Dear ryanryanryan:

As custodian of records for the East Windsor Regional Board of Education
(“Board” and/or “District”), I am writing this letter in response to your
request for records pursuant to the Open Public Records Act (“OPRA”)
submitted via email at 12:55 pm on Friday, January 24, 2025.

More specifically, your OPRA request seeks access to the following:

“All correspondence from and to Christina Lands of the East Windsor
Regional School District Board of Education that include the words "New
Jersey Project," "NJ Project," "NJ Fresh Faced Schools," "Parent
Recommended School Board," or "Nik Stouffer.".”

This request is overly broad in that the request does not identify
specific records nor a reasonable time period for the search. A proper
OPRA request must identify with reasonable clarity by specifically
describing those documents that are being sought. See Gannett New Jersey
Partners L.P. v. County of Middlesex, 379 N.J. Super. 205, 211-12, 877
A.2d 330 (App. Div. 2005); New Jersey Builders Association v. New Jersey
Council on Affordable Housing, 390 N.J. Super. 166, 178 (App. Div.),
certify. Denied, 190 N.J. 394 (2007); Bent v. Stafford Police Dep’t,
381 N.J. Super. 30, 40 (App. Div. 2005). Under OPRA, one cannot submit
“wholesale requests for general information to be analyzed, collated and
compiled by the responding government entity.” MAG Entertainment, LLC v.
Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, 375 N.J. Super. 534, 868 A.2d 1067
(App. Div. 2005).  (The Court found a request for “all books, records,
[and] documents” related to a specific project to be improper.) 

Additionally, in accord with MAG, supra, and its progeny, in order to
specifically identify correspondence, OPRA requests must contain the
following characteristics: content and/or subject; specific date or range
of dates; and, sender and/or recipient.  See Elcavage v. West Milford Twp.
(Passaic), GRC Complaint No. 2009-07 (April 2010); Armenti v. Robbinsville
Bd. of Educ. (Mercer), GRC Complaint No. 2009-154 (Interim Order dated May
24, 2011); Sandoval v. NJ State Parole Board, GRC Complaint No. 2006-167
(October 2008) and Schuler v. Borough of Bloomsbury, GRC Complaint No.
2007-151 (February 2009). Further, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5, a
custodian is not required to fulfill a request for correspondence,
including emails, “if the request does not identify a specific job title
or accounts to be searched, a specific subject matter, and is not confined
to a reasonable time period”. Accordingly, as submitted, your request is
overbroad in nature, does not include all of the required criteria and is
thus invalid pursuant to the OPRA.

In lieu of issuing a denial of your request, please clarify the following:

 1.  A reasonable time period for the search. 
 2. The specific documents to be searched.

In the event that we do not receive the above required information within
seven (7) days, this correspondence shall represent the Board’s denial of
your request as overbroad and for failure to provide the information as
required per N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5. As such, this correspondence and the above
information shall constitute a full and complete response to your OPRA
request and therefore, your OPRA request will be deemed closed.

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On Fri, Jan 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM ryanryanryan
<[2][OPRA #71036 email]> wrote:

East Windsor Regional School District—

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). Please confirm you have received this request.

Records requested:

All correspondence from and to Christina Lands of the East Windsor
Regional School District Board of Education that include the words "New
Jersey Project," "NJ Project," "NJ Fresh Faced Schools," "Parent
Recommended School Board," or "Nik Stouffer."

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[3][OPRA #71036 email]

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Windsor Regional School District? If so, please contact us using this
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Dear ryanryanryan, our search of the email system within the requested
time frame and with the indicated search words did not produce any
matches.  This will serve as the final complete response to your OPRA
request.

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On Mon, Jan 27, 2025 at 8:19 AM ryanryanryan
<[2][OPRA #71036 email]> wrote:

Dear Paul Todd,

The specific time period is between January 1, 2024 and October 21,
2024, inclusive. The documents to be searched are email correspondences
— emails sent by or to the email address [3][email address].

The revised request seeks to access the following records: All emails
sent between January 1, 2024 and October 21, 2024 from and to the email
address of Christina Lands of the East Windsor Regional School District
Board of Education ([4][email address]) that include the words
"New Jersey Project," "NJ Project," "NJ Fresh Faced Schools," "Parent
Recommended School Board," or "Nik Stouffer."

-----Original Message-----

Dear ryanryanryan:

 As custodian of records for the East Windsor Regional Board of
Education
 (“Board” and/or “District”), I am writing this letter in response to
your
 request for records pursuant to the Open Public Records Act (“OPRA”)
 submitted via email at 12:55 pm on Friday, January 24, 2025.

 More specifically, your OPRA request seeks access to the following:

 “All correspondence from and to Christina Lands of the East Windsor
 Regional School District Board of Education that include the words "New
 Jersey Project," "NJ Project," "NJ Fresh Faced Schools," "Parent
 Recommended School Board," or "Nik Stouffer.".”

 This request is overly broad in that the request does not identify
 specific records nor a reasonable time period for the search. A proper
 OPRA request must identify with reasonable clarity by specifically
 describing those documents that are being sought. See Gannett New
Jersey
 Partners L.P. v. County of Middlesex, 379 N.J. Super. 205, 211-12, 877
 A.2d 330 (App. Div. 2005); New Jersey Builders Association v. New
Jersey
 Council on Affordable Housing, 390 N.J. Super. 166, 178 (App. Div.),
 certify. Denied, 190 N.J. 394 (2007); Bent v. Stafford Police Dep’t,
 381 N.J. Super. 30, 40 (App. Div. 2005). Under OPRA, one cannot submit
 “wholesale requests for general information to be analyzed, collated
and
 compiled by the responding government entity.” MAG Entertainment, LLC
v.
 Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, 375 N.J. Super. 534, 868 A.2d
1067
 (App. Div. 2005).  (The Court found a request for “all books, records,
 [and] documents” related to a specific project to be improper.) 

 Additionally, in accord with MAG, supra, and its progeny, in order to
 specifically identify correspondence, OPRA requests must contain the
 following characteristics: content and/or subject; specific date or
range
 of dates; and, sender and/or recipient.  See Elcavage v. West Milford
Twp.
 (Passaic), GRC Complaint No. 2009-07 (April 2010); Armenti v.
Robbinsville
 Bd. of Educ. (Mercer), GRC Complaint No. 2009-154 (Interim Order dated
May
 24, 2011); Sandoval v. NJ State Parole Board, GRC Complaint No.
2006-167
 (October 2008) and Schuler v. Borough of Bloomsbury, GRC Complaint No.
 2007-151 (February 2009). Further, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5, a
 custodian is not required to fulfill a request for correspondence,
 including emails, “if the request does not identify a specific job
title
 or accounts to be searched, a specific subject matter, and is not
confined
 to a reasonable time period”. Accordingly, as submitted, your request
is
 overbroad in nature, does not include all of the required criteria and
is
 thus invalid pursuant to the OPRA.

 In lieu of issuing a denial of your request, please clarify the
following:

  1.  A reasonable time period for the search. 
  2. The specific documents to be searched.

 In the event that we do not receive the above required information
within
 seven (7) days, this correspondence shall represent the Board’s denial
of
 your request as overbroad and for failure to provide the information as
 required per N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5. As such, this correspondence and the
above
 information shall constitute a full and complete response to your OPRA
 request and therefore, your OPRA request will be deemed closed.

 .
 [1]View my contact details here: [5]https://blinq.me/Cp85i9V9EDAm

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[6][OPRA #71036 email]

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Please note that in some cases publication of requests and responses
will be delayed.

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which it is addressed. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended
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