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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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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 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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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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Ridgewood NJ, Super Science Saturday, hailed as the “Greatest Science Extravaganza in Northern New Jersey,” brings fun and excitement to science through professional presenters and student projects.
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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 .
Continue reading Reader says ,”Ridgewood Schools Are Pushing an Anti-White Agenda”
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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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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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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.
Continue reading Governor Murphy Clarifies Procedures for Upcoming School District Elections
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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.
Continue reading Observations about the Ridgewood Infant Toddler Daycare Center (ITDC) controversy
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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.
Continue reading 2021-2022 Kindergarten Registration for Ridgewood Schools
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Ridgewood NJ, Seven Ridgewood High School students have been named recipients of the Montclair Art Museum 2021 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, a remarkable achievement for any young artist. Fourteen pieces of art were recognized, earning three Gold Key awards, four Silver Key awards, and seven Honorable Mentions.
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COVID is making the case for more school choice
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Ridgewood NJ, Lockdowns and school closures have meant many women have had to stay home to care for children who can’t attend school in person. How many? Almost a million mothers have left the workforce and many won’t be returning any time soon if lockdowns continue.
Continue reading Lockdowns and School Closures Hurt Working Moms as well as Children
