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Ridgewood BOE MEETS MONDAY, MAY 19, 2014

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Ridgewood BOE MEETS MONDAY, MAY 19, 2014

The next Regular Public Meeting of the Ridgewood Board of Education will be held on Monday, May 19, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. 
 
The public is invited to attend the meeting at the Ed Center, 49 Cottage Place, Floor 3. The meeting will be aired live on FiOS channel 33 and Optimum channel 77. Or it may be viewed live via the district website atwww.ridgewood.k12.nj.us using the “Link in Live” tab. 

Click here to view the agenda for the May 19, 2014 Regular Public Meeting..

2014-2015 Budget Information
Taking effect this year, the Ridgewood Board of Education has opted to move the annual school board elections from April to November, thereby eliminating the public vote on the proposed general tax levy if it is at or below the statutory tax levy cap. Since next year’s proposed budget falls within the mandated cap, it will not be put to public vote.
 
The Board approved the 2014-2015 budget at its April 28 Regular Public meeting. 

Click here to view the Budget edition of Newsline, sent to Ridgewood residents in May. The newsletter provides information about next year’s school budget.


Click here to view the Fiscal Year 2015 User Friendly Budget.

Click here to view the Fiscal Year 2015 full budget.

Click here to view the 2014-2015 Budget Presentation.

To send a question or comment about the 2014-2015 school budget, please email the superintendent atbudget15@ridgewood.k12.nj.us.TaylorMade R1 Driversshow?id=mjvuF8ceKoQ&bids=205477

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Reader says spending more on schools means NOTHING if the kid doesn’t want to learn

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Reader says spending more on schools means NOTHING if the kid doesn’t want to learn.

Paying more does not mean services are better.

A teacher making less doesn’t say screw it I’m not going to do my job.
Just because I have rich neighbors doesn’t mean I should pay our municipal employees more than other towns in NJ, I think you will find proof that extra spending does nothing as far as the ‘end result’.

Just look at Paterson, which thanks to the ‘Abbot ruling’ spends the same or more than any Bergen county town on their students (using NJ state funds)
The students do not do well on state tests despite having money pissed away on their behalf.

I’m told by a former teacher there that the only requirement for advancement to the next grade is attendance.

So spending more means NOTHING if the kid doesn’t want to learn.

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Reader says If you want to truly save tax dollars, reduce the school budget.

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Reader says If you want to truly save tax dollars, reduce the school budget.

Its one of the nicer things about Ridgewood.
I’m tired of the new residents bitching about the nice things here, like the Paid Professional Firefighters, and rear yard trash pickup.
They come here, raise our taxes with these foolish school budgets, million dollar artificial turf sports fields, 10 million dollar horse farms (turned into sports fields) then beat feet out of town after their last kid graduates RHS, leaving the rest of us to foot the tab.
If you want to truly save tax dollars, reduce the school budget.
A good first start is larger class sizes, and shift medical ‘benefits’ to a bare-bones plan

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Reader says The schools are going to have to become more efficient, and offer less.

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Reader says The schools are going to have to become more efficient, and offer less.

Talk to the Prinipals at the various schools. They will tell you that the cap on the budget is starting to have real effects on what they can do. The BOE “budget” is already “subsidized” by hundreds of thousands of dollars a year (if not more) from individual, activity and sports related fund raising that goes on from the elementary, middle school, and high school levels. Fees for supplies, field trips, classroom upgrades, etc….all of which used to be “in the budget” are now additional costs. With a 2% maximum increase in the budget and something like annual 1.5% salary raises and continued rising costs in health care, the end effect is going to be “cuts.” And those cuts are going to have to come from a lot of different places. Cuts to administrators, cuts to teachers, cuts to programs, cuts to class offerings, cuts to drives ed, cuts to athletics, etc…. The schools are going to have to become more efficient, and offer less.

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Ridgewood school board sends spending plan to county

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Ridgewood school board sends spending plan to county

MARCH 24, 2014    LAST UPDATED: MONDAY, MARCH 24, 2014, 11:02 AM
BY LAURA HERZOG
STAFF WRITER

The Board of Education (BOE) has approved Ridgewood’s preliminary 2014-2015 school year budget.

The spending plan will now be submitted to and reviewed by the executive county superintendent of schools.

The proposed $86,223,037 local tax levy features a 1.908 percent property tax hike, amounting to $172.80 more in school taxes for the owner of an average assessed home in the village, valued at $688,358.

If the executive county superintendent approves the proposed budget, Ridgewood’s public hearing on the spending plan will take place at 7:30 p.m. on April 28 at the Education Center on Cottage Place. Additional budget presentations are planned for April (see page B3 for details).

