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Ridgewood NJ, IMPORTANT NOTICE: Board of Education Budget Election will be held Tuesday, April 16, 2019 – polls will be open 6am – 8pm. Sample ballots, mailed to Ridgewood voters, incorrectly note polls open at 2pm. Please share this important information with friends and neighbors.
Board of Education Budget Election – Tuesday, April 16, 2019 – POLLS OPEN 6am – 8pm.
” Ridgewood school district is great, but recent increases in Budget driven by employee medical benefits and special ed. Meanwhile school rankings are dropping compared to competitors.
I know very little about educating kids except that it’s an extremely tough job. However I do know quite a bit about budgeting. It’s imperative to always question how $ is spent, otherwise it will be spent with less care than warranted. Voting no therefore makes sense in this case, as the board did not address concerns posed above.
Many parents defend the educators by questioning the no vote, but this is not a educators vs parents story. Rather it’s an action point for BoE to regain public trust by acknowledging raised issues and proposing solutions. I doubt there’s a resident who wishes bad upon our great educators, so let’s not confuse the issues. “
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Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood Board of Education puts the wrong voter times (2-8 pm)on the sample ballot for the April 16th $111 million budget vote (More like 6am to 8pm).
Sources say the BOE claims it was just a ,”wink wink” miss print ?
The vote on the 2019-2020 $111 million school budget is Tuesday, April 16, during Spring Recess for the Ridgewood Public Schools.
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Ridgewood NJ, The countdown to the School Election is underway! Next Tuesday, April 16, Ridgewood voters will cast their ballots on next year’s school budget. Schools will be closed for Spring Recess but the polls will be open from 6 a.m.-8 p.m.
This the school board that puts their own interests above that of the students or the taxpayers , using taxpayer money to circumvent the community by extending their terms till 2020 .
Continue reading Ridgewood School Board Faces “No Confidence” Vote Over $111 Million Budget
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Ridgewood NJ, Community survey closes on Monday, April 8! Strategic Planning Initiative 2019-2024 .The Ridgewood Public Schools is embarking upon a strategic planning initiative to examine its strengths, challenges and opportunities. A community survey has been created that can be accessed through the home page of the district website. The survey deadline is Monday, April 8. Go to www.ridgewood.k12.nj.us.
“Well after almost 30 years in town and countless hours of debate we have reluctantly decided to give up on RW. We raised our children here, made some good friends, and enjoy many aspects of the area. But the village has just sucked every bit of tolerance from us. Property taxes north of $40,000 that will never go down, parking rates that are just ridiculous, can’t water the lawn, rampant nepotism and weak selfish leaders, an awful expensive commute to NYC, and a $111,000,000 school budget have combined to drive us out. All of this with NJ state seeming to do everything it can to also drive people out.
Anyone looking for a nice house on the west side let us know. Wish all well”
| Talking about the budget: Please vote on Tuesday, April 16 March 2019 column by Daniel Fishbein, Ed.D. |
| Link to 2019-2020 budget and voting information |
The following column appeared in The Ridgewood News on March 29, 2019.
On Tuesday, April 16, 2019 the Ridgewood community will be asked to vote on the Ridgewood Public Schools 2019-2020 school budget as proposed by the Board of Education. The change back to public voting on the school budget occurred in July of 2018 when the Ridgewood Village Council opted to move the Ridgewood Board of Education School Election from November to April.
It is important to note that this year the election falls within the school district’s April break. For this reason, we are making a special effort to inform residents of the option of voting by mail. Information about voting by mail and applications can be found on the home page of our district website at www.ridgewood.k12.nj.us and on each of our school websites as well as at www.njelections.org /vote-by-mail.shtml.
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Ridgewood NJ, The Ridgewood Board of Education will hold its next Regular Public Meeting on Monday, April 1, 2019. The Board meets at the Education Center, 49 Cottage Place, Floor 3 at 7:30 p.m.
The public is welcome to attend the meeting, or to watch from home on Fios channel 33 or Optimum channel 77. Meetings are also streamed via the “BOE Webcast” tab on the district website at www.ridgewood.k12.nj.us.
