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False Claim #1: “Thousands of voters enter our schools on each election day.” 

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Ridgewood NJ, “One Village One Vote”, is not the first to promote “the dangers of taxpayers voting in public schools”. School safety during voting is a false claim made for years by “educators” looking to hide from tax payers what is going on in public education. Recent protests demonstrate the need for more parent involvement in the education process not less. Administrators clearly do not want parents near schools so the lack of learning will not be challenged.

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False Claim #2: “Ridgewood voter turnout is higher in November.” 

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Ridgewood NJ,  the “One Village One Vote” campaign is  filled with misinformation and  if it passes, residents will lose their right to vote on BOE budgets. The  “One Village One Vote” campaign is a blatant attempt to to remove taxpayer oversight form the school budgeting process .  The $115 million school budget account for approximately 2/3 of the Village property tax bill.

The most offensive part of this claim is the idea that because many residents choise not to vote , that means no one should get that right .

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Jump in Enrollment Reduces School Quality

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Ridgewood NJ, I wrote this back in 2018. The discussion is still relevant. Local issues impact us directly. We need to focus on them as top priority. That can be best done in spring.
Vote NO to November election consolidation. The vote is way back in your ballot on page 3. In November, all local issues get placed way in the back and many are forgotten.

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Eight Ridgewood High Students Named 2021 National Merit Semifinalists

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Ridgewood NJ, NMSC is excited to announce the names of approximately 16,000 Semifinalists in the 66th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,600 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $30 million that will be offered next spring. To be considered for a Merit Scholarship® award, Semifinalists must fulfill several requirements to advance to the Finalist level of the competition. About 90 percent of the Semifinalists are expected to attain Finalist standing, and about half of the Finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, earning the Merit Scholar® title.

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“One Village One Vote” Team Resorts to Desperate Measures – BIG LIE

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Sadly, the desperate “One Village One Vote” faction has now resorted to defaming residents who disagree with their position by facilitating the spread of blatant lies about dissenters on the heavily censored Ridgewood Moms and Dads Facebook page (a page administered by Ms. Siobhan Crann Winograd, a “One Village One Vote” petitioner).

For the record, I did NOT seek to “overturn” May’s municipal election results as a Mr. Charles Kime suggests in a recent post made on Moms and Dads, and NO e-mail addresses of any Ridgewood voters were included in the response to my OPRA for information about the validity of mailed in ballots associated with that election.

I challenge Mr. Kime to produce any evidence of intent on my part to “overturn” May’s municipal election results, or that I was responsible for supplying the names and e-mail addresses of Ridgewood voters to the “Keep Our Vote” organization.

Lastly, please vote NO on the municipal question via the mail in ballot you recently received.

Thank you.

 

Boyd A. Loving

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Search for a New Ridgewood Superintendent of Schools Moving Forward

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Ridgewood NJ,  the search for a permanent Ridgewood Superintendent is underway , Board of Education Member Mr. Lembo shared that Ms.Ojetta Townes, District Manager of Human Resources at Ridgewood Public Schools has provided the Board with a list of search firms. The Board discussed the next steps to secure proposals from the search firms and to arrange presentations.  The position of Interim Superintendent was posted last week, and the posting will close on October 16, 2020.

 

 

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The Ridgewood blog urges all residents to VOTE NO on “consolidation” and preserve your right to vote on the massive $115 million Ridgewood School budget

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Ridgewood NJ, vote by mail election ballots should arrive by October 6th . Ridgewood voters have an opportunity to reaffirm their right to vote and pass judgement on the massive $115 million Ridgewood school budget. Residents are told over and over the Village of Ridgewood is a place people come to for the schools . The Ridgewood school system  enjoys an excellent reputation, and is known for its “Tradition of Excellence” .Ridgewood voters have enjoyed the right to pass judgement and confirm spending and management decisions by the Board of Education.

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Ridgewood Residents – An Important Question on Your Ballot

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Dear Ridgewood Neighbor,

You will lose your right to vote on every school budget unless you VOTE NO on the November Municipal Ballot Question on page 3 of your general election ballot. The question asks if we should move our local spring elections to November.

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Reader Voices Concern Over Decreased Ridgewood School Enrollment

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“This is an amazing remark to put in a written update, “Dr. Fishbein explained that some families of children who were beginning kindergarten opted to send their children to a private school for this school year with the intention of returning to the district the following school year. “, Kindergarten is the grade that sets all of the coming years for a school, lose K and there are no rising 1st graders, etc. How much school funding is lost due to the decreased enrollment? What if anything will have to be cut, what programs? “What business says, my customers choose not to come to our establishment, no worries.” Don’t we want to know why they are choosing to pay for private school instead of coming to our schools at no cost? What are we not doing right? To say that families are opting for “private school” in a district that “supposedly ” highly regarded, is a bad sign. How does this get glossed over as a nutin-burger? Is this really all related to covid-19? or is this a trend.”

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Ridgewood Board of Education Subterfuge : Did A Board member Join the Attacks on Fellow Board Members ?

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Ridgewood NJ, it does appear to many that a Board member seems to be plotting with the attack’s on fellow school board members :
“…on Page 82 Ms. Brogan provides an interesting road map on how ethics violations might be committed by Board Members.”

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Ridgewood Board of Education Subterfuge and Attacks on Board Members Continues

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Ridgewood NJ, It would appear as though Rob and Stacey Loscalzo don’t have enough street smarts to quit sending out outlandish e-mails, and stop making fools of themselves.
This is evidenced by a recent, publicly available e-mail they sent last week to Ridgewood Board of Education trustees, and to selected Ridgewood Board of Education staff members.

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RHS Students Attain National Recognition for Excellent Performance On the 2020 National Spanish Examinations

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Ridgewood NJ, a big congratulations to RHS Spanish students who attained national recognition for excellent performance on the 2020 National Spanish Examinations. A total of 4 gold, 9 silver and 11 bronze medals were earned, along with 41 honorable mentions. Students from Ridgewood High School have a long history of high achievement on these exams and were taught by Spanish teachers, Angelica Cuellar, Tara Cuneo, Damary Purrinos and Megan Rotella.

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New Jersey Schools Development Authority Used Zero Qualification Friends and Family Hiring Practices

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Trenton NJ, Senator Kristin M. Corrado and Senator Steven Oroho blasted the Murphy Administration for deliberately and deceitfully turning the School Development Authority (SDA) into an unabashed patronage pit.

A report published by the New Jersey State Commission of Investigation confirmed that top officials in Gov. Murphy’s inner circle were well aware of the patronage hiring spree by disgraced former SDA chief Lizette Delgado-Polanco.

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VOTE NO ON CONSOLIDATION OF RIDGEWOOD SCHOOL, COUNCIL ELECTIONS

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Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood blog urges residents to vote NO on consolidation of Ridgewood School and Council Elections .

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