Minutes of meeting
Dear Ridgewood Public School District,
This is a request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form. Please acknowledge receipt of this message.
Records requested:
Kindly provide electronic copies of minutes of meeting for the following nine meetings:
*All nine school's pandemic response team's most recent meeting as of March 8th.
Yours faithfully,
anonymousOpenRPSNow
The Ridgewood Public School District is in receipt of your OPRA request
dated on March 09, 2021. The district will begin the process and
reply within the seven day OPRA time frame.
Scott
March 15, 2021
Dear anonymousOpenRPSNow,
Ridgewood Public Schools received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request on March 9, 2021. As the official Records Custodian, I received your OPRA request on March 9, 2021. As such, the seven (7) business day deadline to respond to your request is March 18, 2021. This response to your request is being provided to you on the 4th business day after the custodian’s receipt of said request.
The following records are being provided in their entirety with redactions as required by law and are responsive to your request.
1. Pandemic Response Team Meeting Minutes - Redacted, 106 pages (see dropbox link below - if the link doesn't open when you click on it, please copy and paste the link into your web browser) .
https://www.dropbox.com/s/qi6ii6p8v472mf...
NOTE: We redacted the staff member's name from page 49 because that sentence consists of a personnel/medical record. [See N.J.S.A. 47:1A-10 & New Jersey Executive Order 26]. We also redacted the staff member's name on page 50 where it indicates that they asked about needing to take a sick day after receiving the vaccine. While this was probably a hypothetical question and not for their own personal situation, since we cannot be sure we redacted it to be on the safe side.
These records are being transmitted to you via OPRAmachine, as per your request. There is no cost associated with this request.
If your request for access to a government record has been denied or unfilled within the seven (7) business days required by law, you have a right to challenge the decision by the [insert name of agency] to deny access. At your option, you may either institute a proceeding in the Superior Court of New Jersey or file a complaint with the Government Records Council (GRC) by completing the Denial of Access Complaint Form. You may contact the GRC by toll-free telephone at 866-850-0511, by mail at P.O. Box 819, Trenton, NJ, 08625, by e-mail at [email address], or at their web site at www.state.nj.us/grc. The GRC can also answer other questions about the law. All questions regarding complaints filed in Superior Court should be directed to the Court Clerk in your County.
Sincerely,
Scott T. Bisig, M.Ed.
Business Administrator
Ridgewood Public Schools
[email address]