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Posted on April 15, 2020 April 15, 2020

Ridgewood High School Gym Floor Remediation

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, at Mondays Ridgewood Board of Education meeting Dr. Fishbein explained that, when news came out about concerns regarding rubberized gym floors, the district had our rubberized gym floor at the high school tested. Although the test results indicated that the mercury levels were below the level of concern, the district is moving forward with remediation and replacement of the floor. LAN will prepare the bid specs and the architecture for the replacement of the gym floor. The environmental group is developing the bid specs for the remediation. If we remain closed for the rest of the school year, we may begin work on this project sooner.

Posted on February 13, 2020 February 12, 2020

Reader says ,”Dr. Fishbein’s relationship with LAN has to be more heavily scrutinized”

“Dr. Fishbein’s relationship with LAN has to be more heavily scrutinized. The mere fact that only one firm was awarded or sought to submit bids for these projects screams conflict of interest. Our Village resources are both limited and sacred. Formal RFP’s should be sought from numerous accredited firms demonstrating the wherewithal required to both execute and provide warranties for these critical projects, which should then be collectively vetted and selected by the board. Given the magnitude of dollars, and the associated impact on the Village’s fiscal health and on resident tax bills, anything short of a thorough and transparent process is a grossly negligent fulfillment of their fiduciary responsibilities to the residents.

This referendum should be a hard “NO” until these matters are fully vetted and cross checked.”

Posted on February 8, 2020 February 8, 2020

Orchard Elementary School Soil Remediation Plan Update

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Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood Board of Education sent out and email addressing the latest updates concerning the status of Orchard School fields soil contamination .

Continue reading Orchard Elementary School Soil Remediation Plan Update

Posted on December 16, 2019 December 16, 2019

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

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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 November 13, 2019 November 12, 2019

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…

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Posted on July 28, 2019 July 27, 2019

Calls to Abolish NJ’s School Development Authority in Wake of Staffing Scandal

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Parsippany NJ, Assemblywoman BettyLou DeCroce (R-26) demanded the Legislature take action on her bill to abolish the School Development Authority (SDA) and place school construction responsibilities under the Department of Treasury, after the state was forced this week to fire 30 SDA employees whose hiring violated state ethics guidelines

A-5330, introduced by the Assemblywoman after the SDA staffing scandal broke in April, will transfer all school construction responsibilities now handled by the troubled agency to the Division of Property Management and Construction in the Department of Treasury. Assemblywoman DeCroce noted that her legislation will provide the Governor and Legislature more direct authority to control school construction activities, while allowing the state Economic Development Authority (EDA) to retain its responsibility for the financing of school construction projects.