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Ridgewood NJ, The “Facebook Lynch mob” continues to use the same phraseology in dark overtones over and over . The similar wording from so many comments and posters implies a premeditated act and the common phraseology used over and over appears to be a dog whistle with racist overtones.
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Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood blog has learned that “demonstrators” plan to gather in front of the Ridgewood Board of Education offices on Cottage Place beginning at 5:30 PM on Monday, prior to the Board of Education meeting on September 14 to mostly peacefully protest the announced resignation of Dr. Daniel Fishbein, Superintendent of Ridgewood Schools.
The protest is being organized by the same bunch of residents that was trying to “filter” people out of discussions last year .
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Ridgewood NJ, The majority of this Facebook fuss about Dr. Daniel Fishbein being booted out seems to be nothing other than a loosely organized lynch mob of privileged white parents who all believe that he was being unfairly treated by the only two (2) non-white members of the Board of Education.
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The Board of Education meets on Monday, September 14, 2020 at 6 PM for an Executive Session and at 7 PM for a Regular Public Meeting at the Education Center.
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Ridgewood NJ,Big changes are coming to Cottage Place. Ridgewood Board of Education administrator Antoinette Kelly resigned more than a month ago with a long notice period effective December 1 st. Superintendent Dr. Fishbein sent an email to the community today informing his resignation will be effective December 10th.
…the rumors have been swirling all day ,the fly has heard unsubstantiated rumors the Dr. Fishbein told the BOE verbally that he was leaving because of the 2 new board members, nothing in writing yet ….
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Ridgewood NJ, Please keep your story straight about One Village One Vote Since we cannot post this on some censored Village Facebook pages, please spread the word.
According to the Group Keep Our Vote :
Continue reading Keep Our Vote : Activist Judge Puts School Budget Vote on the November Ballot
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Ridgewood NJ, a new group has been established to, ” support our local spring elections including our right to vote on our annual school budget. Our local elections empower our community.” The groups name is Keep Our Vote and has been established to combat the propaganda campaign promoted by the “One Village One Vote” euphemistically known as “One Village No Vote” .
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Ridgewood NJ, Keeping things green. To get ready for the opening of school, Hawes teachers were joined by a student to do some planting in the courtyard. What a wonderful way to make Hawes so welcoming.
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Ridgewood NJ, a reader summed it up best,” Moving the school board election to November would not alter the public’s ability to vote for the best board candidates, which would happen whenever the election was held. It would in fact improve nothing and serve only to remove residents’ ability to approve or disapprove of the proposed budget. Our school budgets have become bizarrely bloated and represent moneys that are not appropriate for the size of the town. We deserve the right to vote for or against them.”
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Ridgewood NJ, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center is producing a 50th anniversary documentary that will include an excerpt of the performance video of the Ridgewood High School Percussion Ensemble from the 2019 Young Musicians New Jersey Regional Concert. The video will be used under a voice-over by Executive Director Suzanne Davidson describing the Young Musicians Program. The student performers, Percussion Ensemble Director Gary Fink, RHS Principal Dr. Gorman, and Ridgewood High School will be acknowledged in the video.
“Smartphones” make you stupid
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New Brunswick NJ, The ease of finding information on the internet is hurting students’ long-term retention and resulting in lower grades on exams, according to a Rutgers University–New Brunswick study.
The study, published in the journal Educational Psychology, found that smartphones seem to be the culprit. Students who received higher homework but lower exam scores — a half to a full letter grade lower on exams — were more likely to get their homework answers from the internet or another source rather than coming up with the answer themselves.
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“Covid-19 is NOT a lethal virus, that is a fact. Lethal viruses do not spread, as they kill their victim, which stops the spread. People are not dying from covid19, they are dying from the one or more, known or unknown underlying diseases they have. It is a fact that children are not dying from covid19. It is okay for them to get the virus. They will not melt. If teachers are afraid to get the virus, for a valid or invalid reason, then they should be given these options:. Resign, retire early, take a leave of absence, go on unemployment or wear a hazmat suit. The teachers can easily be temporarily replaced by young, unemployed certified teacher, which are many, or college graduates. Why do so many teachers make everything about them, rather than about the children? The only reason teachers have their job is because of
the students. Students should always come first. Students need to be in school in person. Virtual school is not the same and is not what our taxes pay for. Lastly, how are young children supposed to do virtual learning at home, when both parents have to go out to work? Most parents are NOT teachers, who have the luxury of staying home just because they are in a strong union, that controls the politrickers. Many teachers are not living in the real world and need to be made to realize that the world does NOT revolve around them.”
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Ridgewood NJ, Judge De La Cruz ruled the vote to eliminate your vote on the $115 million school budget .
Continue reading Election consolidation to appear on November 3rd ballot!
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