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The Ridgewood Board of Education meets Monday, November 18, 2019 49 Cottage Place 7:30 p.m.

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Ridgewood NJ, The Ridgewood Board of Education will hold its next Regular Public Meeting on Monday, November 18, 2019. The Board meets at the Education Center, 49 Cottage Place, Floor 3 at 6:30 p.m. (Executive Session), followed by the public meeting 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.

https://www.ridgewood.k12.nj.us/UserFiles/Servers/Server_207516/File/Our%20District/Board%20of%20Education/Board%20Business/11-18-19.pdf

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No architect of repute would mess up fire code and ADA compliance

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by Steve Kim


LAN is completely, totally utterly incompetent.

Don’t believe me? Read the minutes…

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No architect of repute would mess up fire code and ADA compliance. Why was there no plan review? Why wasn’t their allowance set up for subflooring or other potential surprises?

LAN owes the town for this botch up.
Why are Dr.Fishbein and the BOE letting these guys get away with this? Meanwhile Dr.Fishbein is picking on EI for its past lapses?

BOE: If you are reading… Please get another architect, don’t let these guys work on the multi-year, multi-million dollar project.

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If the $70 million referendum is passed, Ridgewood will then become one of the most indebted School Districts in NJ

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Ridgewood NJ, according to Steve Kim ,”Ridgewood School’s debt limit is $256 million.”

Kim says, “If the $70 million referendum is passed, we will be nearly halfway there. Ridgewood will then become one of the most indebted in NJ, and there are many operating repercussions that come with excessive debt – none positive.

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Ridgewood Board of Education Meeting Tonight

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The Board of Education meets
Monday, November 4, 2019
49 Cottage Place
7:30 p.m.

The agenda is posted below
The Ridgewood Board of Education will hold its next Regular Public Meeting on Monday, November 4, 2019. The Board meets at the Education Center, 49 Cottage Place, Floor 3 at 6:30 p.m. (Executive Session), followed by the public meeting at 7:30 p.m.

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New Jersey Students Lose Ground in Reading and Math

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Ridgewood NJ, Results from the semi-annual National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) were released this morning.  The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), first administered in 1969, is the largest continuing and nationally representative assessment of what our nation’s students know and can do in subjects such as mathematics, reading, science, and writing.  The results of NAEP are released as The Nation’s Report Card, and are available for the nation, states, and in some cases, urban districts.  Teachers, principals, parents, policymakers, and researchers all use NAEP results to assess progress and develop ways to improve education in the United States.

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Ridgewood Board of Education Moves Forward on Massive School Spending Referendum

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Ridgewood NJ, Dr. Fishbein reported that facility projects are starting to be planned for next year. He showed slides of projected bathroom renovations at GWMS and BFMS. The finances will come out of the Capital Fund and perhaps other funds depending on this year’s budget expenditures.

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New Jersey Is 2019’s 2nd Best State for Teachers

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Ridgewood NJ, With World Teachers’ Day around the corner and teaching among the lowest-paid professions that require a bachelor’s degree, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2019’s Best & Worst States for Teachers as well as accompanying videos.

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Reader says ,”It’s clear Saurabh Dani is the right choice”

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“I watched the 10 interviews. It’s clear Saurabh Dani is the right choice. Mary Micale kept repeating she’s a good fit because she’s good at completing what she’s told to do. Then, when asked if she had a conflict of interest her reply was…”well, not really.”

We don’t need a puppet or personal assistant on the Board. doing what your told, being a gopher, isn’t a fit. “Not really” having a conflict is the most suspicious thing a person can say.”

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NJEA Owns Governor Murphy

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Trenton NJ, “Dark money” group New Direction New Jersey (NDNJ) is no longer quite so dark. Some nine months after promising to disclose its donors, NDNJ finally did last week. But only after the Sunlight Policy Center of New Jersey (SPCNJ), POLITICO and the Bergen Record dug up the major sources of its funding. And only after lawmakers passed a new disclosure law (now under legal challenge). The gig was up and NDNJ knew it.

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Ridgewood Board of Education Interviews Candidates

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Ridgewood NJ, at Monday Ridgewood Board of Education meeting , Board members interviewed ten candidates as possible replacements for Trustee Christina Krause .

The Board interviewed the following candidates for the vacant seat: The interviews may be seen in the webcast of the Board meeting.

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Growing Skills Gap in College Grads

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Ridgewood NJ, the ugly reality is that America devotes more resources to higher education than other high-income countries . For about half of the approximately 2 million high school graduates that will enroll this fall in a quest for a four-year degree, and college for many will prove a lousy investment  both for the nation and those students who will emerge heavily in debt.

The guiding premise beneath federal student loan programs beginning with the 1958 National Defense Education Act is that  college is a good investment. For the nation, a better-prepared labor force increases productivity, and for students, because graduates earn better pay.

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Ridgewood Schools Ranked in the Top 25 Statewide

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Ridgewood NJ, NICHE put together a list of the 2020 Best School Districts ranking is based on rigorous analysis of academic and student life data from the U.S. Department of Education along with test scores, college data, and ratings collected from millions of Niche users.

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