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Dear Hammonton School District,

In accordance with the New Jersey open public records Act, we hereby request for response to the following request hold

1) Please provide documents indicating the total number of students enrolled in all public schools and charter schools in your District for the 2022-2023 school year;
2) Please provide documents indicating the total number of students whose parents have availed themselves of the opt-out provisions of N.J.S.A.18A:35-4.7 and opted their child out of all or a portion of the 2020 NJSLS-CHPE mandate or curriculum promulgated in accordance thereto for the 2022-2023 school year. Please provide documents indicating the number of opt-outs by individual grade levels.
3) Please provide a copy of the document(s) used by the district by which parents can opt-out or opt-in their children from all or a portion of the curriculum mandated by the 2020 NJSLS-CHPE in your district.
4) Please provide documents showing how you implemented the “parent opt-out” for the 2020 NJSLS-CHPE and Health & Physical Education curriculum and a copy of the document by which parents can opt-out their children from all or a portion of the curriculum mandated by the 2020 NJSLS-CHPE in your district. Including but not limited to forms, flyers, emails to parents and/or a website.
4) Please provide documents showing how the 2020 NJSLS-CHPE mandate was implemented in your district, for example: a) in the classroom; b) at home by parents; c) as a homework assignment; d) in an assembly; e) as a webinar; f) being taught on the last day of school; g) any methods but with elements removed; h) not at all.
6) Copies of the BOE policies and regulations regarding the composition of your “Book Review Committee,” as well as policies controlling book reviews or book removal requests.
7) Copies of any book removal or review requests made by residents of your school district since November 1, 2022 to present.

8) If any books have been removed from curriculum or from public school libraries as a result of a demand for removal or by the Board action in accordance with your book removal policy, copies of all documents relating to the review or removal.
9) Any documents, policies or regulations relating to the review of current textbooks or the review of new textbooks or textbooks being considered for purchase.
10) Copies of all legal bills from the Board Attorney or from any outside council from January 1, 2023 to present

Yours faithfully,
Michael Gottesman, Individually and as Founder of the
New Jersey Public Education Coalition

OPRA Response NJPEC.pdf

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Please see attached response to your OPRA request dated August 5, 2023.

Thanks

Barbara S. Prettyman

Business Administrator/Board Secretary

566 Old Forks Rd.

Hammonton, NJ 08037

609.567.7000 x353

From: NJPEC <[OPRA #49594 email]>
Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2023 4:58 PM
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Subject: OPRA request - Various requests for public records from your
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Dear Hammonton School District,

In accordance with the New Jersey open public records Act, we hereby
request for response to the following request hold

1) Please provide documents indicating the total number of students
enrolled in all public schools and charter schools in your District for
the 2022-2023 school year;

2) Please provide documents indicating the total number of students whose
parents have availed themselves of the opt-out provisions of
N.J.S.A.18A:35-4.7 and opted their child out of all or a portion of the
2020 NJSLS-CHPE mandate or curriculum promulgated in accordance thereto
for the 2022-2023 school year. Please provide documents indicating the
number of opt-outs by individual grade levels.

3) Please provide a copy of the document(s) used by the district by which
parents can opt-out or opt-in their children from all or a portion of the
curriculum mandated by the 2020 NJSLS-CHPE in your district.

4) Please provide documents showing how you implemented the “parent
opt-out” for the 2020 NJSLS-CHPE and Health & Physical Education
curriculum and a copy of the document by which parents can opt-out their
children from all or a portion of the curriculum mandated by the 2020
NJSLS-CHPE in your district. Including but not limited to forms, flyers,
emails to parents and/or a website.

4) Please provide documents showing how the 2020 NJSLS-CHPE mandate was
implemented in your district, for example: a) in the classroom; b) at home
by parents; c) as a homework assignment; d) in an assembly; e) as a
webinar; f) being taught on the last day of school; g) any methods but
with elements removed; h) not at all.

6) Copies of the BOE policies and regulations regarding the composition of
your “Book Review Committee,” as well as policies controlling book reviews
or book removal requests.

7) Copies of any book removal or review requests made by residents of your
school district since November 1, 2022 to present.

9) Any documents, policies or regulations relating to the review of
current textbooks or the review of new textbooks or textbooks being
considered for purchase.

10) Copies of all legal bills from the Board Attorney or from any outside
council from January 1, 2023 to present

Yours faithfully,

Michael Gottesman, Individually and as Founder of the

New Jersey Public Education Coalition

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Good afternoon

As previously advised, I am the Records’ Custodian for the Hammonton Board
of Education. I have attached various documents and provided the
following links in response to your OPRA request dated August 5, 2023 and
received on August 7, 2023:

1. Please see the attached report.

2. Please see the attached report.

3.
[1]https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQ...

4.
[2]https://www.hammontonschools.org/apps/pa...

5.
[3]https://www.hammontonschools.org/apps/pa...

6.
[4]https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Pu...

7. None

8. None

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[5]https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Pu...

https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Pu...

10. Please see the attached report.

Barbara S. Prettyman