There will be no public budget vote this year, in light of the board’s decision last year to forgo April school board elections.

Business Administrator Michael Falkowski’s updated 2014-2015 budget presentation, which he presented to the board on Monday, is now available online via a link on the district’s homepage.

During Monday’s presentation, Falkowski emphasized next year’s technology upgrades, building improvements and Ridgewood’s high educational ranking. Ridgewood High School is in the top 1 percent of the nation and No. 2 in New Jersey, excluding specialty high schools, based on a U.S. News & World Report 2013 ranking, he noted.

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/news/education/ridgewood-school-board-sends-spending-plan-to-county-1.750244#sthash.Qa0taCIm.dpuf

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BOE MEETS MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2014

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BOE MEETS MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2014

The next Regular Public Meeting of the Ridgewood Board of Education will be held on Monday, March 17, 2014 at 7:30 p.m.

The public is invited to attend the meeting at the Ed Center, 49 Cottage Place, Floor 3. The meeting will be aired live on FiOS channel 33 and Optimum channel 77. Or it may be viewed live via the district website atwww.ridgewood.k12.nj.us using the “Link in Live” tab.

Click here to view the agenda for the March 3, 2014 Regular Public Meeting.

Click here to view the webcast of the March 3, 2014 Regular Public Meeting.

2014-2015 Budget Information

Superintendent of Schools Dr. Daniel Fishbein has announced three public presentations on the 2014-2015 school budget. The presentations will offer residents the opportunity to hear the budget details and ask questions of the superintendent, business administrator and Board of Education members.
The 2014-2015 school budget presentations will be offered as follows: Thursday, April 10 at 1 p.m. at the Education Center, 49 Cottage Place, Floor 3; Thursday, April 10 at 7 p.m. at Benjamin Franklin Middle School Auditorium, 335 North Van Dien Avenue; and Wednesday, April 23 at 7 p.m. at George Washington Middle School Auditorium, 155 Washington Place.
Taking effect this year, the Ridgewood Board of Education has opted to move the annual school board elections from April to November, thereby eliminating the public vote on the proposed general tax levy if it is at or below the statutory tax levy cap. Since next year’s proposed budget falls within the mandated cap, it will not be put to public vote.
The Board will continue to discuss the proposed budget at upcoming regular public meetings on March 17, April 7 and April 28. Residents are welcome to attend these meetings and speak at the public comment portion of the agenda. The Board is expected to approve the final budget at its Regular Public Meeting on Monday, April 28.

Click here to view the Preliminary 2014-2015 Budget Presentation presented at the March 3, 2014 Regular Public Meeting.

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First draft of Ridgewood school budget keeps increase under 2 percent

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First draft of Ridgewood school budget keeps increase under 2 percent

MONDAY MARCH 10, 2014, 4:06 PM
BY  LAURA HERZOG
STAFF WRITER
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS

The school district’s spending plan for the 2014-2015 school year features a local tax hike of 1.9 percent, the lowest increase for a Ridgewood school budget in the past 10 years.

The budget features a $86,223,037 local tax levy – a $1,614,402 increase over last year, which required a 2 percent property tax increase, Business Administrator Michael Falkowski said. The proposed tax levy for 2014-2015 amounts to about $172.09 more in property taxes for a resident with the average assessed home value of $688,358, he said.

The preliminary budget, which Falkowski presented to the Board of Education (BOE) on Monday, is now available on the district website. The budget “maintains existing district staff, academic offerings, extra-curricular activities and transportation,” he said, and “improves upon instruction” while meeting “our contractual obligations.”

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/news/249330882_First_draft_of_Ridgewood_school_budget_keeps_increase_under_2_percent.html#sthash.vAMRbiDC.dpuf

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BOE seeking input from ‘no’ voters

Ridgewood school board seeking input from ‘no’ voters
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
BY KELLY EBBELS
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
Staff Writer

The Ridgewood Board of Education (BOE) Finance Committee is reaching out to residents to get a sense of why they cast their ballots in favor of or against the most recent school budget.

The committee will host two open meetings with residents about the budget ballot question; the first will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, May 16 at the Education Center, 49 Cottage Place. A second meeting date will be determined at a later date, officials said.

Committee members said they would especially like to speak with those who voted against the $83 million budget for the 2011-2012 school year. The budget vote and election was held on April 27; 1,817 residents voted for the budget, with 1,448 voting against it.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/121586664_Ridgewood_school_board_seeking_input_from__no__voters.html

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