Meeting webcasts are immediately available on the district website.
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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 .
Continue reading Enormous $111 Million Ridgewood School Budget Will Result in $174 Tax Increase Per Home
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Ridgewood NJ, The Ridgewood Public Schools is embarking upon a strategic planning initiative to examine its strengths, challenges and opportunities. The public is encouraged to attend a public information session about the initiative, set for 7 p.m. on TUESDAY, April 2 at the Ridgewood High School Campus Center.
In addition, a community survey has been created we are asking all to take by Monday, April 8. We hope you will go to our website to RSVP for the Tuesday, April 2 info session and also access the survey link below.
Questions about the 2019-2020 budget may be directed to budget20@ridgewood.k12.nj.us.
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.
Public presentations on the 2019-2020 school budget have been planned, as follows:
Monday, March 18 at George Washington Middle School auditorium at 7 p.m.
Tuesday, March 19 at Benjamin Franklin Middle School auditorium at 7 p.m.
The latest 2019-2020 preliminary budget presentation may be found here.
Voter information on how to vote, voting by mail and more, may be found here.
Are you registered to vote? Tuesday, March 26 is the deadline to register to vote on the school budget on April 16. Registration forms may be found here.
Vote by mail: Download a vote-by-mail application here. The deadline is Tuesday, April 9 to apply by mail.
The Board presentation on the 2019-20 Preliminary Assumption Budget was given on February 11, 2019. The slide portion of the presentation may be viewed here.
Court issues opinion on Board of Education election dates
In February a judge ruled that board of education member terms may not be shortened. The full statement may be viewed here
Board of Education Meets
Monday, March 11, 2019
49 Cottage Place
7:30 p.m.
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Ridgewood NJ, The Ridgewood Board of Education will hold its next Regular Public Meeting on Monday, March 11, 2019. The Board meets at the Education Center, 49 Cottage Place, Floor 3 at 7:30 p.m.
The public is welcome to attend the meeting, or to watch from home on Fios channel 33 or Optimum channel 77. Meetings are also streamed via the “BOE Webcast” tab on the district website at https://www.ridgewood.k12.nj.us.
Meeting webcasts are immediately available on the district website.
Monday, March 18 to GWMS or Tuesday, March 19 to BFMS, to learn about the proposed 2019-20 school budget. Presentations will be at 7 p.m. The public vote on the budget is Tuesday, April 16. Questions on the budget can be sent to budget20@ridgeood.k12.nj.us.
Are you registered to vote?
Ridgewood NJ, Tuesday, March 26 is the deadline for registering to vote in the April 16, 2019 school election for the 2019-20 school budget.
PLEASE NOTE: The annual school election on Tuesday, April 16 falls during Spring Recess for the Ridgewood Public Schools. Schools will be closed but polls will be open from 6 a.m.- 8 p.m. Or, VOTE BY MAIL! It’s easy! Just send in the application form to the Bergen County Clerk by Tuesday, April 9.
Links to vote-by-mail applications and voter registration forms in various languages may be found on our voter page on the district website at https://www.ridgewood.k12.nj.us/…/distric…/voter_information.
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Ridgewood NJ, Voters! Please come on Monday, March 18 to GWMS or Tuesday, March 19 to BFMS, to learn about the proposed 2019-20 $111,000,000 Ridgewood school budget.
Presentations will be at 7 p.m. The public vote on the budget is Tuesday, April 16. Questions on the budget can be sent to budget20@ridgeood.k12.nj.us.
” Sure, our BOE probably overspends by $25-35 mm just here in Ridgewood alone. Just look at all of the virtually empty buses taking one or two students a few miles every day back and forth… and we’re a magnet for special needs kids because of all of the resources in our $111 mm BOE budget dedicated to special needs resources. While that’s great, what about the other 5,000 kids in our public schools who rank 23rd in SAT scores for the state? And don’t have statistically significant acceptance rates to top colleges & universities? From a high school most recently ranked 26th in the state with a declining trend now for years? #ChangeStartsAtTheTop #MommiesWontVoteNo #NotGettingOurMoneysWorth “