Good afternoon,
Please find the response below in red for the OPRA request received on
August 5, 2023. This should satisfy the request below.
Thank you,
Jorge Cruz
School Business Administrator/Board Secretary
Verona Public Schools
973-571-2029
[1]www.veronaschools.org
On Sat, Aug 5, 2023 at 8:55 PM NJPEC
<[2][OPRA #49829 email]> wrote:

Dear Verona 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; (Attached)
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. We did not have any
opt-out requests from our health program.
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. Here
is the letter and form: [3]Comprehensive Health Opt-out Information.
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. The letter and form are available on
our 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. [4]Comprehensive Health Curricula
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. [5]VPS Media Center Information with
Policies
7) Copies of any book removal or review requests made by residents of
your school district since November 1, 2022 to present. There have been
no requests.

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 have been no requests.
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] Policy 2510 Adoption of Textbooks
10) Copies of all legal bills from the Board Attorney or from any
outside council from January 1, 2023 to present -  (Attached)

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

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Jorge Cruz
School Business Administrator/Board Secretary
Verona Public Schools
973-571-2029
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On Fri, Oct 6, 2023 at 8:32 AM NJPEC
<[3][OPRA #49829 email]> wrote:

Dear Mr. Cruz,

I apologize for the delay in thanking you for your response.   We very
much appreciate it. 

I wanted to follow up on the Letter and Opt-out form  that was sent to
parents. 

You note that it is on the website, however, I'm unable to access it -
or find it. 

I would very much like appreciate it if you could send a link or the
file itself.

Thank you again,

Have a great weekend!

Yours sincerely,

NJPEC

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Good afternoon,
 Please find the response below in red for the OPRA request received on
 August 5, 2023. This should satisfy the request below.
 Thank you,
 Jorge Cruz
 School Business Administrator/Board Secretary
 Verona Public Schools
 973-571-2029
 [1][4]www.veronaschools.org

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