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Ridgewood NJ, on the Facebookk group ,”It takes a Ridgewood Village” the administrator Saurabh Dani claimed ,
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“There are better choices for our fields than artificial turf made of plastic and crumb rubber. 90 percent of pro players in all sports prefer grass to turf for a variety of reasons. Our fields are in active flood plains. We can’t get warranties on the stuff because of that fact. There are new grass blends that are pest and drought resistant and when the fields flood on an artificial turf field like the ones the BOE has installed and now again at Stevens, the toxins go into our water ways, the fields harden , often need extensive repairs and the cost of disposing of it is around 100,000 dollars per field and it sits in the land fills for ever as it is not biodegradable.”
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Ridgewood NJ, New Players Company of Ridgewood, and The New Deal Creative Arts Center of Hyde Park, NY present a free public reading of Tough Love, a new play in development written by playwright Louisa Vilardi. Tough Love is a mix of comedy and drama that explores how much it takes to give up or give in when it comes to marriage and family.
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Ridgewood NJ, here we go again ,the Ridgewood Board of Education is planning to install another artificial turf field on Stevens Field which exists in an active flood plain. It is bad for the environment, our players, community and our pocket books. It defies reason. Looks like we are going too keep doing it till we get it right?
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Ridgewood NJ, at Monday nights Ridgewood Board of Education meeting Dr. Fishbein announced that the Village of Ridgewood is actively engaged in preparing for Census 2020.
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Ridgewood N J, Garden State Equality launched its LGBTQ-Inclusive Curriculum pilot program in twelve New Jersey public schools, utilizing lesson plans developed and written by Garden State Equality in partnership with Make It Better for Youth. The pilot program will continue until the end of the current school year; New Jersey’s law will go into effect statewide this fall for the 2020-2021 school year.
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Ridgewood Nj, The Ridgewood Board of Education will hold its next Regular Public Meeting on Monday, January 6, 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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Ridgewood NJ,Tickets for New Players in Concert will go on sale on Monday January 6 at 7:00 p.m. Please review the below ticket purchase information carefully.
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Ridgewood NJ, Italian American One Voice Coalition reports that Congressman Peter T. King of New York 2nd District issued an official letter to the National Education Association (“NEA”) stating that the NEA’s recent vote against Columbus Day:
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Ridgewod NJ, Dr. Fishbein provided a brief background on the district facilities analysis before the LAN Associates presentation. In 2015, the Ridgewood Board of Education engaged with EI Associates to conduct a facilities assessment.
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“If I lived on the neighboring streets, I would be gathering neighbors together to fight this asap. Living near a school requires a person to put up with a number of things, things that you understand before you purchase the home. I am sure none of these people signed up for living within a few hundred feet from a performing arts center. We all know that to keep it running, it will have to be constantly rented out. The traffic through the neighborhood is bad during normal school times and if I lived near there I would not want to add any additional congestion. I hope that people band together to stop this craziness. “
Storm Schedule Notice:
All Ridgewood Schools will operate under the DELAYED OPENING schedule on Tuesday, December 3.
Under the delayed opening schedule, the school day will begin two hours later than usual.
School bus schedules will operate two hours later. For students who are walking to school or to bus stops, please allow extra time and use caution.
Elementary school children who have not ordered lunch must bring a bag lunch to school. There will not be sufficient time for children to go home for lunch when there is a delayed opening.
Thank you and please be careful.
by Steve Kim
Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood High School went from #7 in 2008 (Dr.Fishbein took over that year) to #36 in 2018. He says the drop is because we have high academic standards, not because quality has declined. I don’t get that nonlinear explanation – sorry. Someone remind him that ranking is a relative measurement, not absolute.
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SUMMER SENATE PAGE EXPERIENCE
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Riidgewood NJ, at the November 18th BOE meeting RHS Student Representative Laurence Fine recounted his experience as a student page on the US Senate floor this summer. The program was established in 1829; it involves delivering documents and facilitating business by assisting the senators. The slide portion of the presentation may be viewed here.
photo courtesy of Ridgewood PBA Local 20
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Ridgewood NJ, Congratulations to the RHS Varsity Football Team. With a 10 – 7 win over Passaic Tech, RHS Football captures back-to-back North 1 Group 5 Sectional Champions. This was their 5th appearance in the finals in the last 7 years.
