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Posted on April 16, 2019April 15, 2019 by James — Leave a comment

New Jersey Attorney General’s Office to investigate the hiring practices and allegations of employee file tampering at the state’s Schools Development Authority

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Parsippany NJ, Assemblywoman BettyLou DeCroce is applauding the reported action by the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office to investigate the hiring practices and recent allegations of employee file tampering at the state’s Schools Development Authority.

DeCroce was among a group of legislators last week demanding an investigation of the authority following numerous reports of mismanagement of the agency under the chief executive Lizette Delgado-Polanco, who has allegedly turned the SDA into a patronage pit by hiring political allies and dismissing experienced staff members. Besides working as the CEO of the schools authority, at a salary of $225,000, Delgado-Polanco also serves in a leadership capacity at the Democratic State Committee.

Posted on April 13, 2019April 13, 2019 by James — Leave a comment

Reader says , “It’s imperative to always question how $ is spent, otherwise it will be spent with less care than warranted”

” Ridgewood school district is great, but recent increases in Budget driven by employee medical benefits and special ed. Meanwhile school rankings are dropping compared to competitors.
I know very little about educating kids except that it’s an extremely tough job. However I do know quite a bit about budgeting. It’s imperative to always question how $ is spent, otherwise it will be spent with less care than warranted. Voting no therefore makes sense in this case, as the board did not address concernes posed above.
Many parents defend the educators by questioning the no vote, but this is not a educators vs parents story. Rather it’s an action point for BoE to regain public trust by acknowledging raised issues and proposing solutions. I doubt there’s a resident who wishes bad upon our great educators, so let’s not confuse the issues. “

Posted on April 10, 2019April 10, 2019 by James — 8 Comments

Ridgewood Board of Education Sends Errant Voter Times on Sample Ballot

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Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood Board of Education puts the wrong voter times (2-8 pm)on the sample ballot for the April 16th $111 million budget vote (More like 6am to 8pm).

Sources say the BOE claims it was just a ,”wink wink” miss print ?

The vote on the 2019-2020 $111 million school budget is Tuesday, April 16, during Spring Recess for the Ridgewood Public Schools.

Posted on April 6, 2019April 6, 2019 by James — 4 Comments

Senate President Steve Sweeney Continues Push for State Health Benefits Plan for all School Employees

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Trenton NJ, Senate President Steve Sweeney joined in a panel discussion sponsored by the League of Municipalities for its 27^th Annual Mayors Legislative Day where he discussed the cost-cutting reforms in the “Path to Progress” report, including those that will produce savings and efficiencies for municipalities, school districts and their employees. Senator Sweeney participated as a member of the “Meet the Legislative Leaders” panel discussion.

“The proposals developed by the study commission will deliver savings for state and local government alike,” said Senator Sweeney (D-Gloucester/Salem/Cumberland). “Municipalities, local school districts and the taxpayers will realize the benefits of the proposals to address soaring pension and benefit costs, hold down property taxes, make government and school districts more efficient, and leverage state assets.”

Posted on April 5, 2019April 5, 2019 by James — Leave a comment

Ridgewood Schools Strategic Planning Initiative 2019-2024 Survey Closes April 8th

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Ridgewood NJ, Community survey closes on Monday, April 8! Strategic Planning Initiative 2019-2024 .The Ridgewood Public Schools is embarking upon a strategic planning initiative to examine its strengths, challenges and opportunities. A community survey has been created that can be accessed through the home page of the district website. The survey deadline is Monday, April 8. Go to www.ridgewood.k12.nj.us.

Posted on April 2, 2019April 2, 2019 by James — 2 Comments

Ridgewood Superintendent Talks $111 Million School Budget

Talking about the budget:
Please vote on Tuesday, April 16

March 2019 column
by
Daniel Fishbein, Ed.D.

Link to 2019-2020 budget and voting information

The following column appeared in The Ridgewood News on March 29, 2019.

On Tuesday, April 16, 2019 the Ridgewood community will be asked to vote on the Ridgewood Public Schools 2019-2020 school budget as proposed by the Board of Education. The change back to public voting on the school budget occurred in July of 2018 when the Ridgewood Village Council opted to move the Ridgewood Board of Education School Election from November to April.

It is important to note that this year the election falls within the school district’s April break. For this reason, we are making a special effort to inform residents of the option of voting by mail. Information about voting by mail and applications can be found on the home page of our district website at www.ridgewood.k12.nj.us and on each of our school websites as well as at www.njelections.org /vote-by-mail.shtml.

Posted on April 1, 2019April 1, 2019 by James — 2 Comments

Ridgewood Board of Education Meets Monday, April 1, 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, April 1, 2019. 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.

