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Big Cuts: How Upper Saddle River Balanced a $2.6M School Budget Gap

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Black Balloons and Budget Cuts: Upper Saddle River Slashing 27 School Positions to Fill $2.6M Hole

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

UPPER SADDLE RIVER, NJ — A somber atmosphere filled the room at the recent Upper Saddle River Board of Education hearing, as teachers arrived clutching black balloons—each one bearing the name of a colleague whose job is being eliminated.

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