Mr. Gottesman,
In response to your OPRA request, our response is in RED text and BLUE
links below:
 

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;  See attached document 

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.  There were no parents
that opted their child out of any portion of the NJSLS-CHPE mandate.   

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. [1]BOE Policy 2415.05-Student Surveys, Analysis, Evaluations,
Examinations, or Treatment ; [2]BOE Policy_9130-Public Complaints and
Grievances  

 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.  Not applicable. 

5) 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.    The curriculum was revised and
implemented in accordance with the revised CHPE standards as appropriate
in grades 9-12 as evidenced in unit plans and classroom lesson design. 
Here is the [3]content crosswalk. 

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.  [4]BOE Policy_9130-Public Complaints
and Grievances ; [5]Request for Reconsideration of Instructional
Materials

 7) Copies of any book removal or review requests made by residents of
your school district since November 1, 2022 to present. Not applicable.

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. Not applicable. 

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. [6]BOE Policy 2530-Resource Materials ; [7]BOE
Policy 2362-MediaCenter/Library See attached documents

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

PLEASE REMOVE [8][Northern Highlands Regional High School District request email] as he no longer works for
the district.  
--
Sue Anne Mather
Business Administrator/Board Secretary
Northern Highlands Regional High School District
Board of Education
201-327-8700 x504
[9][email address]
201-818-3370 FAX

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