Various requests for public records from your school district
Dear Voorhees 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
Dear Mr. Gottlesman,
Please see the attached letter and supporting documents.
Thanks,
Helen
Helen G. Haley, CPA
Business Administrator/Board Secretary
Voorhees Township Board of Education
329 Route 73
Voorhees, NJ 08043
Phone: (856) 751‐8446 x6112
Fax: (856) 751‐3666
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Dear Mr. Gottlesman,
A follow up letter dated August 28, 2023 is attached to this email along
with the previous email dated August 9, 2023.
This communication and the attached responsive documents complete your
OPRA request.
Thanks,
Helen
Helen G. Haley, CPA
Business Administrator/Board Secretary
Voorhees Township Board of Education
329 Route 73
Voorhees, NJ 08043
Phone: (856) 751‐8446 x6112
Fax: (856) 751‐3666
[1][Voorhees Board of Education request email]
On Wed, Aug 9, 2023 at 1:09 PM Helen Haley <[2][Voorhees Board of Education request email]>
wrote:
Dear Mr. Gottlesman,
Please see the attached letter and supporting documents.
Thanks,
Helen
Helen G. Haley, CPA
Business Administrator/Board Secretary
Voorhees Township Board of Education
329 Route 73
Voorhees, NJ 08043
Phone: (856) 751‐8446 x6112
Fax: (856) 751‐3666
[3][Voorhees Board of Education request email]
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