Emails between Sarah Aziz and DOE
Dear New Jersey Department 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:
All emails from Sarah Aziz to any DOE staff and any responses between September 1, 2020 and August 15, 2025 with any of the following keywords: “Chanley”, “Gorski”, “superintendent”, “BA", “Monroe”
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,
Students First
Dear Requestor,
Additional time is needed to respond to this request. Accordingly, the
due date is extended to September 15, 2025. A receipt indicating same is
attached.
Jeannette Larkins
Records Custodian
New Jersey Department of Education
100 Riverview Plaza, Trenton, NJ – 08625
Web: [1]https://www.nj.gov/education/
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this communication
from the New Jersey Department of Education is privileged and confidential
and is intended for the sole use of the persons or entities who are the
addressees. If you are not an intended recipient of this email, the
dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the information it contains
is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error,
please immediately contact the New Jersey Department of Education at (609)
376-3500 to arrange for the return of this information.
References
Visible links
1. https://www.nj.gov/education/
Dear Requestor,
A preliminary search using the parameters you identified in your request
yielded over 600 emails. In order to fulfill your request, the OPRA
custodian would be required to review each of these emails to determine if
they were responsive, then conduct a review for any privileged material
that needed to be redacted or withheld, and finally conduct a review for
any other redactions appropriate under the law, such as redactions of
personally identifiable information.
Such a review would be unduly burdensome and substantially disruptive to
the DOE’s operations. Accordingly, we request that you modify the scope
of your request. Otherwise, your request will be denied pursuant to
N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5(g), which provides, in pertinent part, “If a request for
access to a government record would substantially disrupt agency
operations, the custodian may deny access to the record after attempting
to reach a reasonable solution with the requestor that accommodates the
interests of the requestor and the agency.”
Jeannette Larkins
Records Custodian
New Jersey Department of Education
100 Riverview Plaza, Trenton, NJ – 08625
Web: [1]https://www.nj.gov/education/
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this communication
from the New Jersey Department of Education is privileged and confidential
and is intended for the sole use of the persons or entities who are the
addressees. If you are not an intended recipient of this email, the
dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the information it contains
is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error,
please immediately contact the New Jersey Department of Education at (609)
376-3500 to arrange for the return of this information.
References
Visible links
1. https://www.nj.gov/education/
Dear Requestor,
We have not received a response to our email below regarding the above
referenced request. Please respond in writing so that we may continue to
process your request.
Jeannette Larkins
Records Custodian
New Jersey Department of Education
100 Riverview Plaza, Trenton, NJ – 08625
Web: [1]https://www.nj.gov/education/
From: OPRA Custodian
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2025 3:54 PM
To: '[OPRA #79966 email]'
<[OPRA #79966 email]>
Subject: NJDOE OPRA Request C240084
Dear Requestor,
A preliminary search using the parameters you identified in your request
yielded over 600 emails. In order to fulfill your request, the OPRA
custodian would be required to review each of these emails to determine if
they were responsive, then conduct a review for any privileged material
that needed to be redacted or withheld, and finally conduct a review for
any other redactions appropriate under the law, such as redactions of
personally identifiable information.
Such a review would be unduly burdensome and substantially disruptive to
the DOE’s operations. Accordingly, we request that you modify the scope
of your request. Otherwise, your request will be denied pursuant to
N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5(g), which provides, in pertinent part, “If a request for
access to a government record would substantially disrupt agency
operations, the custodian may deny access to the record after attempting
to reach a reasonable solution with the requestor that accommodates the
interests of the requestor and the agency.”
Jeannette Larkins
Records Custodian
New Jersey Department of Education
100 Riverview Plaza, Trenton, NJ – 08625
Web: [2]https://www.nj.gov/education/
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this communication
from the New Jersey Department of Education is privileged and confidential
and is intended for the sole use of the persons or entities who are the
addressees. If you are not an intended recipient of this email, the
dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the information it contains
is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error,
please immediately contact the New Jersey Department of Education at (609)
376-3500 to arrange for the return of this information.
