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LEGAL ACTION TAKEN ON BEHALF OF RIDGEWOOD BOE

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from RidgewoodRightToVote

Dear fellow resident,


Recently, you may have received an email from the Ridgewood Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Fishbein, in regard to a court action taken by him on behalf of the Ridgewood Board of Education. Unfortunately, that letter did not give an accurate and complete description of what he is doing or the repercussions to the community should he succeed in court.


Dr..Fishbein has entered the BOE into a costly legal battle with the County and State in order to challenge a state law, thus further extending the terms of current BOE trustees. The four current BOE trustees that support this have already had their terms extended by 6 1/2 months as a result of the BOE decision in 2013 to move our school elections from April to November. This lawsuit, paid for with your tax dollars meant for education, not only seeks to extend their terms for a second time, it would, if they win, create the opportunity for them to continually extend their terms of office simply by opting to change the date of school elections each year, or in select years to preserve particular trustees’ positions..


This one decision has the potential to disenfranchise Ridgewood voters indefinitely. When we elected these trustees, we certainly didn’t intend to give them control over how long they would serve. Should they prevail in this action, that choice would be taken from us and given to them. This flies in the face of the law’s intent.


Dr. Fishbein and the Board of Education need to respect our state statutes and NJ Department of Education guidelines that are meant to protect the rights of voters, not serve as impediments. The court hearing is coming up shortly, so please consider attending Monday night’s Board of Education meeting to hear the discussion and let the BOE and Dr. Fishbein know what you think.


Monday, January 28th @7:30 pm 49 Cottage Place, 3rd floor
Please forward..Thank you!.

6 thoughts on “LEGAL ACTION TAKEN ON BEHALF OF RIDGEWOOD BOE

  1. Well, ain’t that typical of entitled people. I want what I want and I am entitled to whatever I want , even if I have to stop the rotation of the planet to get it.

    Hey BOE how about a little humility. We have great laws in the USA , how about respecting them. If things don’t work out perfectly have a little perspective. I mean you ran once, you won, so run again if you have to, and see if you can win on your merits, on what the public thinks of your record so far. The proper way to look at the situation is for YOU to see it as an interesting challenge. I mean SHAME ON YOU. What kind of example are you setting for the children. Learning to accept disappointment is part of life. And this is no major disappointment. So your term is cut short, so what, it is not a death sentence. AND THAT IS HOW YOU ARE TREATING IT. What are you teaching the kids; ya know what, you are teaching the children that when they receive life’s inevitable disappointments and they don’t get their way, instead of sucking it up and moving on, maybe they should take drugs and pain killers to kill their emotional pain. You BOE people are despicable.

  2. Why is it every year we have such problems with the Board of Education. What the hell is going on. My God what a scam.

  3. Arrogant sob’s

  4. Vote NO on their absurd budget demands as well.

  5. They all need to be voted out!!!!
    Is the new guy in on this scam too????

  6. Brogan is 100% behind this ,she played some tricks extended he term on Ridgewood Historical Society

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