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Ridgewood NJ, according to a post on “It takes a Ridgewood Village ” Facebook group , Steve Kim posted an interesting analysis , “Chances aren’t good that the $95 million referendum passes… Chances are slim that even the $70 million portion passes, if the total is split to two questions.
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Ridgewood NJ, according to Professional Sports Field Services, “Flood water can destroy the performance of a turf athletic field in a single event. Not that will occur everytime, but the potential is always there.
Thorough and proper planning for the site would have prevented a flood event in the first place. If a flood plane is the chosen site to install a turf field, then some form of mitigation or divergence would be appropriate if allowed by regulating agencies. If not, relocating the field, using natural grass, or some other alternative would be wise. Of course if you are reading this article, then it’s too late for the planning part isn’t it?”
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Ridgewood NJ, A new study ranked New Jersey’s public school system No. 2 in the country. WalletHub released 2019’s States with the Best & Worst School Systems .
The study focuses on performance, funding, safety, class size and instructor credentials.
Researchers compared the 50 states plus the District of Columbia. New Jersey ranked No. 2 in highest reading test scores and lowest drop out rate and No. 3 in highest math test scores and lowest pupil to teacher ratio. Delaware ranked No. 12 overall, No. 2 in lowest bullying incidents and tied for 4th in highest median ACT score.
Pennsylvania public schools ranked 27th overall and No. 5 in lowest percentage of threatened or injured high school students. Massachusetts was ranked No. 1 and Connecticut was ranked No. 3 overall.
To see the full list, click here.
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New Brunswick NJ, Jonathan Holloway, provost of Northwestern University and an eminent historian, has been appointed the 21st president of Rutgers, The State University.
The Rutgers Board of Governors, with the advice and consent of the Rutgers Board of Trustees, today approved Holloway’s appointment at a joint meeting of the two boards. The Board of Governors also appointed Holloway as a University Professor and Distinguished Professor.
Saurabh Dani from the Facebook Group “It takes a Ridgewood Village”
“”CONSENT AGENDA” in a meeting exists to make the meetings faster / save time when there are many items to cover and “standard / repetitive / procedural items can be bundled in one agenda item”, or when items that were already discussed at a previous work session and agreed to in public can be added to a consent agenda for approval.
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Ridgewood NJ, The Ridgewood Board of Education will hold its next Regular Public Meeting on Monday, January 27, 2020. The Board meets at the Education Center, 49 Cottage Place, Floor 3 at 7:30 p.m.
The public is welcome to attend the meeting or to watch from home on Fios channel 33 or Optimum channel 77. Meetings are also streamed via the “BOE Webcast” tab on the district website at www.ridgewood.k12.nj.us.
Meeting webcasts are immediately available on the district website.
Click here to view the agenda in PDF format.
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Ridgewoood NJ, Ridgewood High School football, boys and girls track and field, and boys and girls cross country were chosen as “Programs of the Decade” by NorthJersey.com. Congratulations to all of the coaches and athletes who made this recognition possible! It has been an incredible ten years!
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photos by Ridgewood Friends of Music
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Ridgewood NJ, In 2019 the Ridgewood Friends of Music held its first annual Emerging Composers Contest. There were five categories: Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College, and Adult. Composers were asked to submit an original piece of any genre, style, and length, and scored for any combination of instruments and/or voices. Submissions were received for the middle and high school categories and were judged by local, professional composers and music teachers Kenny Brescia, Jay Friedman, Lisa Plasse, and Joseph Turrin.
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Nice, now every pissed off teen (is there any other kind?) will be able to disclose their frustrations to a computer system. To be carefully cataloged and stored, forever.
Next, school councilors who don’t want to be accused of missing warning signs would recommend visiting a shrink or a candy man to discuss treatment.
Before you know it, your boy or girl is on 3 meds before even stepping a foot in college! Everyone making $. The schools get more Budget, the shrinks and Pharma sell candy, the politicians get more support from school unions and drug manufacturers.
Everyone except your child that is. The teen is a nervous wreck for life.
“I want to vote on the budget. It has a huge impact on my life. The grand plans for the library and high school are proof that we need fiscal oversight. It is my money.
I lived in Ridgewood before and after having children in the schools. I have downsized but I regret staying. The village has become nothing but a wish list for developers and short term residents.
Young buyers cannot afford and do not want big houses. Homes over $1 million are not moving. After renovations by homeowners many of these homes are still selling for less that what they were bought for 15-20 years ago. Realtors (who make a good living off us) should be honest about this. They will list a home and then push for never ending price cuts. They get paid either way.
Many high end homeowners have had reevaluations to lower their taxes. When the village has it’s next town-wide tax reevaluation we will all pay for the decline in high-end home values. The village expense pie will be divided and the under $1 million taxes will go up. It’s not “just the cost of a Starbucks every day”.”
“The Blog has stated the facts. One Village One Vote would take away our ability/right to vote on the school budget which I believe represents almost 2/3 of our overall budget:Municipal and Board of Education combined. Many of the people in this group promoted the original plan for the giant garage that would have extended its’ footprint into Hudson Street, taken parking off the streets and dwarfed Mount Carmel for starters.. They supported the large Valley expansion plans. If you have any doubts about what that would have done to the community, take a ride over to Winters Avenue and see what the construction site looks like. They also pushed for the high density housing ordinances which have negatively impacted the entire town especially the CBD possibly for years to come. They were supporters of Paul, Albert, Gwenn and VM Roberta. These were bad years for the town politically . They voted in bloc and disregarded public input.”
by Michele Talamo
Trenton NJ, The legislators and schools haven taken over your children. Pity you probably didn’t even see it coming. They will continue to intrude into every facet of your life until you do something, anything.
S-2835 – Adopted; Sent to Governor – Mandatory School Psychological Surveys of your children
The NJ Senate and NJ General Assembly both passed < S-2835 >, substituting it for < A-3926 >. This creates an ANNUAL computerized assessment (NOT a psychologist!) for EVERY STUDENT, ages 12-17, and is an intrusion into parental and student privacy. It looks for signs of depression and anxiety, but opens a Pandora’s box of other emotional or psychological tests “the Commissioner” of Education might choose to assess, and what “remedy” the State might then see fit to administer.
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Ridgewood NJ, the Assembly and Senate passed a bill (A4535/S2958) permitting public-private partnerships for energy-related projects creating an opportunity for more savings and freeing up public funds say sponsors Assemblyman Christopher DePhillips and Assemblywoman BettyLou DeCroce. The bill now goes to the governor’s desk.
“Everyone will see savings as a result of this legislation,” said DePhillips (R-Bergen). “We won’t burden our taxpayers for energy upgrades in our public schools and municipal buildings. Public entities can get a more energy efficient infrastructure and the private companies can use the utility savings.”
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Ridgewood NJ, Governor Phil Murphy today absolute vetoed S4289, legislation that would have allowed for certain school districts to raise property taxes above the 2% cap without voter approval. If enacted, the bill would have further encumbered already over-burdened middle and working-class taxpayers.
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Ridgewood NJ, Form the Facebook group “Ridgewood Moms and Dads with Free Speech” Saurabh Dani commented asking readers to take a look at .” Pete and Susan’s comment in this video are REALLY important.” Its nice to see more taxpayers starting to recognize the fiscal mess the State of New Jersey is in and the enormous pension deficit, particularly with the teachers pension.
