Email regarding lease, rental, or purchase of New Egypt Middle School
Dear Plumsted Township 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-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.
Records requested:
I am requesting all emails related to the lease, purchase, or rental of the New Egypt Middle School from 6/1/2022 - 9/10/2025.
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,
Interested Public
Request extension until 9/26/2025.
Sean Gately
Business Administrator/Board Secretary
Plumsted Township School District
131 Evergreen Road
New Egypt, NJ 08533
(609) 758-6800 ext. 4200
1. I am requesting all emails related to the lease, purchase, or rental of
the New Egypt Middle School from 6/1/2022 - 9/10/2025 - exempt as
follows: Inter-agency or intra-agency advisory, consultative or
deliberative material
Sean Gately
Business Administrator/Board Secretary
Plumsted Township School District
131 Evergreen Road
New Egypt, NJ 08533
(609) 758-6800 ext. 4200
Dear Sean Gately,
Pursuant to the Open Public Records Act (N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq.), I request the following records related to the lease, purchase, or rental of the New Egypt Middle School from June 1, 2022 through September 10, 2025:
1. All final and executed agreements, contracts, leases, purchase documents, or rental documents.
2. All correspondence between the district and outside third parties (including real estate firms, law firms, government agencies, consultants, or other non-district entities) concerning the lease, purchase, or rental of the New Egypt Middle School.
3. All final reports, appraisals, or financial analyses prepared by or provided to the district relating to the lease, purchase, or rental of the New Egypt Middle School.
4. All board agendas, meeting minutes, and publicly distributed attachments referencing the lease, purchase, or rental of the New Egypt Middle School within the requested timeframe.
If you withhold or redact any responsive records under a claimed exemption, please provide a Vaughn index identifying:
• The specific record withheld or redacted,
• The legal basis for the exemption,
• A description of the record sufficient to understand its nature, and
• An explanation of how the exemption applies to that specific record.
As required by OPRA, any segregable factual portions of records must be released even if deliberative or advisory material is withheld.
Please provide responsive records electronically, via email attachment or file
Yours sincerely,
Interested Public
Please see below
1. All final and executed agreements, contracts, leases, purchase
documents, or rental documents.
Response - Documents do not exist
2. All correspondence between the district and outside third parties
(including real estate firms, law firms, government agencies, consultants,
or other non-district entities) concerning the lease, purchase, or rental
of the New Egypt Middle School.
Response - Either exempt as follows: Inter-agency or intra-agency
advisory, consultative or deliberative material or documents do not exist
3. All final reports, appraisals, or financial analyses prepared by or
provided to the district relating to the lease, purchase, or rental of the
New Egypt Middle School.
Response - Documents do not exist
4. All board agendas, meeting minutes, and publicly distributed
attachments referencing the lease, purchase, or rental of the New Egypt
Middle School within the requested timeframe.
Response - Research for BOE meetings and agendas will be provided upon
payment of $60 ($30 per hour for 3 hours - estimated).
Sean Gately
Business Administrator/Board Secretary
Plumsted Township School District
131 Evergreen Road
New Egypt, NJ 08533
(609) 758-6800 ext. 4200