Tag: Ridgewood Full-Day Kindergarten

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Reader says I completely agree the teacher at BF posting all over Facebook about Ridgewood Full-day Kindergarten is Inappropriate

REA Members come out to greet our Board of Ed

I completely agree with the comment regarding the teacher at BF posting all over Facebook. Inappropriate, to say the least. You don’t want her for a teacher anyway. There is a reason why she teaches electives……..

I will also be voting “NO”. Work within the budget. If we are going to spend money anywhere it should be at the high school. Can’t imagine the horror of these toddler parents when their kids get to RHS and they discover their kids coming home with xeroxed copies of books, no subs, and no place for their kids to eat lunch other than the hallways or gym bleachers. They will then understand why their pleas have been met with such resistance.

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Ridgewood Full-Day Kindergarten Yea or Nay ?

"Our Gang" aka The Little Rascals"

October 30,2016
the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, the big local question for Ridgewood voters on November 8th will be to expand to a full-day kindergarten .

Detractors of the idea feel it’s nothing more than socialized babysitting  at taxpayers expense , with little or no long-term benefit for students ,particularly in a town like Ridgewood where there are so many activities for young people and what many perceive as a need for more family time .

Proponents feel the current half day Kindergarten is more like a 1/4 of a day , and it is far too short to accomplish much of anything and even the proposed full-day kindergarten  is still a short day leaving plenty of time for family activities . Proponents also feel a change in the current inconvenient hours

The reality seems to be somewhere in the middle ,with a change in current inconvenient hours lessening the financial pressure on families , balanced by a healthy skepticism over the idea of children spending far too much time with one point of view  and not nurturing them with a diversity of experiences .

Full-Day Kindergarten: Public Vote is Election Day, November 8

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Ridgewood Full-Day Kindergarten : the Ballot Question

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The public vote on full-day K is November 8. Public presentations will be on October 5 at Benjamin Franklin Middle School and on October 27 at George Washington Middle School. The question on the ballot will be as follows:

RESOLVED, That there shall be raised an additional $929,800 for General Funds in the 2016-2017 School Year. These taxes will be used to employ additional personnel and to acquire additional equipment and supplies in order to implement the District’s full-day kindergarten program. Approval of these taxes will result in a permanent increase in the District’s tax levy.

The additional taxes authorized herein will be used exclusively for purposes described herein and to finance expenditures that are in addition to those necessary to achieve the Core Curriculum Content Standards.