Various requests for public records from your school district
Dear Point Pleasant Beach 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
Good afternoon!
Please note that we are reviewing the request and will get back to you as
soon as possible. We would ask for an extension on the response.
Thank you,
Brian
Brian F. Savage, Ed.D.
School Business Administrator/Board Secretary
Point Pleasant Beach Board of Education
299 Cooks Lane
Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey 08742
(732) 899-8840 x 1105
Dear Mr. Gottesman,
In response to your request under the Open Public Records Act, please see
the following responses:
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;
Please see the attached ASSA Report from October 2022.
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 are no responsive documents.
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.
Please see the attached documents.
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.
Please see the attached documents.
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.
Please see the attached documents.
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.
Please see the attached copy of Board Policy 9130.
7) Copies of any book removal or review requests made by
residents of your school district since November 1, 2022 to present.
There are no responsive documents.
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.
There are no responsive documents.
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.
Please see the attached copies of Board Policies 2510 and 2530.
10) Copies of all legal bills from the Board Attorney or from
any outside council from January 1, 2023, to present.
Please see the requested invoices attached.
Hav a nice day,
Brian
Brian F. Savage, Ed.D.
School Business Administrator/Board Secretary
Point Pleasant Beach Board of Education
299 Cooks Lane
Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey 08742
(732) 899-8840 x 1105
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