Superintendent of Schools Contract
Charlie Kratovil made this OPRA request to South Brunswick Board of Education as part of a batch sent to 31 authorities Automatic anti-spam measures are in place for this older request. Please let us know if a further response is expected or if you are having trouble responding.
Dear South Brunswick 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-6(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:
1) copy of the current contract for the Superintendent/chief executive
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,
Charlie Kratovil
Mr. Kratovil,
As per your OPRA request please see the attached document. The South
Brunswick School District considers your request completed and closed.
Regards,
David Pawlowski
South Brunswick Township School District
Business Administrator
(w) 732-297-7800 ext. 5105
(c) 201-618-2509
On Thu, Sep 12, 2024 at 1:34 AM Charlie Kratovil
<[1][OPRA #66531 email]> wrote:
Dear South Brunswick 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-6(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:
1) copy of the current contract for the Superintendent/chief executive
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,
Charlie Kratovil
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Dear David Pawlowski,
Thanks for the prompt response, but I don't see any signatures on the contract. Can you send an executed copy of it?
Yours sincerely,
Charlie Kratovil
Dear David Pawlowski,
I'm following up on my request for a signed copy of the contract. Please confirm you received my message.
Yours sincerely,
Charlie Kratovil
Mr. Kratovil,
As per my email you were provided the Superintendent's Contract as
approved by the Department of Education and Board of Education.
Signatures are not relevant.
Regards,
David Pawlowski
South Brunswick Township School District
Business Administrator
(w) 732-297-7800 ext. 5105
On Mon, Sep 16, 2024 at 1:21 PM Charlie Kratovil
<[1][OPRA #66531 email]> wrote:
Dear David Pawlowski,
I'm following up on my request for a signed copy of the contract.
Please confirm you received my message.
Yours sincerely,
Charlie Kratovil
-----Original Message-----
Mr. Kratovil,
As per your OPRA request please see the attached document. The South
Brunswick School District considers your request completed and closed.
Regards,
David Pawlowski
South Brunswick Township School District
Business Administrator
(w) 732-297-7800 ext. 5105
(c) 201-618-2509
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Dear Mr. Pawlowski,
A contract is not valid unless it has been executed by the parties. The letter you provided shows that the ECS required you to provide him with a signed copy of the contract.
I don't understand your hesitance to provide this same record to the public under OPRA or the common law. Having the executed version would make clear if there were any handwritten, pre-execution changes to the contract, and it would indicate the date on which each party signed it. This is basic, fundamental, public information.
Notably, there is no OPRA exemption for signatures. As such, the signed version should be released pursuant to the OPRA and I believe this contract is considered an "immediate access" record.
For purposes of my common law request, I am a reporter and editor covering school boards in Central Jersey for New Brunswick Today, and I have filed identical requests for the Superintendent of Schools' contract in approximately 31 school districts in our area. I respectfully request a copy of the signed contract that was provided to the ECS pursuant to his 9/14/2022 letter.
Please provide
Yours sincerely,
Charlie Kratovil
I suggest you be more specific in your future requests.
see attached..
David Pawlowski
South Brunswick Township School District
Business Administrator
(w) 732-297-7800 ext. 5105
On Mon, Sep 16, 2024 at 4:30 PM Charlie Kratovil
<[1][OPRA #66531 email]> wrote:
Dear Mr. Pawlowski,
A contract is not valid unless it has been executed by the parties. The
letter you provided shows that the ECS required you to provide him with
a signed copy of the contract.
I don't understand your hesitance to provide this same record to the
public under OPRA or the common law. Having the executed version would
make clear if there were any handwritten, pre-execution changes to the
contract, and it would indicate the date on which each party signed it.
This is basic, fundamental, public information.
Notably, there is no OPRA exemption for signatures. As such, the signed
version should be released pursuant to the OPRA and I believe this
contract is considered an "immediate access" record.
For purposes of my common law request, I am a reporter and editor
covering school boards in Central Jersey for New Brunswick Today, and I
have filed identical requests for the Superintendent of Schools'
contract in approximately 31 school districts in our area. I
respectfully request a copy of the signed contract that was provided to
the ECS pursuant to his 9/14/2022 letter.
Please provide
Yours sincerely,
Charlie Kratovil
-----Original Message-----
Mr. Kratovil,
As per my email you were provided the Superintendent's Contract as
approved by the Department of Education and Board of Education.
Signatures are not relevant.
Regards,
David Pawlowski
South Brunswick Township School District
Business Administrator
(w) 732-297-7800 ext. 5105
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