K.L. v. Evesham Township Board of Education

The opinion of the court was delivered by

ASHRAFI, J.A.D.

Plaintiff K.L., the father of a boy and a girl in elementary school, appeals from a final judgment dismissing his claim that defendant Evesham Township Board of Education violated the Open Public Records Act (“OPRA”), N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 to -13, and his common law right of access to public records. He sought school records pertaining to alleged incidents of bullying against his children. Defendant Board of Education declined to provide any records except the children’s own school files. It asserted that certain records in its possession are…