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2020-2021 Ridgewood Student Performance Review

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Ridgewood NJ, at the Ridgewood Board of Education meeting  data presented comparing three different school years : 2018-2019 traditional school year, 2019-2020 in person through March with fully remote spring, and 2020-2021 hybrid and remote instruction. During the pandemic, shifts were made to methods of instructional delivery and assessment. The student performance data presented was based on Fountas and Pinell reading levels (K-5), Envision 2.0 math scores (K-5), student grades in all subject areas (6-12), and teacher feedback through summer professional development.

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Consider a Ridgewood School Board Candidacy!

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Ridgewood NJ, Congratulations! You have taken the first step toward filling a vital role for your community – that of a school board member.

NJSBA’s Candidate Kit provides vital resources (downloadable PDFs listed below), as well as links to important websites for anyone considering running for their local school board.

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Ridgewood Schools will be open for full-time, in-person instruction and lunch, with the goal of operating at pre-pandemic norms for 2021-2022 school year

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Ridgewood NJ, a few hours before the Board meeting, Governor Murphy announced that masks will be optional in the fall; however, the District has not yet received any specific guidance. As a result, some of the information in the presentation regarding school operations and scenarios for the 2021-2022 school year is already outdated. Schools will be open for full-time, in-person instruction with lunch, and the goal is to operate at pre-pandemic norms. Modifications have been made to health and safety protocols and will continue to be updated as more information becomes available. Should districts be authorized to make decisions on a local level, RPS will collaborate with the VOR Health Department, School Physician, and District Mental Health Coordinator to determine local guidelines.

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Ridgewood Public Schools Expected to Receive Approximately $1.1 million from the American Rescue Plan

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Ridgewood NJ, at Monday’s Ridgewood Board of Education meeting, the requirements for the American Rescue Plan Federal Grant were presented. The ARP (American Rescue Plan) Act provides $122 billion in funding to states and school districts to facilitate the reopening and safe operation of schools. The portion expected for Ridgewood Public Schools is approximately $1.1 million. How the grant can be spent is still being determined by the federal government. As more information about allowable uses of these funds becomes available, plans will be developed with community input and communicated.
The first step in acquiring our allocation is to provide information to the state and federal government on specific areas of our operation (Safe Return Plan), allow public comment, and then include these summaries on the first phase of the application. The Safe Return Plan template addresses eight (8) areas of operation, which are as follows:

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NEW JERSEY SCHOOLS DECIDE HOW TO SPEND FEDERAL FUNDS, VOTERS STATEWIDE DEMAND INCLUSIVE, TRANSPARENT PROCESS

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Ridgewood NJ, As the New Jersey Department of Education recently announced grant amounts to school districts from the American Rescue Plan, Newark-based non-profit Project Ready commissioned a poll by Change Research of 1,215 New Jersey voters to understand how residents want to see the funding used and how they’d like to see school districts engage community members to inform local decision making. By a large margin, parents want school districts to engage in an inclusive, transparent process.`

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Ridgewood Board of Education and the Ridgewood Education Association Come to Terms

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Ridgewood NJ, The Ridgewood Board of Education, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, approved  a Memorandum of Agreement, subject to mutually agreed-upon contract language, establishing the terms and conditions for a successor collective negotiations agreement between the Ridgewood Board of Education and the Ridgewood Education Association (REA), effective July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2024.

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Regular Public Meeting of the Ridgewood Board of Education will be held on 5-24-21

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Ridgewood NJ, The Board of Education meets on May 24, 2021 at 6:00 PM for an Executive Session and 7:00 PM for the Regular Public Meeting at the Education Center.

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The Ridgewood Board of Education Regular Public Meeting on April 26, 2021 at 7pm

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Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood Board of Education meets on April 26, 2021 at 5:00 PM for an Executive Session and at 7:00 PM for the Regular Public Meeting at the Education Center.

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Ridgewood Blog Promotes 2021 “Night Out for Big Foot “ for Earth Day

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Reader say the Ridgewood Bog should organize a “Night Out for Big Foot “

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Ridgewood NJ, This year not to left out of the Village Earth Day festivities , the Ridgewood  blog will promote a “Night Out for Big Foot “ on April 22nd .

It’s about where the journey takes you, too — even if you come back empty handed. “I’ve been all over the States and seen some amazing things — landscapes and sunsets and hills and mountains,” Tyler says. “Even when nothing happens, you’re still in the woods. You’re still out in it.” Tyler Bounds

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Former Ridgewood Councilmen : What’s good for the goose is NOT good for the gander

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Ridgewood NJ, former Councilmen Jeff Voigt seems to write a letter to the editor almost weekly complaining about the Village Council.  Now he is forgetting from one letter to the next what he has written, and is contradicting himself.

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Regular Public Meeting for the Ridgewood Board of Education April 12, 2021 , 7:00 PM at the Education Center

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Ridgewood NJ, The Ridgewood Board of Education meets on April 12, 2021 at 5:45 PM for an Executive Session and at 7:00 PM for the Regular Public Meeting at the Education Center.

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The Ridgewood Board of Education meets on March 22nd at 7:00 PM for the Regular Public Meeting at the Education Center

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Ridgewood NJ, The Ridgewood Board of Education meets on March 22, 2021 at 5:30 PM for an Executive Session and at 7:00 PM for the Regular Public Meeting at the Education Center.

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The Ridgewood Board of Education meets on March 8, 2021 at 7:00 PM for the Regular Public Meeting

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Ridgewood NJ, The Ridgewood Board of Education meets on March 8, 2021 at 6:00 PM for an Executive Session and at 7:00 PM for the Regular Public Meeting at the Education Center.

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