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Ridgewood NJ, The Ridgewood Board of Education has approved an enormous $111.6 million budget on Monday.
The average village home is assessed at $702,225 would see an increase of $173.96 om their property taxes .
Numbers in school budgets are notoriously fluid and the Ridgewood School Board has come under considerable pressure from parents and taxpayers to improve standards and live up to the “Tradition of Excellence ” . Many critics view the BOE as having gone “Rogue” on taxpayers . Budget increases and the resulting property tax increases force more elderly to move out of the area depleting the tax base.
The vote on the 2019-2020 school budget is Tuesday, April 16, during Spring Recess for the Ridgewood Public Schools. Any registered voter may vote by mail! Please consider doing so, especially if you are unable to get to the polls on School Election Day.
The most recent 2019-2020 budget presentation may be found here.
Just say no.
When you are heading for the bridge abutment……step on the gas.
This is a very large budge for a town of 24000
The school budget process is a total joke
Can’t wait to vote NO. You have to be kidding, BOE. Please think.
NO
Ivy acceptances are out and when viewed objectively there are lots of people on this site that owe the schools an apology. Unfortunately it’s far more likely those people will continue to shriek on in their shrill confirmation biased social media tirades. Go ahead, push to elect another likeable but inept suburban coach to the school board. That won’t save a single one of your precious tax dollars but it will damage an institution that is serving so many in this community very well.
Increase class sizes
Fewer teachers needed.
Cut bureaucrats at board of Ed
When I was in the schools in the early 1970’s the classes were larger and we turned out better students
I’ll vote NO again.
I’ll be in the majority again.
The Village will ignore the peoples vote again.
They will cut some insignificant item off the proposal again.
Those items cut were probably put there knowing they would need to trim again.
They will then pass the budget again.
We all get to pay the large tax increase again.
Schools still are sub-par
Voting no for first time in 40 years, for the sake of the Village.
The math is simple – – taxes get to the point where i decide its time leave my 4 bedroom, 4 bath house. Right now, the Village makes a lot off of my empty nest. But if they tax me to the point where i leave, then a family with three children move in at a cost of 10 to 15k a year each child to educate. That cost of 30 to 40,000 equals or exceeds what they collect from me now in taxes. The Village goes from positive income flow from me and my property taxes, to at best breaking even and more likely losing money.
I am also voting no. I paid hefty taxes for many years before and after my children were in RPS but I just will not do it anymore. Our falling school rankings are ruining my homes value. Who is going to pay the huge tax bill for mediocre schools?
All 5 of the votes in our family are a solid YES
All 5 egh?
Sounds a bit weird?
So you have 5 gullible brainwashed dolts who don’t mind putting ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN MILLION DOLLARS into a single school system for a town of less than 25K people????
Ah, that’s right of course you don’t….YOU WORK THERE.