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Wrestling Returns for COVID-shortened season

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NJSIAA announces individual wrestling tournament plans for COVID-shortened season

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Ridgewood NJ,  In a memo to member schools, the NJSIAA has shared plans for a streamlined, state individual wrestling tournament for both girls and boys. Because the 2021 wrestling season has been so impacted by COVID, there will be no district-level competition – instead, the tournament will begin at the regional level, on April 3 for girls and on April 17 and 18 for boys. No team tournament will be held this season.

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New Jersey Expands Eligibility for New Jersey’s COVID-19 Vaccination Program

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Ridgewood NJ,  Governor Murphy today announced the expansion of eligibility for more frontline essential workers and high-risk groups in New Jersey’s COVID-19 vaccination program. Eligible groups include educators and staff in pre-k through 12th grade settings, childcare workers, and transportation workers, among others.

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Ridgewood Public Library Virtual Program: Study Skills 4 Students Presents Motivating the Unmotivated Student For parents of students in 4th to 12th grades

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Successful Study Skills 4 Students Presents Motivating the Unmotivated Student For parents of students in 4th to 12th grades  

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Ridgewood NJ, In a 30-minute highly dynamic, action-specific, and interactive webinar, parents are invited to learn a few tips, tools, and strategies to motivate, inspire, and support their student.
Motivating Unmotivated Students – Parents of students Grades 4-12.

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March 5th the Deadline for RHS Seniors Commemorative Brick

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Ridgewood NJ, Please help support the RHS Alumni Association by honoring your favorite alum, teacher, local business, coach, team or academic club.

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Senator Declan O’Scanlon Announced a General Agreement Among Government Officials that Vaccinating Teachers Should be a Priority

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Ridgewood NJ, Senator Declan O’Scanlon (R-Monmouth) today announced that there is general agreement among government officials that vaccinating teachers should be a priority as soon as standards make them eligible.

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Ridgewood Elementary School Scheduling Options for Spring 2021

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Ridgewood NJ, On Tuesday, February 23, 2021, elementary scheduling options for Spring 2021 were presented to parents. Parents of kindergarten and first grade students will receive a follow-up survey on February 24, 2021.

Click here to view the PDF of the presentation.

 

 

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Children Need to Go Back to School

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Ridgewood NJ, Dr. Michael Martin, president of the Virginia chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, pleaded with the legislature in Richmond to open all schools in the state. Dr. Martin noted that the Virginia AAP surveyed its member pediatricians and found:

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University of Florida Study : Schools can Implement Testing Protocols to Promote In-person learning while effectively mitigating transmission risk

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Ridgewood NJ,  a study conducted by the University of Florida and the Florida Department of Health, published in JAMA, investigated the impact of student quarantine and testing protocols at K-12 schools in Alachua County, Florida. Data indicate that the COVID-19 incubation period in children is 6 to 7 days, shorter than the 4 to 5 days in adults. The county implemented 14-day self-quarantine for students exposed to known COVID-19 cases, and students were allowed to return to school early if they received a negative RT-PCR diagnostic test on Day 9 or later.

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Reader says ,”Ridgewood Schools Are Pushing an Anti-White Agenda”

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Ridgewood NJ, is the new “Third Culture People (3CP)”, “White Fragility” , DEI initiative just more anti-white agenda wrapped up in a bow  of “diversity”?  Several readers have began to seriously question Ridgewood Schools ability to educate promoting this overtly racist agenda ,especially after this summers attacks on the Ridgewood Police Department  and seeming endless protests with little or no positive action or honest intellectual discussion and worse the blatant bigoted attack on the two non white Ridgewood School board members .

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The Ridgewood Board of Education meets Today at 5:30 PM for an Executive Session and at 7:00 PM for the Regular Public Meeting

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Ridgewood NJ, the Board of Education meets on February 22, 2021 at 5:30 PM for an Executive Session and at 7:00 PM for the Regular Public Meeting at the Education Center.

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Controversy Over the Ridgewood Infant Toddler Daycare Center Focuses on Its Value to Ridgewood Schools

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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood school teachers have a median income of  $90,735 which is the 17th highest in the state . Yet according to comments on a recent Ridgewood blog post, “Observations about the Ridgewood Infant Toddler Daycare Center (ITDC) controversy”  many Ridgewood teachers feel very entitled to subsidized daycare in Ridgewood.

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Governor Murphy Clarifies Procedures for Upcoming School District Elections

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Ridgewood NJ, Governor Phil Murphy clarified the procedure for conducting school and fire district elections in municipalities where they will occur simultaneously on April 20th. Through this executive order, these municipalities will be able reconcile the differences with regard to ballot, location, and hours for each respective election.

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Observations about the Ridgewood Infant Toddler Daycare Center (ITDC) controversy

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Ridgewood NJ, First of all, it is obviously very loved by the parents who bring their children there.  This is good.  Every daycare should be loved by the clients.  But wait, you have not heard the whole story yet.  As it turns out, the fact that the program is loved by its clients is utterly immaterial to the matter at hand.

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2021-2022 Kindergarten Registration for Ridgewood Schools

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Ridgewood NJ, Registration for children who will enter kindergarten or be new first graders to the district in September 2021 opens on January 16, 2021. Ridgewood residents can register online only by completing the registration process no later
than February 12, 2021.

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