>BOE and Superintendent Host Coffee and Conversation in the New Year
(RIDGEWOOD -NJ) The Ridgewood Board of Education and Superintendent Dr. Daniel Fishbein will host a series of drop-in coffees for residents over the upcoming months. Coffee and Conversation will provide an opportunity for the public to meet with the Board and Superintendent in a casual setting and act as a public forum for meaningful conversation.
Three dates have been scheduled for Coffee and Conversation in the 2011-2012 school year:
Tuesday, January 17 (snow date: January 24); Thursday, March 8 and Monday, May 14. On those dates, the public is invited to drop in at the Education Center, 49 Cottage Place, floor 3,from 7-9 p.m., where in an informal setting, Board members and the superintendent will engage in conversation, entertain questions, and welcome comments and suggestions. The January and May meetings will be open-ended; the March meeting will focus on the projected 2012-2013 school budget.
Board of Education Updates
Sheila Brogan discussed proposed legislation to move the annual school board elections and budget vote to November. The Board passed a resolution in opposition to this proposed legislation.
Bob Hutton announced that the Board’s negotiations committee had met with representatives of the Ridgewood Education Association (REA) and a state-appointed mediator on December 12, to discuss the REA contract. The mediation was not successful. The next step is to engage in state “fact-finding.
The next regular public meeting of the Board of Education will take place on Monday, January 9, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. Board meetings may be viewed live on Optimum channel 77, FiOS channel 33 or via the “Live BOE Meeting” link on the district website at www.ridgewood.k12.nj.us.
After the live streaming event, Board meetings will be archived and can be found in the BOE section of the website under “Board of Ed Webcasts