Various requests for public records from your school district
Dear Cherry Hill 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. Gottesman,
The Cherry Hill Township School District ("District") is in receipt of your Open Public Records Act Request. The District will require an extension of time until September 1, 2023 to respond to your request because of the number of items that you are requesting. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Lynn E. Shugars, CPA
Cherry Hill Public Schools
Assistant Superintendent- Business
Business Administrator/Board Secretary
856-429-5600 Ext. 4328
[Cherry Hill Board of Education request email]
Dear Mr. Gottesman,
It has been brought to my attention that some of the documents with
student counts that were provided to you on September 1, 2023 in response
to your OPRA request may not have been properly redacted and student names
are visible when the documents are searched in an HTML format. Please
remove all student documents provided to you in that OPRA response and
replace them with the attached documents.
I am sorry for any inconvenience. Thank you for your assistance.
Sincerely,
Lynn E. Shugars, CPA
Cherry Hill Public Schools
Assistant Superintendent- Business
Business Administrator/Board Secretary
856-429-5600 Ext. 4328
[Cherry Hill Board of Education request email]
On September 1, 2024, the Cherry Hill BOE provided records and the
attached letter. Subsequently, another letter (also attached) was sent to
the OPRAmachine administrators, requesting the removal of the records
previously provided because of redactions that were not properly done.
After consulting with the requester, OPRAmachine honored the school
district's request.
Below is the original response message from the district, which includes a
link to district policies:
Please see attached in response to your OPRA request.
Access to District policies can be found
here: [1]https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Pu...
Lynn E. Shugars, CPA
Cherry Hill Public Schools
Assistant Superintendent- Business
Business Administrator/Board Secretary
856-429-5600 Ext. 4328
[Cherry Hill Board of Education request email]
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