To whom it may concern,
This email serves as an offical response to your OPRA request received on
May 6, 2026 at 11:05pm, in which you requested electronic records that
contain specific keywords/phrases.  The district IT department has
conducted an initial inquiry to determine the volume of records responsive
to your request.  The search yielded a total of 13,179 emails.  Because of
the extraordinary volume of records, the district must review each
individual email to ensure that exempt, privileged, or personally
identifiable information (such as student records or personnel data) is
properly redacted in accordance with OPRA and FERPA.  Under NJSA
47:1A-5(c), when a request for records involves an extraordinary
expenditure of time and effort to accumulate, the public agency may assess
a Special Service Charge in addition to the actual cost of duplicating the
records.  The requester must be provided with the opportunity to review
and object to the charge prior to it being incurred.
The estimated special service charge is calculated using the hourly rate
of the lowest-level clerical staff member (confidential secretary)
qualified to perform the confidential redaction review.
Total Responsive Records: 13,179 emails
Estimated Review/Redaction Time: 1.5 minutes per email
Total Estimated time: 19,768.5 minutes (329.48 hours)
Hourly Rate Assessed: $38.30/hour (based on the annual salary of $74,691 /
1,950 annual working hours)
Total Estimated Special Service Charge: $12,619.08
Note: This is an estimate.  If the actual time spent reviewing and
redacting the records is less than estimated, you will receive a refund
for the difference.  If the time required exceeds the estimate, you will
be billed for the additional time before the final records are released.
Please advise the district in writing by May 27, 2026 how you wish to
proceed.  You may choose one of the following options:
1. Agree to the charge: Submit payment in the amount of $12,619.08 made
payable to the Bridgewater-Raritan Board of Education.  Work will commence
upon receipt of payment.  Given the volume of records (over 329 hours of
labor), the district will also require a reasonable extension fo time to
fulfill the request.
2. Revise the request:  You may narrow the scope of your request (e.g., by
shortening the timeframe, limiting the search to more specific
senders/receivers, or providing more specific keywords) to reduce the
volume of responsive emails and lower or eliminate the special service
charge.
3. Withdraw the request:  If we do not receive payment or a revised
request by May 27, 2026, we will assume you no longer wish to pursue these
records, and your OPRA request will be closed.
Thank you for your attention to this matter,
Kevin Lomski
On Wed, May 6, 2026 at 11:06 PM BRRSD for Transparency
<[1][OPRA #91108 email]> wrote:

Dear Bridgewater-Raritan 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:

I am requesting the electronic records for outgoing emails sent by the
following individuals (to any recipient, both internal and external)
that contain any of the following subjects, phrases, or keywords in the
subject line, email body, or attachments:

Requested Subjects/Keywords:

OPRA Requests

Jeremy Li

Lucy Li

Board Meetings

Academically Independent Program

AI Program

Gifted & Talented

5756

STEM Resolution

Budget

Applicable Senders:

Robert Beers

Barry Walker

Rebecca Hassouna

Michael Pepe

Steven Singer

Ashish Joshi

James Maloney

Kevin Lomski

Karen Jones

Daniel Fonder

Jennifer Loughran

Annemarie Mattia

Please generate and provide these records containing the following
specific fields for each sent email associated with their official
district email accounts:

Date

Time

Sender

Recipient(s)

Subject Line

Email Body (Please include the full text of the email body as a distinct
column within the file)

Attachments: Additionally, please provide copies of all attachments
associated with these emails.

Timeframe: From January 1, 2025, to March 29, 2026

Format: Please provide these records electronically via email. The email
data should be provided in a standard spreadsheet or tabular format
(such as .CSV, .XLSX, or text-searchable PDF). Attachments should be
provided alongside the file and clearly cross-referenced to their
respective emails. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5, electronic records must
be provided free of charge.

If any portion of these records is redacted or the request is denied,
please provide the specific statutory exemption or legal basis for each
redaction or denial.

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,

BRRSD for Transparency

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Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District
PO BOX 6030
Bridgewater, NJ 08807
(908) 685-2777 ext . 937799

