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Did the BOE ask the Ridgewood News to dig up dirt on at the time Principal Jack Lorenz?

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Did the BOE ask the Ridgewood News to dig up dirt on at the time Principal Jack Lorenz? The fly has learned that there we more than just philosophical conflicts between the former RHS principal Jack Lorenz and the BOE  Lorenz resigned citing “conflicts with higher level district administration as [...]
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High bids stall RHS Learning Commons project

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High bids stall RHS Learning Commons project MONDAY JUNE 17, 2013, 9:18 AM BY  LAURA HERZOG STAFF WRITER THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS There was bad news, but then there was good news. Three construction bids for the renovation of the Ridgewood High School (RHS) library – expected to cost the roughly $1 [...]
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RIDGEWOOD BOE APPROVES REVISED 2013-2014 SCHOOL CALENDAR

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RIDGEWOOD BOE APPROVES REVISED 2013-2014 SCHOOL CALENDAR The changes, which reflect adjustments due to a new date for the Annual School Election, are to April Recess and graduation. Please click below to view the revised calendar : http://tinyurl.com/mvzm44r
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BOE MEETS TONIGHT MONDAY, JUNE 10

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BOE MEETS TONIGHT MONDAY, JUNE 10 The Board will hold a Regular Public Meeting on Monday, June 10 at 5 p.m., with regular business being conducted at 7:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend the meeting at the Ed Center, 49 Cottage Place, Floor 3. The meeting will be aired live on FiOS channel 33 [...]
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Readers says Ridgewood is fortunate to have Dan Fishbein

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Readers says Ridgewood is fortunate to have Dan Fishbein Ridgewood is fortunate to have him.  It is unfortunate that this cap was only instituted for superintendents.  The union has represented the teachers’ interests very well for many years.  Automatic annual increases are killing the taxpayers. [...]
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Princeton to honor four secondary school teachers including Medha Jayant Kirtane from RHS

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Princeton to honor four secondary school teachers including Medha Jayant Kirtane from RHS Posted May 28, 2013; 11:30 a.m. by Michael Hotchkiss, Office of Communications Princeton University will honor four exceptional New Jersey secondary school teachers at its 2013 Commencement on Tuesday, June [...]
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Core Curriculum will do permanent damage to the educational prospects of Ridgewood students

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Core Curriculum will do permanent damage to the educational prospects of Ridgewood students This intentionally blandly-written story is apparently our only warning signal that Common Core Curriculum is coming to New Jersey in general, and to Ridgewood in particular. Common Core is nothing less [...]
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Join the Fight Against Common Core

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Join the Fight Against Common Core Lindsey Burke May 29, 2013 at 7:45 am Two competing forces are pushing on America’s K–12 education system today. One is an effort to infuse education choice into a long-stagnant system, empowering parents with the ability to send their child to a school that [...]
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Benefits of later school openings touted in Ridgewood

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Benefits of later school openings touted in Ridgewood Wednesday May 29, 2013, 12:16 PM BY  LAURA HERZOG STAFF WRITER The Ridgewood News Speaking recently about Ridgewood High School’s (RHS) new professional development program, students and administrators had mostly good things to say. Since its [...]
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Curriculum shift planned in Ridgewood schools

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Curriculum shift planned in Ridgewood schools Tuesday May 28, 2013, 11:22 AM BY  LAURA HERZOG STAFF WRITER The Ridgewood News Beginning next fall, district students will experience a language arts curricular shift. There will be a movement toward more grammar education, an increased emphasis on [...]
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The Dangers of “Common Core Education”

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The Dangers of “Common Core Education” The Eagle,TPATH May 24, 2013 Nicholas Purpura Nicholas Purpura’s commentary is thorough and convincing pointing out the dangers in “Common Core Education “  and the direct threat it poses to the kin of quality education Ridgewood expects from its [...]
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Outsourcing upsets Ridgewood parents of special needs students

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Outsourcing upsets Ridgewood parents of special needs students Friday May 24, 2013, 3:46 PM BY  DARIUS AMOS STAFF WRITER The Ridgewood News Ridgewood school district officials this week defended their decision to outsource home programming services to one private company at the end of the current [...]
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Ridgewood Schools News

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Ridgewood Schools News May 22,2013 RHS CELEBRATES THE ARTS AND THE PUBLIC IS INVITED: Next Thursday, May 30, is the public event of art exhibits and performance concerts. Please come to the RHS Campus Center at 6:45 p.m. The New Players Company is running Junior New Players for interested [...]
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Ridgewood schools to leave national lunch program

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Ridgewood schools to leave national lunch program Tuesday May 21, 2013, 10:43 AM BY  LAURA HERZOG STAFF WRITER The Ridgewood News Aiming to bring in more bacon, the Ridgewood school district is leaving the national lunch program next term and will seek input on new menus. The district is also [...]
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Readers Debate Special Ed Outsourcing

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Readers Debate Special Ed Outsourcing While some readers thought , “Nothing wrong with trying to save some taxpayer monies. Let the parent sue on what ever phony grounds they can find.” Many thought cost saving alone missed the point , “You are missing the point, this was not sent out for multiple [...]
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Ridgewood parents denounce special education outsourcing

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Ridgewood parents denounce special education outsourcing Saturday, May 18, 2013 BY  CHRIS HARRIS STAFF WRITER The Record RIDGEWOOD — A change in how the school district manages and administers its home programs for special needs students — a cost-cutting measure — has several parents in the [...]
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Superintendent salary caps can keep costs down but so would mergers

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Superintendent salary caps can keep costs down but so would mergers May 16, 2013 By Laura Waters, of New Jersey Left Behind New Jersey Left Behind This is part of a series from education blogger Laura Waters of NJ Left Behind. Today at its annual Delegate Assembly, New Jersey School Boards [...]
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