Out-of-District Placements
Dear Toms River 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-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.
I am requesting records pertaining to each out-of-district student placement for school years 2016 through 2026. For each placement, please include the following:
• School year of placement
• Grade level of student
• Special education classification
• Sending school and program
• Out-of-district placement -- receiving district, school and program
• Annual tuition costs
• Transportation costs
• Any other placement-related district-paid cost for each out-of-district placement
I am requesting existing records only and am not requesting that the district create a new report or perform research. Student names and other direct identifiers may be redacted. Please provide the records electronically in Excel, CSV, or PDF.
My preferred delivery method for response(s) to this request is by E-mail as attachments. Please confirm receipt of 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.
Respectfully,
Advocate with Transparency
Good morning,
The Toms River Regional School District ("District") received your Open
Public Records Act (OPRA) request dated today, April 20, 2026. The
official Custodian of Records received your OPRA request today, April 20,
2026. As such, the seven (7) business day deadline to respond to your
request is Wednesday, April 29, 2026.
Thank you,
Sheri
Sheri Pereira
AES/Director of Infrastructure & Operations Confidential Secretary
District Custodian of School Records
Board of Education ~ Business Office
Toms River Regional Schools
732.505.5500 Ext. 500082
732.473.9168 (Facsimile)
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Good morning,
The Toms River Regional School District ("District") received your Open
Public Records Act (OPRA) request dated April 20, 2026. The official
Custodian of Records received your OPRA request on April 20, 2026. As
such, the seven (7) business day deadline to respond to your request is
Wednesday, April 29, 2026. This response to your request is being
provided to you on the 2nd business day following the custodian's receipt
of said request.
Information Requested
I am requesting records pertaining to each out-of-district student
placement for school years 2016 through 2026. For each placement, please
include the following:
• School year of placement
• Grade level of student
• Special education classification
• Sending school and program
• Out-of-district placement -- receiving district, school and
program
• Annual tuition costs
• Transportation costs
• Any other placement-related district-paid cost for each
out-of-district placement
I am requesting existing records only and am not requesting that the
district create a new report or perform research. Student names and other
direct identifiers may be redacted. Please provide the records
electronically in Excel, CSV, or PDF.
Pursuant to your request, please be advised this OPRA request is hereby
denied, as it requires research and falls within the OPRA provisions of
"substantial disruption".
Thank you,
Sheri
Sheri Pereira
AES/Director of Infrastructure & Operations Confidential Secretary
District Custodian of School Records
Board of Education ~ Business Office
Toms River Regional Schools
732.505.5500 Ext. 500082
732.473.9168 (Facsimile)
Do not Reply All. This message and any attached documents contain
information which may be confidential, subject to privilege or exempt from
disclosure under applicable law. These materials are intended only for the
use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient of
this transmission, you are hereby notified that any distribution,
disclosure, printing, copying, storage, modification or the taking of any
action in reliance upon this transmission is strictly prohibited. Delivery
of this message to any person other than the intended recipient shall not
compromise or waive such confidentiality, privilege or exemption from
disclosure as to this communication.
Dear Sheri Pereira,
Thank you for your response.
To avoid any request that would require research, compilation, or creation of a new record, I am narrowing my request to specific existing record series and a shorter time period.
Please treat my request as narrowed to school years 2019-2020 through 2025-2026 only, and limited to existing records maintained by the District in the following categories or equivalent record series:
Tuition File - In/Out District, In/Out State, Public/Nonpublic, Vocational-Technical, Post-Secondary, and County Special Services School District (CSSSD);
Contracts and amendments relating to tuition, sending/receiving, public or private schools for the disabled, county special services school districts, or other out-of-district special education placements;
Invoices, paid bills/monthly receipt and list, and similar payment records reflecting tuition, transportation, or other district-paid costs for such placements.
I am requesting the records themselves as maintained by the District only, not a summary, compilation, or newly created report.
Student names and direct personal identifiers may be redacted. If any portion of this narrowed request remains problematic, please identify which specific category or wording should be further narrowed.
Yours sincerely,
Advocate for Transparency