Please see attached regarding your OPRA request dated April 28, 2026.
On Tue, Apr 28, 2026 at 12:42 PM Anonymous
<[1][OPRA #90667 email]> wrote:

Dear Highland Park 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-5(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:

Policy and procedure records

Any and all written policies, procedures, rubrics, scoring criteria,
guidelines, or staff guidance documents governing admission to the
Irving Primary School Pre-K (preschool) program, including any documents
identifying or defining all priority categories, tiebreakers, or
weighting factors used to determine admission, currently in effect or in
effect during the SY25-26 or SY26-27 admissions cycles.

Any and all written policies, procedures, or guidelines governing the
Irving Pre-K waitlist, including how waitlist position is determined,
how openings are filled from the waitlist, and how waitlisted families
are or are not notified of status.
The Pre-K application form(s) used during the SY25-26 and SY26-27
admissions cycles.

Aggregate admissions data

Any existing reports, spreadsheets, summaries, dashboards,
presentations, or other records that contain aggregate (non-identifying)
counts of Pre-K applicants for the SY25-26 and SY26-27 admissions
cycles, including but not limited to: total number of applications
received; number of applications broken out by applicant age (3-year-old
vs. 4-year-old); number of applicants meeting Priority 1 (free/reduced
lunch); number of applicants meeting Priority 2 (sibling at Irving);
number of applicants meeting neither Priority 1 nor Priority 2; number
of applicants admitted, broken out by age and priority status; and
number of applicants waitlisted, broken out by age and priority status.
If no aggregate report responsive to item 4 exists, then the underlying
admissions log, tracking spreadsheet, decision log, application roster,
or equivalent record(s) used by staff to manage the SY25-26 and SY26-27
Pre-K admissions cycles, with all personally identifying information
about applicants and families redacted (see note below).
Any records reflecting the total number of Pre-K seats available, seats
filled by current three-year-olds advancing, seats reserved for students
with special needs, and seats available to outside applicants for
SY25-26 and SY26-27.

Communications

Any and all emails sent or received by the following individuals,
regarding the subjects of "preschool admission(s)," "Pre-K
admission(s)," "preschool lottery," "Pre-K lottery," "preschool
priority/priorities," "Pre-K priority/priorities," "preschool waitlist,"
"Pre-K waitlist," "Irving preschool registration," or "Irving Pre-K
registration," between January 1, 2026 and the date of this request:

Dr. Kristina Susca, Superintendent
Michele Rodrigues, Director of Curriculum & Instruction
Megan McNally, Principal, Irving Primary School
Christine Gappa, Pre-K- PIRS, Irving Primary School
Anna Vargas, Pre-K- PIC, Irving Primary School

Any and all emails sent or received by the same five individuals listed
in item 8, regarding the same subjects listed in item 8, between January
1, 2025 and June 30, 2025 (covering the SY25-26 admissions cycle).

Notice and limitations
I am NOT seeking any personally identifiable information about any
applicant, student, family, or household. I will accept all records in
redacted form sufficient to remove names, addresses, dates of birth,
contact information, household financial details, and any other
information identifying any specific child or family. To the extent any
record contains both responsive aggregate or policy information and
personally identifying information, I request the record be produced
with the personally identifying information redacted, with each
redaction accompanied by the specific lawful basis as required by
N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5(g).
I am willing to accept records in any of the following: aggregate
counts, de-identified summaries, or redacted underlying documents. I
understand under N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5(g) the District is not required to
create new records; this request is for existing records that contain or
can be redacted to reveal the requested information.

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.

Thank You.

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Please see attached in response to your OPRA request dated April 28, 2026.
On Thu, May 7, 2026 at 1:23 PM Anonymous
<[1][OPRA #90667 email]> wrote:

Dear Denise DeRosa,

Thank you for your response. I acknowledge and accept the extension to
Friday, May 22, 2026 as the date by which the responsive records will be
made available.
I look forward to receiving the records by that date.

Yours sincerely,

Anonymous

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Amanda:
I received this in response to my partial response to their original OPRA
request 4/28/26.
I started to initiate a [1]response back; however, I do not see in the
original request item #7.  Am I completely losing my mind?
Your help is always appreciated.
Denise
On Tue, May 26, 2026 at 1:35 PM Anonymous
<[2][OPRA #90667 email]> wrote:

Dear Ms. DeRosa,

Thank you for the May 22, 2026 partial response and for the documents
provided. I acknowledge and accept the further extension to Friday, June
5, 2026 for the communications portion of the request (items 8 and 9).
I would also appreciate clarification on three items where the May 22
production appears incomplete.

First, regarding items 1 and 2: the single document provided in response
to items 1 through 3 (the 2023-2024 Preschool Education Aid Award
Proposal) does not contain a written admissions rubric, scoring
criteria, tiebreaker rules, or weighting factors as item 1 requested,
and does not contain any waitlist policy describing how waitlist
position is determined, how openings are filled, or how waitlisted
families are notified, as item 2 requested. The lottery roster documents
produced in response to items 4 through 6 indicate that a lottery
process is in operation, which implies the existence of related
procedural guidance. Could you confirm whether additional responsive
records to items 1 and 2 will be produced, or whether it is the
District's position that the PEA Application is the sole record
responsive to those items?

Second, regarding item 7: Board of Education agendas, minutes,
presentations, resolutions, and packet materials from January 1, 2025 to
the date of the request addressing Pre-K admissions policy, lottery,
priority categories, enrollment capacity, or the waitlist do not appear
to be addressed in your May 22 correspondence. Could you confirm whether
responsive records to item 7 will be produced by June 5, 2026, or
indicate the status of that portion of the request?
Sincerely

Yours sincerely,

Anonymous

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2026.

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Please see attached in response to your OPRA request dated April 28, 2026.
On Fri, May 29, 2026 at 5:05 PM Anonymous
<[1][OPRA #90667 email]> wrote:

Dear Denise DeRosa,

No You are correct, there was no request 7 for the board materials
actually submitted. It was something that was planned but was not
originally included as those are fairly well available through the board
website.

I apologize for the inconvenience

Yours sincerely,

Anonymous

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Amanda:
 I received this in response to my partial response to their original
OPRA
 request 4/28/26.
 I started to initiate a [1]response back; however, I do not see in the
 original request item #7.  Am I completely losing my mind?
 Your help is always appreciated.
 Denise

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