Various requests for public records from your school district
Dear Manasquan Board of Education,
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
I am acknowledging receipt of the OPRA Request below. By copy of this
email, I am also notifying the Superintendent of Schools and the President
of the Board of Education, as required by Board Policy.
Regards,
Tara Hudson
Good Morning,
This will acknowledge your OPRA request of 8/5/23 (Our File # AUG23-02)
wherein you requested the following records:
“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”
Responses to your request can be found below corresponding to the order
that you requested them:
1. Records responsive to this request are attached.
2. No records exist that are responsive to this request
3. No records exist that are responsive to this request
4. Regarding the first request numbered “4” – records responsive to this
request are available via the following links:
[1]https://www.manasquanschools.org/Domain/... and
[2]https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Pu...
4. Regarding the second request numbered “4” – records responsive to this
request are available via the following link:
[3]https://www.manasquanschools.org/domain/...
6) Records responsive to this request are available via the following
links:
[4]https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Pu...
and
[5]https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Pu...
7) No records exist that are responsive to this request.
8) No records exist that are responsive to this request (see #7).
9) Records responsive to this request are available via the following
links:
[6]https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Pu...
and
[7]https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Pu...
10) Records responsive to this request are attached.
If your request for access to a government record has been denied or
unfilled within seven (7) business days required by law, you have a right
to challenge the decision by the Manasquan Board of Education 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 Counsel (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
PO Box 819, Trenton, NJ 08625, by email at [8][email address], or at
their website at [9]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 County Clerk in Monmouth County.
Tara Hudson
Administrative Assistant to Dr. Peter Crawley, SBA/BS
Manasquan Schools Development Fund Coordinator
Custodian of Public Records
732.528.8800 ext. 1921
References
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