Superintendent of Schools Contract
Charlie Kratovil made this OPRA request to East Brunswick Public Schools 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 East Brunswick Public Schools,
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
See attached concerning your recent request for Government Records.
Yours truly,
OPRA Custodian
East Brunswick Public Schools
760 Route 18 - Suite 108
East Brunswick, NJ 08816
732-613-6723
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Thank you for the record. Unfortunately it is not a complete response because of the redactions. I will require an unredacted version in accordance with OPRA and the common law right of access.
To my knowledge, there is no "precautionary measure" exemption to the OPRA, and even if you believe the redaction of the signatures is acceptable under the OPRA, you still must consider my common law right of access request and release the unredacted version.
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. Thus far, no other district has redacted their Superintendent contract other than East Brunswick Public Schools. In fact, many have already released complete, unredacted versions of their Superintendent contract. As such, I respectfully request a complete, unredacted copy of the contract in question, which I believe is considered an "immediate access" record.
Yours sincerely,
Charlie Kratovil
Dear OPRA custodian,
Please confirm you received my message challenging the unnecessary redactions made to the requested record. Do you agree with me that there is no OPRA exemption for signatures on a contract?
Yours sincerely,
Charlie Kratovil
See attached concerning your recent request for Government Records.
Yours truly,
OPRA Custodian
East Brunswick Public Schools
760 Route 18 - Suite 108
East Brunswick, NJ 08816
732-613-6723
The information contained in this email message is legally privileged and
confidential information intended only for use of the individual or entity
named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient,
you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of
this email is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in
error, please immediately notify us by email and delete the original
message from your mailbox. Thank you.
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CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The contents of this email message and any
attachments are intended solely for the addressee(s) and may contain
confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended
recipient of this message or their agent, or if this message has been
addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply
email and then delete this message and any attachments. If you are not the
intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination,
copying, or storage of this message or its attachments is strictly
prohibited. Email received by or sent to school district
officials/employees is subject to the Open Public Records Act [OPRA].
Consider alternate avenues of communication should you have concerns about
the contents of your email being read by someone other than the person(s)
you are contacting.
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