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Posted on January 6, 2020 by James — 8 Comments

The Ridgewood Board of Education meets Tonight 7:30

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Ridgewood Nj, The Ridgewood Board of Education will hold its next Regular Public Meeting on Monday, January 6, 2020. 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.

Click here to view the agenda in PDF format.

Posted on January 3, 2020January 2, 2020 by James — Leave a comment

Interested in Running for the Ridgewood School Board, Nomination Filing Deadline will be around end of January / first week of February

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Ridgewood NJ, There will be a school board election in April 2020. THREE seats are up for election.

TWO seats for a three year term and
ONE seat for a one year term.

If you are interested to run for the school board, nomination filing deadline will be around end of Jan / first week of Feb.

Continue reading Interested in Running for the Ridgewood School Board, Nomination Filing Deadline will be around end of January / first week of February

Posted on December 18, 2019December 17, 2019 by James — 7 Comments

LAN Associates Facilities Presentation to the Ridgewood Board of Education

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Ridgewod NJ, Dr. Fishbein provided a brief background on the district facilities analysis before the LAN Associates presentation. In 2015, the Ridgewood Board of Education engaged with EI Associates to conduct a facilities assessment.

Posted on December 18, 2019December 17, 2019 by James — 2 Comments

Bond Analyst Calls Ridgewood School borrowings,“Financially irresponsible”

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by Steve Kim

Ridgewood NJ, At Monday evening’s BOE meeting, a resident, who is a bond analyst, spoke in regards to the potential debt load that might result from the school referendum. “…this referendum is going to run us $8 to $10 million dollars a year. That’s before we put teacher in the classroom, pencil on the desk… It’s just too much.”

Posted on December 16, 2019December 16, 2019 by James — 6 Comments

UPDATE: Ridgewood Board of Education Public Meeting Tonight at 6:30 pm

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the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, Monday evening, the 16th, the BOE meeting is earlier than usual at 6:30 to 10 pm in the Ed Center at 49 Cottage Place , 2nd floor. An engineer from LAN will provide the concept renderings of the new classrooms and performance space at Ridgewood High School.

Posted on December 10, 2019December 9, 2019 by James — 3 Comments

Reader says , “Living near a school requires a person to put up with a number of things”

“If I lived on the neighboring streets, I would be gathering neighbors together to fight this asap. Living near a school requires a person to put up with a number of things, things that you understand before you purchase the home. I am sure none of these people signed up for living within a few hundred feet from a performing arts center. We all know that to keep it running, it will have to be constantly rented out. The traffic through the neighborhood is bad during normal school times and if I lived near there I would not want to add any additional congestion. I hope that people band together to stop this craziness. “

Posted on December 10, 2019December 9, 2019 by James — 3 Comments

Reader says ,”people who oppose the PAC aren’t realizing is the massive need for this space”

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“As a former student of the music program, what people who oppose the PAC aren’t realizing is the massive need for this space. There is currently no quality performance space in Ridgewood High School that could support a full Band, Orchestra or Choir concert. Instead they use the campus center (a converted cafeteria) in the winter and West Side Pres. church in the spring. There is also currently limited rehearsal space which this plan would address. While this project requires a lot of money, this is a critical plan for the RHS music program to continue its level of success as well as staying competitive with other high schools, most of whom have a performing arts center exactly like the one proposed.. “

Posted on December 9, 2019December 8, 2019 by James — 9 Comments

Ridgewood Schools Facilities Plan: It’s one man’s ego and the board that is too meek

by Steve Kim

Ridgewood NJ, In 2018, Ridgewood School made a facilities presentation in which the Performing Arts Center concept was added in at the end. Then the location, scale and cost estimates were different. That’s the first diagram.

At the facilities presentation last month, another plan emerged (surprise!). That’s the second diagram. Different locations, and it takes up a big part of the parking lot, and of course, costs more. $30 million is the estimate.

Posted on December 9, 2019December 8, 2019 by James — Leave a comment

Tale of Two Cities…

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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Student/Teacher Ratio has deteriorated over the past decade. Unlikely the trend reverses given all the $ being funneled to random facility projects like back up boilers, HVAC and performing arts center (which in the latest iteration is much bigger and costlier). The admins are not focusing on the right things… like education, teachers and teaching quality. (hello?)

Posted on December 6, 2019December 5, 2019 by James — Leave a comment

Senator Kristin Corrado to Ease Court Backlog of Special Education Cases Advances

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Ridgewood NJ, Backlogs in New Jersey’s often-criticized system for resolving special education disputes between families and school districts would be eased by legislation sponsored by Senator Kristin Corrado and advanced today by the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee.

Posted on December 3, 2019December 3, 2019 by James — Leave a comment

Ridgewood Schools Delayed Opening

Storm Schedule Notice:

All Ridgewood Schools will operate under the DELAYED OPENING schedule on Tuesday, December 3.

Under the delayed opening schedule, the school day will begin two hours later than usual.

School bus schedules will operate two hours later. For students who are walking to school or to bus stops, please allow extra time and use caution.

Elementary school children who have not ordered lunch must bring a bag lunch to school. There will not be sufficient time for children to go home for lunch when there is a delayed opening.

Thank you and please be careful.

Posted on December 2, 2019December 2, 2019 by James — Leave a comment

Tonight’s Ridgewood Board of Education Meeting Canceled

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Ridgewood NJ, Tonight’s BOE meeting is cancelled. The Executive Session scheduled for 1:00 p.m and the Regular Public Meeting scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, December 2, 2019 has been cancelled. It has been rescheduled for Monday, December 16 at 6:30 p.m.

Posted on December 2, 2019December 2, 2019 by James — 7 Comments

Ridgewood High School What a difference a decade makes…

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by Steve Kim

Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood High School went from #7 in 2008 (Dr.Fishbein took over that year) to #36 in 2018. He says the drop is because we have high academic standards, not because quality has declined. I don’t get that nonlinear explanation – sorry. Someone remind him that ranking is a relative measurement, not absolute.

Posted on November 27, 2019November 27, 2019 by James — 7 Comments

Ridgewood’s Debt Bomb

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artwork courtesy of Steve Kim

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Ridgewood NJ, according to Steve Kim ,”Net burden on debt is the present value of future obligations to service the debt. At present, that comes to the notional that is being borrowed, more or less.

Posted on November 23, 2019November 22, 2019 by James — 11 Comments

Ridgewood Schools Want to build a 1000 seat Broadway style theater

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Steve Kim

Ridgewood NJ, If Ridgewood wants to build a 1000 seat Broadway style theater (Northwest End), it should examine the operating history of Paper Mill Playhouse, which seats about the same (1200).

Theaters are difficult and costly to operate and maintain. It’s a major ongoing fiscal drain. Only way it can be run sustainability over time is through donations and corporate and municipal involvement with a community buy in. I mean the whole community.

by Steve Kim

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