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Ridgewood NJ, the upcoming appointment of a Student Representative to the Ridgewood Board of Education for the school year 2023-2024 prompts The Ridgewood Blog to question the current selection/appointment process (or lack thereof). That is, does a documented selection process for these prestigious appointments exist, or does someone in authority just get to pick/appoint whomever they want to?
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Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood Board of Education meets on May 22, 2023 at 6:00 pm for an Executive Session and 7:00 pm for a Regular Public Meeting.
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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Football Names Torre Watson as New Head Coach . The 50-year old Ridgewood graduate, whose family has been part of the community for generations, was named the Maroons’ new head football coach Monday night at the Ridgewood Board of Education meeting. Watson graduated from Ridgewood in 1991 and went to Westchester University, where he played football. His grandmother graduated from Ridgewood in 1932, his mother in 1966. His uncle played for the Maroons, he coached his nephew in the early 2010s.
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Ridgewood NJ, according to the Ridgewood Board of Education ,each year, Ridgewood Public Schools incorporates emergency closing days into our school calendar. This year, the District did not use all of the allotted days. Therefore, after reviewing the calendar for the remainder of the current school year, the district has decided that schools will be closed Friday, May 26, 2023 provided there is no need for the use of an additional emergency day prior to that date.
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Ridgewood NJ, Dr. Leonard Fitts, Interim Superintendent, and Ms. Hyunju Kwak, Vice President of the Board of Education, will be holding coffee and conversation events throughout the year. The events will take place on the third floor of the Education Center. All stakeholders are invited to attend and engage in open discussions.
Continue reading Ridgewood Board of Education: Coffee & Conversation Monday, April 24: 1:30 pm
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Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood Board of Education meets on April 17, 2023 at 6:00 pm for an Executive Session and 7:00 pm for a Regular Public Meeting.
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Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood Board of Education meets on April 17, 2023 at 7:00 pm for a Regular Public Meeting.
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Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood Board of Education announced at Mondays Special Public Meeting that the District has found its new Superintendent of Schools , Mark Schwarz . Schwarz with begin his duties on August 1st of this year .
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Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood Board of Education meets on March 20, 2023 at 6:00 pm for an Executive Session and 7:00 pm for a Regular Public Meeting.
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Ridgewood NJ, on Monday evening, 03/07, Mr. Andrew Parente, a partner in the Fair Lawn based financial auditing firm of Lerch, Vinci & Higgins, LLP, informed BOE members that $729k in BOE funds were spent during the 2021-2022 school year without their required approval (expenditures in excess of the $44k bid threshold require BOE approval via resolution). Breakdown of the “without approval” expenditures was as follows:
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Continue reading Ridgewood Board of Education (BOE) budget – 0% tax increase?
can you say sleeping at the switch ?
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Ridgewood NJ, as previously reported on the Ridgewood blog the Ridgewood Board of Education voted to push the school day back 35 minutes at Ridgewood High School, beginning next fall.
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Ridgewood NJ, Dr. Leonard Fitts, Interim Superintendent, and Ms. Hyunju Kwak, Vice President of the Board of Education, will be holding coffee and conversation events throughout the year. The events will take place on the third floor of the Education Center. All stakeholders are invited to attend and engage in open discussions.
Continue reading Ridgewood Board of Education: Coffee & Conversation Monday, February 27: 1:30 pm
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Ridgewood NJ, lost in the hubbub surrounding the BOE decision to implement late-start for the High School in September is another item that was voted into policy on February 13, 2023.
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(February 12,2020)
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Ridgewood NJ, Abraham Lincoln was born in Hardin County, Kentucky, on February 12 in 1809. He lived for a time in Indiana before moving to Illinois. He worked on a farm, split rails for fences, worked in a store, was a captain in the Black Hawk War, and worked as a lawyer. He married Mary Todd and together they had four boys, only one of whom lived to maturity.
