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Ridgewood NJ, Monday evening, the 16th, the BOE meeting is earlier than usual at 6:30 to 10 pm in the Ed Center at 49 Cottage Place , 2nd floor. An engineer from LAN will provide the concept renderings of the new classrooms and performance space at Ridgewood High School.
Continue reading UPDATE: Ridgewood Board of Education Public Meeting Tonight at 6:30 pm
“The present council is at fault for passing parking garage not knowing the financial facts. Kiosks should have been installed First to see if they indeed were profitable. The current council did not have to pass the garage. I was not for it. They increased the spots at the train station; and could have increased spots at Hudson Lot . They did it carelessly. If it was their own money they would have installed kiosks first to see. They play fast and loose with my tax dollar The present council should personally pay for any shortfall along with the business owners like Damiano and Vagianos who begged for the parking garage. A contract could have been made with the business owners that they would make up any shortfall that kiosks didn’t produce. But no, the council rushed to build on uncertainly. What stupid, ignorant vain people. “
by Saurabh Dani
Ridgewood NJ, LAN associates estimate for replacing cubbies like the one in this image in elementary school classrooms is 250$per linear feet plus 13.5% in their fee to design and oversee the work.
Question: Can the schools be creative in this and allocate this 250$ per linear feet as budget and allow the class teacher and HSA to pick the furniture for their classrooms instead of letting the architect do it?
EDIT: not just for cost savings, but also for creativity.
What’s the downside?
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Students will be selling door to door on Sunday, November 3, 2019 from 12:00pm to 5:00pm with a delivery December 7-10, 2019
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“When I see the words Fishbein and invites you…we all know it’s going to cost more..a lot More…performance is
not relevant to any task at hand. “
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Ridgewood NJ, The countdown to RHS Homecoming and 100th birthday bash is underway! The date is Saturday, October 19 from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Come out and celebrate!
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Ridgewood NJ, Coffee and Conversation with the Board of Education members and Superintendent of Schools Dr. Daniel Fishbein.
Thursday, October 10
9-10:30 a.m.
The Education Center
49 Cottage Place
The coffee will be brewing! Please stop by for a cup and a chat!
Bring your questions, comments, concerns and suggestions.
We want to know you better.
“Mary Micale was helped by a board member and therefore given an unfair advantage over the other nine applicants. I hope our BOE will not ignore that and and by doing so, allow this process to be tainted by one of the four current board members. We deserve transparency on our board of education… independent thinkers, not predetermined allies.”
” Let’s speak openly about the real reason this Board wants Mary Micale and the importance of this open position (which is only a 6 month position). In the next six months before a member can be elected, the Board majority needs to deliver on their promise (to special interest groups); commit to multi million dollar projects and move the election back to November so residents won’t be allowed to vote or change the school budget. None of what they are planing will directly impact the children’s programs, education or stop the decline in school ranking. Residents pockets will be tuned inside out and we will all be financially crippled by debt. WAKE UP RIDGEWOOD! “
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Ridgewood NJ, As another academic year begins throughout New Jersey, recognizing and reporting school-related threats remains of critical importance to the safety of students, faculty, and parents. NJOHSP and the New Jersey Department of Education recently sent a letter to administrators urging them to emphasize the seriousness of school-related threats and the concerns and consequences surrounding them. Recent mass shootings over the summer in Gilroy, California; El Paso, Texas; and Dayton, Ohio; coupled with the aftermath of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, in February 2018, are unfortunate reminders that schools must remain vigilant in reporting suspicious activity.
Once reported, this information is immediately shared among local, county, State, and federal authorities. The statewide information-sharing process through the New Jersey Suspicious Activity Reporting System allowed for an in-depth analysis on the changing trends in threats and tactics affecting New Jersey, finding that social media remains a pervasive method used by juveniles and students to convey school threats.All threats, including those directed at schools, should be reported immediately to local authorities and NJOHSP’s CTWatch desk at 1-866-4-SAFE-NJ or tips@njohsp.gov.
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Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood Board of Education has a vacancy . The deadline for applications to the Ridgewood Board of Education is Tuesday, September 3, 2019 at 4 p.m.
Notice of Vacancy on the Board of Education
What: The Ridgewood Board of Education is seeking qualified applicants to fill a seat that will be vacant as of July 30, 2019. The term will run from appointment this September to the April 21, 2020 Annual School Election.
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Trenton NJ, After a recent television news investigation into school bullying found the danger may be more prevalent than state statistics show, Senator Joe Pennacchio urged the General Assembly to pass his Mallory’s Law legislation bolstering New Jersey’s anti-bullying statutes.
The News 12 New Jersey report indicates school districts may be significantly under-reporting bullying cases. One district reported nine incidents to the state in three years, while school board minutes showed 27 in the same period.
“We need to stop this nonsense and prevent the under-reporting of bullying that is going on, and my bill will help do that,” said Pennacchio, whose bipartisan bill (S3433) passed the Senate in June with unanimous support, although the Assembly version has not moved. “We’re going to force schools to keep better records.”
Continue reading Big Push to Improve New Jersey’s anti-bullying statutes
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Ridgewood NJ, The Ridgewood Board of Education is seeking qualified candidates to fill a seat on the Ridgewood Board of Education that will be vacant as of July 30, 2019. The vacancy was created by the resignation of Board member Christina Krauss.
The Board member term will run from the expected date of appointment in September to the April 21, 2020 Annual School Election.
Continue reading The Ridgewood Board of Education is Seeking Qualified Candidates to Fill Vacant Board Seat
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Ridgewood NJ, back up plans were made but the weather held and the Ridgewood High School class of 2019 graduated style .
A reader explained ,” At the RHS Class of 2019 graduation ceremony this evening, the Ridgewood school district superintendent was waxing rhapsodic during his speech, referencing the anniversary of the Greenwich Village Stonewall riots that occurred 50 years ago this month.
He’s in full progressive peacock mode, shamelessly virtue signalling about how far we’ve come as a society. By this time, though, it’s raining pretty steadily, and people are getting pretty impatient with him. Mercifully, his microphone cuts out and he is electronically struck dumb. The assembled audience then starts oohing and aahhing, gaping in awe at an enormous rainbow that has appeared over the entire High School building”
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Ridgewood NJ, For the third week in a row, the Ridgewood Crew athletes took to the water, this time for the final event in the pre-season series. Sunday, April 14, 2019, on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, 85 rowing clubs gathered to compete in the 5th Manny Flick. Ridgewood had 15 boats race in 13 events. Award Winning Results included…
Continue reading Ridgewood Crew Perform Impressively at the 2019 5th Manny Flick
