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Ridgewood NJ, according to Saurabh Dani the Referendum timeline is :
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Rush to Vote on School Bathroom Renovations Suggests to Some BOE lacks Confidence in Referendum
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Ridgewood NJ, Saurabh Dani reported on the Facebook page “It takes a Ridgewood Village ,that at Monday’s Ridgewood Board of Education meeting ,even after questions were raised the Ridgewood School Board charged ahead with bath room renovations at Ben Franklin and George Washington Middle School . The main thrust seemed to be the small window of time available for construction. For some reason Dr. Fishbein insisted that the bath room project could not be tacked on to the referendum .
Continue reading Rush to Vote on School Bathroom Renovations Suggests to Some BOE lacks Confidence in ReferendumRIDGEWOOD SCHOOLS FACILITY TOUR LAST CHANCE
IMPORTANT FACILITY TOUR – Glen School Tuesday , Nov 19, at 6:30 pm and Ridgewood High School Tuesday, Nov 19, at 7:30 pm
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Ridgewood NJ, Last week we received reports that only 5-7 residents at each tour. There were more board members at those tours, than interested residents.
All of our schools are being assessed for capital improvement projects. Once the board decides what projects to proceed with, Ridgewood will have a town $70 million referendum to vote on. Whether you have kids in the school system or not, I would encourage everyone to attend as this will impact all of us.
The Ridgewood Board of Education meets Monday, November 18, 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, November 18, 2019. The Board meets at the Education Center, 49 Cottage Place, Floor 3 at 6:30 p.m. (Executive Session), followed by the public meeting 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.
Ridgewood Schools to Survey Parents on School Calendar Holidays
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Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood schools are sending out a new survey to parents, guardians, and staff: The district will use the survey to evaluate the impact of holiday school closing on the student body. The district will send out the survey on Monday, November 18 to gather your feedback on our school calendar closings.
BOE: Staff is expected to use the only district provided email accounts, and not use their personal email accounts
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Ridgewood NJ, BOE email gate continues according to BOE candidate Saurabh Dani , “Staff is expected to use only district provided email accounts, and not use their personal email accounts, while two of the most senior members on the board almost exclusively use their personal email account for all board business including confidential matters.
Why? Are the board members privileged?”
cc: James A Morgan Sheila Brogan “
No architect of repute would mess up fire code and ADA compliance
by Steve Kim
LAN is completely, totally utterly incompetent.
Don’t believe me? Read the minutes…
No architect of repute would mess up fire code and ADA compliance. Why was there no plan review? Why wasn’t their allowance set up for subflooring or other potential surprises?
LAN owes the town for this botch up.
Why are Dr.Fishbein and the BOE letting these guys get away with this? Meanwhile Dr.Fishbein is picking on EI for its past lapses?
BOE: If you are reading… Please get another architect, don’t let these guys work on the multi-year, multi-million dollar project.
We are a bunch lambs marching in front of hungry wolves
by Steve Kim
Mr.LAN says there is no plan drawn or spec’ed…
Yet LAN Associates can come up with estimates to the last dollar. What incentive does LAN have to quote a realistic estimate when the risk of underestimation is getting the ire of Dr.Fishbein? EI Associates is outside looking in for aiming for realism. Guess what contractors would use as an anchor point in their bidding for these projects. Guess what happens then with left over surplus because of encouraged overestimation.
We are a bunch lambs marching in front of hungry wolves…
Ridgewood School Board Elections: Enough of the Protests Culture Time to Get Back to Developing Students to Become Productive Citizens
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Ridgewood NJ, Why vote local, the next election date for seats on the Ridgewood Board of Education is in 2020. Three Board seats and the annual school budget will be on the ballot. One Board seat is a one-year term. Two Board seats are three-year terms.
Continue reading Ridgewood School Board Elections: Enough of the Protests Culture Time to Get Back to Developing Students to Become Productive CitizensRidgewood School Board has an addiction to use private email for official business
I submitted an OPRA request to provide the last 30 days of emails, where either the board president OR the board vice president OR the longest-serving member on the board has used their PRIVATE email and copied someone/anyone within the school district. I got over 340 hits where these three board members have used their PRIVATE email accounts – and that’s just in a small 30 days period.
Continue reading Ridgewood School Board has an addiction to use private email for official businessRidgewood School facility Tours Continue
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Ridgewood NJ, Residents, our facility needs tours continue next week on Monday and Wednesday, November 11 and 13. Monday we’ll be touring Ridge School at 6 p.m. and Willard School at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday we’ll be at Travell School at 6 p.m. and Ben Franklin Middle School at 7:30 p.m. Please join us!
If the $70 million referendum is passed, Ridgewood will then become one of the most indebted School Districts in NJ
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Ridgewood NJ, according to Steve Kim ,”Ridgewood School’s debt limit is $256 million.”
Kim says, “If the $70 million referendum is passed, we will be nearly halfway there. Ridgewood will then become one of the most indebted in NJ, and there are many operating repercussions that come with excessive debt – none positive.
Continue reading If the $70 million referendum is passed, Ridgewood will then become one of the most indebted School Districts in NJRIDGEWOOD STUDENT SAFETY DATA (INCLUDING HIB) REPORT
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Ridgewood NJ, Stating it was “an excellent year,” RHS Assistant Principal Basil Pizzuto presented data for this past school year, as required by law. In addition to reporting the data, he spoke about the creation of a K-12 mental health department that meets monthly and includes the new guidance counselors at the elementary schools, signifying a unified approach to HIB issues. Following the presentation by and the opportunity for public comments, the Board formally accepted the report, summarized as follows:
Continue reading RIDGEWOOD STUDENT SAFETY DATA (INCLUDING HIB) REPORTRidgewood Board of Education Meeting Tonight
The Board of Education meets
Monday, November 4, 2019
49 Cottage Place
7:30 p.m.
The agenda is posted below
The Ridgewood Board of Education will hold its next Regular Public Meeting on Monday, November 4, 2019. The Board meets at the Education Center, 49 Cottage Place, Floor 3 at 6:30 p.m. (Executive Session), followed by the public meeting at 7:30 p.m.
Ridgewood Schools Superintendent Back Tracks on High-Density Housing Impact on Schools
Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood is not the only North Jersey town reeling from development pressure .Towns like Ridgewood , Montclair, Glen Rock , Upper Saddle River, Montvale to Fort Lee looking to come up with different strategies, for approving a new surge of housing, retail and cultural options intended to revive local business districts, meet state affordable-housing requirements and cater to changing consumer tastes.
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