Posted on March 30, 2019March 30, 2019 by James — 6 Comments

Senate President Steve Sweeney calls for the merger of the high-cost School Employees Health Benefits Plan into the lower-cost State Health Benefits Plan

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Monroe Township NJ, Declaring that teachers and school districts are paying too much for their healthcare coverage, Senate President Steve Sweeney today called for the merger of the high-cost School Employees Health Benefits Plan into the lower-cost State Health Benefits Plan to take advantage of the cost savings negotiated by the Governor and the state’s largest public workers union.

Speaking at a meeting of the New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association, Senator Sweeney said legislation merging the two healthcare plans would be a cornerstone of the Path to Progress legislative package that will be introduced to implement recommendations of the bipartisan Economic and Fiscal Policy Workgroup.

Posted on March 15, 2019March 14, 2019 by James — 4 Comments

NJ Department of Education Grades Ridgewood Schools

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Ridgewood NJ, New Jersey’s latest school grades are out, giving parents in every community a snapshot of what the state thinks of their local schools.The state Department of Education on Tuesday released the new scores, which are graded on a scale of 0-100 and consider standardized test results, graduation rates and other factors. The ratings were established to comply with the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which replaced the No Child Left Behind Act.

The system has been very controversial , with critics claiming the ranking system hardly reflects the quality of the education.

Assemblywomen Holly Schepisi , “Trying to decipher the scoring system used in this new grading system by the State Department of Education. Some of the disturbing trends in the data include that school districts in which the state has made significant financial investments continue to see the lowest scores and in some local communities one grammar school may rank among the lowest while others in the same community are ranked incredibly high. We need to start looking at better and different ways to help our children succeed within our schools. Merely sending additional monies does not seem to be working.”

Posted on March 13, 2019March 12, 2019 by James — Leave a comment

Keeping Up With Ridgewood Schools

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Ridgewood NJ, The next Regular Public Meeting of the Ridgewood Board of Education will be held on Monday, March 25, 2019 at the Education Center, 49 Cottage Place, Floor 3 at 7:30 p.m. The meeting will be aired live on television, FiOS channel 33 and Optimum channel 77, and streamed via the “Link in Live” tab on the district website at www.ridgewood.k12.nj.us. Meeting webcasts are generally posted immediately to the district website.

Posted on March 8, 2019March 7, 2019 by James — 2 Comments

Review of the Village Council Special Public Budget Meeting

AGENDA
VILLAGE COUNCIL
SPECIAL PUBLIC BUDGET MEETING
MARCH 8, 2019
5:00 P.M.

1. Call to Order

Statement of Compliance with the Open Public Meeting Act

MAYOR: “Adequate notice of this meeting has been provided by a posting on the bulletin board in Village hall, by mail to the Ridgewood News, The Record, and by submission to all persons entitled to same as provided by law of a schedule including the date and time of this meeting.”

Posted on March 6, 2019March 6, 2019 by James — Leave a comment

Ridgewood BOE Coffee & Conversation is Wednesday, March 20

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Ridgewood NJ, Residents are invited to stop by the Education Center for coffee and casual conversation with Board of Education members and Superintendent Dr. Daniel Fishbein. Mark your calendars for March 20 from 7-8:30 p.m. at the Education Center, 49 Cottage Place. Come with your thoughts, ideas, questions, suggestions and concerns.

Posted on March 4, 2019July 23, 2019 by James — Leave a comment

Delayed Opening for Ridgewood Schools

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Ridgewood NJ, Storm Notice for Monday, March 4: Schools will have a DELAYED OPENING on Monday, March 4. The school day will begin 2 hours later, with school bus schedules also operating 2 hours later. K-5 kids who have not ordered lunch must bring a bag lunch. Allow extra time & use caution!

Posted on March 3, 2019March 2, 2019 by James — 8 Comments

Reader says The Academies “skim the cream from the Bergen County towns AND get the towns to pay after stealing the students”

“The Academies were set up by an education politico who scammed a way to build a school out of a vo-tech, call it a place for different kinds of learners, skim the cream from the Bergen County towns AND get the towns to pay after stealing the students. Basically, it’s a private school built with public monies. All run by democrat freeloaders who are against charter schools – unless it’s THEIR charter school. Nice scam. “

Posted on March 1, 2019March 1, 2019 by James — 2 Comments

Ridgewood Schools will operate under the delayed opening schedule on Friday, March 1

Storm Notice: Please pass the word!

All Ridgewood Schools will operate under the delayed opening schedule on Friday, March 1.

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.

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