References
Visible links
1. https://www.nj.gov/education/
2. https://www.nj.gov/education/
Dear Requestor,
We have not received a response to our emails below regarding the above
referenced request. Please response in writing by November 21, 2025.
Failure to respond by that date will result in the closure of this
request.
Jeannette Larkins
Records Custodian
New Jersey Department of Education
100 Riverview Plaza, Trenton, NJ – 08625
Web: [1]https://www.nj.gov/education/
From: OPRA Custodian
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 6:20 PM
To: '[OPRA #79966 email]'
<[OPRA #79966 email]>
Subject: FW: NJDOE OPRA Request C240084
Dear Requestor,
We have not received a response to our email below regarding the above
referenced request. Please respond in writing so that we may continue to
process your request.
Jeannette Larkins
Records Custodian
New Jersey Department of Education
100 Riverview Plaza, Trenton, NJ – 08625
Web: [2]https://www.nj.gov/education/
From: OPRA Custodian
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2025 3:54 PM
To: '[OPRA #79966 email]'
<[3][OPRA #79966 email]>
Subject: NJDOE OPRA Request C240084
Dear Requestor,
A preliminary search using the parameters you identified in your request
yielded over 600 emails. In order to fulfill your request, the OPRA
custodian would be required to review each of these emails to determine if
they were responsive, then conduct a review for any privileged material
that needed to be redacted or withheld, and finally conduct a review for
any other redactions appropriate under the law, such as redactions of
personally identifiable information.
Such a review would be unduly burdensome and substantially disruptive to
the DOE’s operations. Accordingly, we request that you modify the scope
of your request. Otherwise, your request will be denied pursuant to
N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5(g), which provides, in pertinent part, “If a request for
access to a government record would substantially disrupt agency
operations, the custodian may deny access to the record after attempting
to reach a reasonable solution with the requestor that accommodates the
interests of the requestor and the agency.”
Jeannette Larkins
Records Custodian
New Jersey Department of Education
100 Riverview Plaza, Trenton, NJ – 08625
Web: [4]https://www.nj.gov/education/
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this communication
from the New Jersey Department of Education is privileged and confidential
and is intended for the sole use of the persons or entities who are the
addressees. If you are not an intended recipient of this email, the
dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the information it contains
is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error,
please immediately contact the New Jersey Department of Education at (609)
376-3500 to arrange for the return of this information.
References
Visible links
1. https://www.nj.gov/education/
2. https://www.nj.gov/education/
3. mailto:[OPRA #79966 email]
4. https://www.nj.gov/education/
Dear Requestor,
A preliminary search using the parameters you identified in your request
yielded over 600 emails. In order to fulfill your request, the OPRA
custodian would be required to review each of these emails to determine if
they were responsive, then conduct a review for any privileged material
that needed to be redacted or withheld, and finally conduct a review for
any other redactions appropriate under the law, such as redactions of
personally identifiable information.
Such a review would be unduly burdensome and substantially disruptive to
the DOE’s operations. We did not receive a response to our emails dated
September 15, 2025, October 14, 2025 and November 3, 2025 asking you to
modify the scope of your request. Accordingly, the request is denied.
A receipt indicating same and that your request has been closed, is
attached.
Jeannette Larkins
Records Custodian
New Jersey Department of Education
100 Riverview Plaza, Trenton, NJ – 08625
Web: [1]https://www.nj.gov/education/
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this communication
from the New Jersey Department of Education is privileged and confidential
and is intended for the sole use of the persons or entities who are the
addressees. If you are not an intended recipient of this email, the
dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the information it contains
is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error,
please immediately contact the New Jersey Department of Education at (609)
376-3500 to arrange for the return of this information.
References
Visible links
1. https://www.nj.gov/education/