Various requests for public records from your school district
Dear Collingswood 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
Received.
We have many staff members on vacation this time of year.
I'm kindly requesting an extension to the 21st.
Please let me know if this is ok.
Thanks
#bekind
Beth Ann Coleman, MPA, SFO, RSBA, QPA
Assistant Superintendent for Business and Operations
Collingswood and Oaklyn Public Schools
100 Lees Avenue (former Good Shepherd School)
Collingswood, NJ 08108
p-856-962-5702 ext. 9001
f- 856-962-5723
-----Original Message-----
From: NJPEC <[OPRA #49524 email]>
Sent: Saturday, August 5, 2023 3:47 PM
To: OPRA requests at Collingswood Board of Education <[Collingswood Board of Education request email]>
Subject: OPRA request - Various requests for public records from your school
district
Dear Collingswood 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
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[OPRA #49524 email]
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Also please clarify if this request is for Collingswood or Oaklyn.
#bekind
Beth Ann Coleman, MPA, SFO, RSBA, QPA
Assistant Superintendent for Business and Operations
Collingswood and Oaklyn Public Schools
100 Lees Avenue (former Good Shepherd School)
Collingswood, NJ 08108
p-856-962-5702 ext. 9001
f- 856-962-5723
-----Original Message-----
From: Beth Ann Coleman <[Collingswood Board of Education request email]>
Sent: Monday, August 7, 2023 8:33 AM
To: 'NJPEC' <[OPRA #49524 email]>
Subject: RE: OPRA request - Various requests for public records from your
school district
Received.
We have many staff members on vacation this time of year.
I'm kindly requesting an extension to the 21st.
Please let me know if this is ok.
Thanks
#bekind
Beth Ann Coleman, MPA, SFO, RSBA, QPA
Assistant Superintendent for Business and Operations Collingswood and Oaklyn
Public Schools
100 Lees Avenue (former Good Shepherd School) Collingswood, NJ 08108
p-856-962-5702 ext. 9001
f- 856-962-5723
-----Original Message-----
From: NJPEC <[OPRA #49524 email]>
Sent: Saturday, August 5, 2023 3:47 PM
To: OPRA requests at Collingswood Board of Education <[Collingswood Board of Education request email]>
Subject: OPRA request - Various requests for public records from your school
district
Dear Collingswood 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
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Please deliver records electronically via email to the below UNIQUE address
for all replies to this request:
[OPRA #49524 email]
Is [Collingswood Board of Education request email] the wrong address for OPRA requests to Collingswood
Board of Education? If so, please contact us using this form:
https://opramachine.com/change_request/n...
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the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
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#bekind
Beth Ann Coleman, MPA, SFO, RSBA, QPA
Assistant Superintendent for Business and Operations
Collingswood and Oaklyn Public Schools
100 Lees Avenue (former Good Shepherd School)
Collingswood, NJ 08108
p-856-962-5702 ext. 9001
f- 856-962-5723
-----Original Message-----
From: NJPEC <[OPRA #49524 email]>
Sent: Saturday, August 5, 2023 3:47 PM
To: OPRA requests at Collingswood Board of Education <[Collingswood Board of Education request email]>
Subject: OPRA request - Various requests for public records from your school
district
Dear Collingswood 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 families opt out in 22-23
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.
**This will be added to the district website.
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.
See Attached
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.
The mandate for 2020 NJSLS-CHPE will be implemented in its entirety during
the 23-24 school year. We worked on implementing the development of the new
curriculum throughout the 22-23 school year. The DOE placed a moratorium on
the new NJSLS CHPE curriculum until the 2022 school year due to COVID.
Please see the attached document.
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.
We do not have a book review committee
7) Copies of any book removal or review requests made by residents of your
school district since November 1, 2022 to present.:
Pushback on two texts Tucker Carlson's Ship of Fools, and 2020 Jared
Stepman's War on History.
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.
Same as #7
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
Attached
Yours faithfully,
Michael Gottesman, Individually and as Founder of the
New Jersey Public Education Coalition
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Please deliver records electronically via email to the below UNIQUE address
for all replies to this request:
[OPRA #49524 email]
Is [Collingswood Board of Education request email] the wrong address for OPRA requests to Collingswood
Board of Education? If so, please contact us using this form:
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the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
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delayed.
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