April 8, 2022

Dear Ms. Brichter,

This correspondence is being sent in response to the Open Public Records Act (“OPRA”) request you submitted to the Ridgewood Public Schools. As the official Records Custodian, I received this request on April 8, 2022. As such, the seven (7) business day deadline to respond to your request is April 19, 2022. I will be sending a response to your request within this deadline.

If your request for access to a government record has been denied or unfilled within the seven business days required by law, you have a right to challenge the Board’s decision 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 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, New Jersey, 08625, by e-mail at [email address], or at their website at www.state.nj.us/grc. The Council 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/Board Secretary
Ridgewood Public Schools

April 12, 2022

Dear Ms. Brichter,

This correspondence is being sent in response to the Open Public Records Act (“OPRA”) request you submitted to the Ridgewood Public Schools. As the official Records Custodian, I received this request on April 8, 2022. As such, the seven (7) business day deadline to respond to your request is April 19, 2022. This response is being sent on the second business day.

Your OPRA request was as follows:

I’m looking to find annual budget allocations per-school (in the RPS system) per-year over the last 10 years along with student population for each school per-year over the same time period.

In the Dropbox link below, you will find annual budget allocations per school for the last 6 years as well as the student population for each school for the last 10 years.

The additional four years of budget allocations that you are seeking are contained in an inactive server, so we will require additional time to access and produce the records. We will have a response to you no later than Monday, April 25, 2022.

In the Dropbox link below, please find 55 pages that are partially responsive to your request.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/uw6zw9tcy1esl...

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/Board Secretary
Ridgewood Public Schools

April 25, 2022

Dear Ms. Brichter,

This correspondence is being sent in response to the Open Public Records Act (“OPRA”) request you submitted to the Ridgewood Public Schools. As the official Records Custodian, I received this request on April 8, 2022. As such, the seven (7) business day deadline to respond to your request is April 19, 2022. We filed an extension for a portion of your OPRA request until April 25, 2022. Our response for the remainder of the documents is being sent accordingly by the deadline set forth in our last communication.

Your OPRA request was as follows:

I’m looking to find annual budget allocations per-school (in the RPS system) per-year over the last 10 years along with student population for each school per-year over the same time period.

In the two Dropbox links below, you will find annual budget allocations per school for 2013-2014 and for 2015-2016. Your OPRA request is now deemed complete and will accordingly be closed.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/5vfiq6abspk44h...

https://www.dropbox.com/s/syl02j00bxs52o...

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/Board Secretary
Ridgewood Public Schools