Emails regarding board vacancy and names of applicants
Dear South Amboy 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), 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/to [email address] with the subjects “vacancy” and “application” between 9.8.25 and 9.19.25
Name of every applicant who submitted for the vacancy that was advertised in September and date their application was received
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,
Brandon Russell
908-413-6353
Good afternoon,
Per your request please find the attached the email thread referencing
"vacancy" for my email address from 9/8/25 to 9/19/25. The search for
"application" does not generate any results pertaining to the BOE vacancy
but numerous other types of applications that come to my attention daily.
Please let me know if you would like the other types of applications I
recieve.
The Board of Education received two applications for the advertised
September vacancy, Damion Campbell & Josef Szaro. Both applications were
delivered to the board off directly on 9/18/25.
From: Brandon Russell
<[1][OPRA #81261 email]>
Date: September 23, 2025 at 7:39:32 PM EDT
To: OPRA requests at South Amboy School District
<[2][South Amboy School District request email]>
Subject: OPRA request - Emails regarding board vacancy and names of
applicants
Dear South Amboy 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), 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/to [3][South Amboy School District request email] with the subjects
“vacancy” and “application” between 9.8.25 and 9.19.25
Name of every applicant who submitted for the vacancy that was
advertised in September and date their application was received
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,
Brandon Russell
908-413-6353
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Dear Nicole Navarria,
Good morning, I would like to see the email logs showing that these terms were searched.
I would also like to see the other applications you received for the above mentioned time period.
Thank you!
Yours sincerely,
Brandon Russell
908-413-6353
Good morning,
Here is the additional information requested:
mode: All data, type: Mail,
terms: subject:application, Time
User query: zone: America/New_York, Accounts:
2025-09-25T10:09:06-04:00 Search performed [1][email address] [2]sapublicschools.com "subject:application" 96a95be4-6f92-4c3a-8a55-ae6a99213963 [3][South Amboy School District request email],
a search type: "EMAIL" Sent after: 2025-09-08, Sent
before: 2025-09-19, Exclude
drafts: true
mode: All data, type: Mail,
terms: subject:vacancy, Time
User query: zone: America/New_York, Accounts:
2025-09-25T10:07:45-04:00 Search performed [4][email address] [5]sapublicschools.com "subject:vacancy" 96a95be4-6f92-4c3a-8a55-ae6a99213963 [6][South Amboy School District request email],
a search type: "EMAIL" Sent after: 2025-09-08, Sent
before: 2025-09-19, Exclude
drafts: true
Dear Nicole Navarria,
Thank you but I am still missing information. I asked to see the keywords being searched as I believe this is standard procedure for requests like this. The applications that were received by your office had to be sent to the BOE President at some point. It is difficult to understand there is not a single email regarding the application process for this most recent BOE vacancy.
Yours sincerely,
Brandon Russell
908-413-6353
Dear Nicole Navarria,
Following up to ask about an ETA. When should I expect this request to be completed?
Yours sincerely,
Brandon Russell
Mr. Russell,
This request is complete on my side, you have been provided the emails and
the google log for the original request of my email search. The two
searches show what was searched and when, they both correspond to the
timestamps on the top of the emails provided. Therefore there is no
additional information to provide.
Dear Nicole Navarria,
This request is still incomplete. The search log is missing from both of the PDFs you sent me.
Please note I asked your office for a callback two weeks ago to discuss and explain any misunderstanding. I have not received a phone call from you.
Thank you for your time.
Brandon Russell
908-413-6353
Mr. Russell,
If you look through the google log provided it shows the search terms, I
have taken the liberty of highlighting the subjects for you in my first
response (see below). This is the only log that exists, I am not required
to create anything additional. This matter is closed.
mode: All data, type: Mail,
terms: subject:application, Time
User query: zone: America/New_York, Accounts:
2025-09-25T10:09:06-04:00 Search performed [1][email address]
[2][1]sapublicschools.com "subject:application" 96a95be4-6f92-4c3a-8a55-ae6a99213963
[3][South Amboy School District request email],
a search type: "EMAIL" Sent after: 2025-09-08, Sent
before: 2025-09-19, Exclude
drafts: true
mode: All data, type: Mail,
terms: subject:vacancy, Time
User query: zone: America/New_York, Accounts:
2025-09-25T10:07:45-04:00 Search performed [4][email address]
[5][2]sapublicschools.com "subject:vacancy" 96a95be4-6f92-4c3a-8a55-ae6a99213963
[6][South Amboy School District request email],
a search type: "EMAIL" Sent after: 2025-09-08, Sent
before: 2025-09-19, Exclude
drafts: true