The medical profession is highly regarded as noble, personally fulfilling, stable, and financially rewarding, so it’s no wonder that aspiring students diligently pursue a medical career even if the annual cost of tuition fees is daunting, ranging from $18,228 – $74,035 and competition for slots is at an all-time high.
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Ridgewood NJ, 520 teams participated in the 2023 NJSTEAM Tank Challenge. 3 RHS Teams placed (Estrogenerator 2nd, FireGone-3rd) . GamaWatch-recognition for Innovative Technology, Eco-wear, Entrepreneurship, Creativity & Art, and Diversity.
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Ridgewood NJ, The New Jersey Lacrosse Foundation has chosen RHS Graduate and Coach Jim Montegari and Ridgewood’s Lindsey Devir to receive their annual NJ Lacrosse Girls High School Honor Awards. They will be recognized alongside the NJ Lacrosse Hall of Fame induction ceremony later this month.
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Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood School district has hired Julie Kot as the new School Business Administrator/Board Secretary (SBA) ahead of the 2023-24 school year replacing Kathryn Davenport who has been filling in as Interim SBA since March of this year.
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Ridgewood NJ, the US Supreme Court struck down President Biden’s student debt forgiveness plan, with the court’s six conservatives ruling the administration did not have the power to forgive loans.
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Ridgewood NJ, The Ridgewood Board of Education met on Friday, June 30, 2023. The meeting was supposed to be an endorsement of the current vendor AlphaBest for Before/After Care Program. Proponents Hyunju Kwak and Sheila Brogan failed to make their case and the board did not approve the current vendor.
Questions have now arisen over the fairness of the process with accusations of favoritism toward the current vendor . Several vendors have complained that the Request for proposal (RFP) failed to disclose some of the elements the Evaluation Committee used for scoring the bids and the June 30th meeting seemed to confirm that .
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Ridgewood NJ, the US Supreme Court on Friday struck down President Biden’s student debt forgiveness plan, with the court’s six conservatives ruling the administration did not have the power to forgive loans.
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Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood Board of Education meets on June 30, 2023 at 5:00 pm for a Special Public Meeting.
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Ridgewood NJ, the US Supreme Court ruled Thursday to block affirmative action in two closely watched lawsuits against Harvard and the University of North Carolina (UNC). The cases, initially brought by a coalition of students, prospective applicants and their parents in 2014, challenged the universities’ use of racial preferences during the admissions process.
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Ridgewood NJ, as summer draws near and the battle over parents rights heats up , many parents are actively seeking better educational options for their children next year. Across the nation, parents are eager to find learning environments that are more suitable for their children.
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Ridgewood NJ, the New Jersey Republican State Committee (“NJGOP”) released the following statement in response to new “Law Against Discrimination” guidance for schools from the Department of Education (“DOE”) and the Attorney General’s office:
the end of Public Education?
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Trenton NJ, Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and Acting Department of Education (DOE) Commissioner Dr. Angelica Allen-McMillan today announced that the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights (DCR) and DOE have issued the joint statement below to offer guidance(do what you are told) to students, parents, schools, school boards, educators, and the public (Parents) :
the end of pubic education as we know it?
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Trenton NJ, on Tuesday night’s “Ask the Governor” radio program on WNYC, Governor Phil Murphy said he was “offended” and would be “vigilant to the max in fighting back” when asked about school policies that seek to involve parents in important issues affecting their children.
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Ridgewood J, Citing: 1) alleged violations of NJ State laws concerning the consumption of alcohol on school grounds, 2) the failure to obtain requisite permits from the Ridgewood Board of Education (BOE), and 3) the receipt of numerous complaints from area residents regarding excessive noise and alcohol use during games, the Ridgewood Board of Education recently served a cease and desist order to organizers of the “Beer Money Basketball League.”
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Trenton NJ, Senator Anthony M. Bucco (R-25) issued the following statement in response to complaints filed yesterday by Attorney General Matt Platkin against the Middletown, Marlboro, and Manalapan school districts over new parental notification policies they adopted this week:
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