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To whom it may concern,
This email serves as an official response to your OPRA request received on
May 18, 2026 at 6:59pm, in which you requested electronic records that
contain specific keywords/phrases.  The district IT department has
conducted an initial inquiry to determine the volume of records responsive
to your request.  The search yielded a total of 11,653 emails.  Because of
the extraordinary volume of records, the district must review each
individual email to ensure that exempt, privileged, or personally
identifiable information (such as student records or personnel data) is
properly redacted in accordance with OPRA and FERPA.  Under NJSA
47:1A-5(c), when a request for records involves an extraordinary
expenditure of time and effort to accumulate, the public agency may assess
a Special Service Charge in addition to the actual cost of duplicating the
records.  The requester must be provided with the opportunity to review
and object to the charge prior to it being incurred.
The estimated special service charge is calculated using the hourly rate
of the lowest-level clerical staff member (confidential secretary)
qualified to perform the confidential redaction review.
Total Responsive Records: 11,653 emails
Estimated Review/Redaction Time: 1.5 minutes per email
Total Estimated time: 17,479.5 minutes (291.32 hours)
Hourly Rate Assessed: $38.30/hour (based on the annual salary of $74,691 /
1,950 annual working hours)
Total Estimated Special Service Charge: $11,157.56
Note: This is an estimate.  If the actual time spent reviewing and
redacting the records is less than estimated, you will receive a refund
for the difference.  If the time required exceeds the estimate, you will
be billed for the additional time before the final records are released.
Please advise the district in writing by June 4, 2026 how you wish to
proceed.  You may choose one of the following options:
1. Agree to the charge: Submit payment in the amount of $11,157.56 made
payable to the Bridgewater-Raritan Board of Education.  Work will commence
upon receipt of payment.  Given the volume of records (over 291 hours of
labor), the district will also require a reasonable extension fo time to
fulfill the request.
2. Revise the request:  You may narrow the scope of your request (e.g., by
shortening the timeframe, limiting the search to more specific
senders/receivers, or providing more specific keywords) to reduce the
volume of responsive emails and lower or eliminate the special service
charge.
3. Withdraw the request:  If we do not receive payment or a revised
request by June 4, 2026, we will assume you no longer wish to pursue these
records, and your OPRA request will be closed.
Thank you for your attention to this matter,
Kevin Lomski
On Mon, May 18, 2026 at 6:59 PM BRRSD for Transparency
<[1][OPRA #91108 email]> wrote:

Dear Lomski, Kevin,

Please adjust the timeframe from May 01,2025 to May 18, 2026.

Focus on emails sent.

Remove "Gifted & Talented" and "Budget" from Keywords and Subjects.

Please indicate if this simplifies the request adequately.

Yours sincerely,

BRRSD for Transparency

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

To whom it may concern,
 This email serves as an offical response to your OPRA request received
on
 May 6, 2026 at 11:05pm, in which you requested electronic records that
 contain specific keywords/phrases.  The district IT department has
 conducted an initial inquiry to determine the volume of records
responsive
 to your request.  The search yielded a total of 13,179 emails.  Because
of
 the extraordinary volume of records, the district must review each
 individual email to ensure that exempt, privileged, or personally
 identifiable information (such as student records or personnel data) is
 properly redacted in accordance with OPRA and FERPA.  Under NJSA
 47:1A-5(c), when a request for records involves an extraordinary
 expenditure of time and effort to accumulate, the public agency may
assess
 a Special Service Charge in addition to the actual cost of duplicating
the
 records.  The requester must be provided with the opportunity to review
 and object to the charge prior to it being incurred.
 The estimated special service charge is calculated using the hourly
rate
 of the lowest-level clerical staff member (confidential secretary)
 qualified to perform the confidential redaction review.
 Total Responsive Records: 13,179 emails
 Estimated Review/Redaction Time: 1.5 minutes per email
 Total Estimated time: 19,768.5 minutes (329.48 hours)
 Hourly Rate Assessed: $38.30/hour (based on the annual salary of
$74,691 /
 1,950 annual working hours)
 Total Estimated Special Service Charge: $12,619.08
 Note: This is an estimate.  If the actual time spent reviewing and
 redacting the records is less than estimated, you will receive a refund
 for the difference.  If the time required exceeds the estimate, you
will
 be billed for the additional time before the final records are
released.
 Please advise the district in writing by May 27, 2026 how you wish to
 proceed.  You may choose one of the following options:
 1. Agree to the charge: Submit payment in the amount of $12,619.08 made
 payable to the Bridgewater-Raritan Board of Education.  Work will
commence
 upon receipt of payment.  Given the volume of records (over 329 hours
of
 labor), the district will also require a reasonable extension fo time
to
 fulfill the request.
 2. Revise the request:  You may narrow the scope of your request (e.g.,
by
 shortening the timeframe, limiting the search to more specific
 senders/receivers, or providing more specific keywords) to reduce the
 volume of responsive emails and lower or eliminate the special service
 charge.
 3. Withdraw the request:  If we do not receive payment or a revised
 request by May 27, 2026, we will assume you no longer wish to pursue
these
 records, and your OPRA request will be closed.
 Thank you for your attention to this matter,
 Kevin Lomski

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School Business Administrator
Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District
PO BOX 6030
Bridgewater, NJ 08807
(908) 685-2777 ext . 937799

