Full-Day Kindergarten: Public Vote is Election Day, November 8
Ridgewood residents will see this full-day K question at the bottom of the ballot:
RESOLVED, That there shall be raised an additional $929,800 for General Funds in the 2016-17 School Year. These taxes will be used to employ additional personnel and to acquire additional equipment and supplies in order to implement the District’s full-day Kindergarten program. Approval of these taxes will result in a permanent increase in the District’s tax levy. The additional taxes authorized herein will be used exclusively for purposes described herein and to finance expenditures that are in addition to those necessary to achieve the Core Curriculum Content Standards.
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Vote NO!
NO NO NO NO NO
I will probably vote no because we are too overcrowded as is! We need the funds for our current students: See email from GW below…
Dear Parents/Guardians:
I am writing in regards to our winter concert series. As those of you with older children who have attended GW in the past know well, we have been dealing with overcrowding in our auditorium for quite a while, which makes watching the concert comfortably and safely nearly impossible. Therefore, we have come up with an alternative schedule in order to deal with this issue, as we have the largest population of students in the building this year since I became principal.
Rather than our customary three concerts, we will be having four concerts this season. Because we are unable to add an additional evening concert, the schedule for concerts will be as follows:…
Please note that we are starting the night concerts a bit earlier than usual, due to the fact that there are so many district conflicts on the calendar. This way, if you have a child in the middle school and another in the high school, you won’t have to choose which event to attend.
Even with these changes, we expect a full auditorium, but hopefully the concerts will be much more enjoyable for you than they have been in the past several years.
As always, we thank you for your understanding and cooperation as we work to highlight the hard work of our music students in the best – and safest – way possible.
Sincerely,
Dr. Kashmanian
Principal
No. It’s a permanent additional tax. Let the BoE work it out with the budget already in place; they already got 2% to work with. Not saying no to FDK. . . JUST SAY NOT TO THIS ADDITIONAL TAX. .
If the BOE thinks full day kindergarten is a good idea fine. No new taxes to pay for it though. Vote no on this ballot question.
Just voted no.