necessary. See Scheeler v. New Jersey Department of Educ., GRC Complaint No. 2014-123 (2016).
Sincerely,
Scott T. Bisig
Business Administrator
Ridgewood Public Schools
November 10, 2021
Dear Sir/Madam:
The Ridgewood Board of Education (“Board”) received your Open Public Records Act (“OPRA”) request which seeks the following records:
Header information of the following: Saurabh Dani, Hyunju Kwak, Laurie Weber, and/or Steve Kim to any combination of the following: Daniel Fishbein, Antoinette Kelly, Jennie Smith Wilson, Sheila Brogan, Jim Morgan, Cristopher Kaufman, and Muhamad Mahmoud, Vincent Loncto and Christina Krauss and all responses to those email communications from January 1, 2016 through May 30, 2020
The Board has identified 154 pages of records responsive to your request. Please note that personal e-mail addresses have been redacted to protect the individuals’ reasonable expectation of privacy. See N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 (providing that “a public agency has a responsibility and an obligation to safeguard from public access a citizen’s personal information with which it has been entrusted when disclosure thereof would violate the citizen’s reasonable expectation of privacy . . .”); Kemery v. Gloucester Twp. Fire District No. 4 (Camden), GRC Complaint No. 2014-290 (2016) (holding that the records custodian properly redacted the personal e-mail address of the Fire Chief); and Wolosky v. Somerset Cty., 2017 WL 1179852 (App. Div. 2017) (holding that the County properly redacted the e-mail and home addresses from the documents provided to the requestor).
Due to the size of the file, please paste the following Dropbox link in your browser to access the documents:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wllzyz8jhfmwla...
Your OPRA request is now deemed answered and closed.
Very truly yours,
Scott Bisig
Business Administrator/Board Secretary