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To whom it may concern,
This email serves as an official response to your OPRA request received on
May 27, 2026 at 10:41pm, in which you requested electronic records that
contain specific keywords/phrases.  The district IT department has
conducted an initial inquiry to determine the volume of records responsive
to your request.  The search yielded a total of 3,676 emails.  Because of
the extraordinary volume of records, the district must review each
individual email to ensure that exempt, privileged, or personally
identifiable information (such as student records or personnel data) is
properly redacted in accordance with OPRA and FERPA.  Under NJSA
47:1A-5(c), when a request for records involves an extraordinary
expenditure of time and effort to accumulate, the public agency may assess
a Special Service Charge in addition to the actual cost of duplicating the
records.  The requester must be provided with the opportunity to review
and object to the charge prior to it being incurred.
The estimated special service charge is calculated using the hourly rate
of the lowest-level clerical staff member (confidential secretary)
qualified to perform the confidential redaction review.
Total Responsive Records: 3,676 emails
Estimated Review/Redaction Time: 1.5 minutes per email
Total Estimated time: 5,514 minutes (91.9 hours)
Hourly Rate Assessed: $38.30/hour (based on the annual salary of $74,691 /
1,950 annual working hours)
Total Estimated Special Service Charge: $3,519.77
Note: This is an estimate.  If the actual time spent reviewing and
redacting the records is less than estimated, you will receive a refund
for the difference.  If the time required exceeds the estimate, you will
be billed for the additional time before the final records are released.
Please advise the district in writing by June 18, 2026 how you wish to
proceed.  You may choose one of the following options:
1. Agree to the charge: Submit payment in the amount of $3,519.77 made
payable to the Bridgewater-Raritan Board of Education.  Work will commence
upon receipt of payment.  Given the volume of records (over 91 hours of
labor), the district will also require a reasonable extension fo time to
fulfill the request.
2. Revise the request:  You may narrow the scope of your request (e.g., by
shortening the timeframe, limiting the search to more specific
senders/receivers, or providing more specific keywords) to reduce the
volume of responsive emails and lower or eliminate the special service
charge.
3. Withdraw the request:  If we do not receive payment or a revised
request by June 4, 2026, we will assume you no longer wish to pursue these
records, and your OPRA request will be closed.
Thank you for your attention to this matter,
Kevin Lomski
On Wed, May 27, 2026 at 10:41 PM BRRSD for Transparency
<[1][OPRA #91108 email]> wrote:

Dear Lomski, Kevin,

Please adjust the timeframe from May 01,2025 to May 18, 2026.

Focus on emails sent.

Remove "Gifted & Talented", "Budget", "5756", and "Board Meetings" from
Keywords and Subjects.

Remove Annemarie Mattia, Karen Jones, Kevin Lomski, and Daniel Fonder.

Please indicate if this simplifies the request adequately.

Yours sincerely,

BRRSD for Transparency

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

To whom it may concern,
 This email serves as an official response to your OPRA request received
on
 May 18, 2026 at 6:59pm, in which you requested electronic records that
 contain specific keywords/phrases.  The district IT department has
 conducted an initial inquiry to determine the volume of records
responsive
 to your request.  The search yielded a total of 11,653 emails.  Because
of
 the extraordinary volume of records, the district must review each
 individual email to ensure that exempt, privileged, or personally
 identifiable information (such as student records or personnel data) is
 properly redacted in accordance with OPRA and FERPA.  Under NJSA
 47:1A-5(c), when a request for records involves an extraordinary
 expenditure of time and effort to accumulate, the public agency may
assess
 a Special Service Charge in addition to the actual cost of duplicating
the
 records.  The requester must be provided with the opportunity to review
 and object to the charge prior to it being incurred.
 The estimated special service charge is calculated using the hourly
rate
 of the lowest-level clerical staff member (confidential secretary)
 qualified to perform the confidential redaction review.
 Total Responsive Records: 11,653 emails
 Estimated Review/Redaction Time: 1.5 minutes per email
 Total Estimated time: 17,479.5 minutes (291.32 hours)
 Hourly Rate Assessed: $38.30/hour (based on the annual salary of
$74,691 /
 1,950 annual working hours)
 Total Estimated Special Service Charge: $11,157.56
 Note: This is an estimate.  If the actual time spent reviewing and
 redacting the records is less than estimated, you will receive a refund
 for the difference.  If the time required exceeds the estimate, you
will
 be billed for the additional time before the final records are
released.
 Please advise the district in writing by June 4, 2026 how you wish to
 proceed.  You may choose one of the following options:
 1. Agree to the charge: Submit payment in the amount of $11,157.56 made
 payable to the Bridgewater-Raritan Board of Education.  Work will
commence
 upon receipt of payment.  Given the volume of records (over 291 hours
of
 labor), the district will also require a reasonable extension fo time
to
 fulfill the request.
 2. Revise the request:  You may narrow the scope of your request (e.g.,
by
 shortening the timeframe, limiting the search to more specific
 senders/receivers, or providing more specific keywords) to reduce the
 volume of responsive emails and lower or eliminate the special service
 charge.
 3. Withdraw the request:  If we do not receive payment or a revised
 request by June 4, 2026, we will assume you no longer wish to pursue
these
 records, and your OPRA request will be closed.
 Thank you for your attention to this matter,
 Kevin Lomski

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Please use this UNIQUE email address for all replies to this request and
no other:
[2][OPRA #91108 email]

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published
on the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
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View this OPRA request & responses online:
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Please note that in some cases publication of requests and responses
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If you find this service useful as an OPRA custodian, please ask your
web manager to link to us from your organisation's website.
-------------------------------------------------------------------

--
Kevin Lomski, CPA
School Business Administrator
Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District
PO BOX 6030
Bridgewater, NJ 08807
(908) 685-2777 ext . 937799

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