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Another News Outlet Omits Loss of School Budget Vote in Ridgewood’s Move to November Elections

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Ridgewood NJ, another bad and misleading article on moving Ridgewood elections to November ,once again a news outlet omits the single most important issue: moving election to November means Ridgewood residents have given up their tight to vote on the school budget.  The School budget accounts for 2/3 of the property tax bill in the Village .

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CDC Distorts Schools Study to Benefit the Unions

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Ridgewood NJ, in USA Today that stops just short of accusing the CDC of scientific fraud. The CDC infamously met with teachers unions before coming out with shocking “school opening” guidance that, if followed would actually inhibit getting kids back in school.

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Reader says ,”Ridgewood needs to upgrade it’s building filtration system to the HEPA grade 5 standard”

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“I agree that all teachers and staff should be vaccinated prior to opening the schools, especially with the uptick in cases in the Ridgewood schools over the last few weeks. Should students also have a negative test via the new in home, quick and accurate “in the box” testing kits our government is funding? I say yes and BOE should be all over this as other school districts have pushed to get students tested prior to returning to school.”

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Ridgewoood Schools Reopening Plans Comes Under Criticism

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Ridgewood NJ, At Mondays Ridgewood Board of Education meeting ,  according to the New Jersey COVID-19 Activity Reports, our region is still at the high (orange) level. Bergen County saw an uptick in cases last week. Within the district, we had 14 positive cases last week, and another 16 cases the week before. Over the prior week, we saw a 1.3% increase of students returning to school from remote learning with the largest gains at Orchard, Travell, Willard, Benjamin Franklin Middle School, and George Washington Middle School.

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Ridgewood Residents Give Up Right to Vote on Massive Schools Budgets

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Ridgewood NJ,  an appellate judge has sided with residents who sought to move the election dates for the Village Council and Board of Education to November.

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Demonstration at Ridgewood Board of Education Meeting for all day In-Person school

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Ridgewood NJ, prior to the Ridgewood Board of Education meeting on Monday Night  protesters gathered outside the Ed center on Cottage place.  The group of determined parents pushed for the return of in person classes for Ridgewood schools.

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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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Petition : Offer full-day daily in-person instruction option for all Ridgewood public schools

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Ridgewood NJ, a petition is making the rounds on social media to offer in-person instruction option for all Ridgewood public schools :

We, the families and students of Ridgewood Public Schools, are requesting the Board of Education and Superintendent, Dr. Gorman, take immediate steps to implement full-day daily in-person learning in all schools by April 12, 2021 and enable the families and students of our district to have meaningful input into the district’s Covid 19 mitigation plans and procedures in our schools.  

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Ridgewood Public Library Virtual Program: Study Skills 4 Students Presents Motivating the Unmotivated Student For parents of students in 4th to 12th grades

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Ridgewood NJ, In a 30-minute highly dynamic, action-specific, and interactive webinar, parents are invited to learn a few tips, tools, and strategies to motivate, inspire, and support their student.
Motivating Unmotivated Students – Parents of students Grades 4-12.

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Senator Declan O’Scanlon Announced a General Agreement Among Government Officials that Vaccinating Teachers Should be a Priority

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Ridgewood NJ, Senator Declan O’Scanlon (R-Monmouth) today announced that there is general agreement among government officials that vaccinating teachers should be a priority as soon as standards make them eligible.

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Ridgewood Elementary School Scheduling Options for Spring 2021

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Ridgewood NJ, On Tuesday, February 23, 2021, elementary scheduling options for Spring 2021 were presented to parents. Parents of kindergarten and first grade students will receive a follow-up survey on February 24, 2021.

Click here to view the PDF of the presentation.

 

 

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Reader says ,”Ridgewood Schools Are Pushing an Anti-White Agenda”

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Ridgewood NJ, is the new “Third Culture People (3CP)”, “White Fragility” , DEI initiative just more anti-white agenda wrapped up in a bow  of “diversity”?  Several readers have began to seriously question Ridgewood Schools ability to educate promoting this overtly racist agenda ,especially after this summers attacks on the Ridgewood Police Department  and seeming endless protests with little or no positive action or honest intellectual discussion and worse the blatant bigoted attack on the two non white Ridgewood School board members .

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The Ridgewood Board of Education meets Today at 5:30 PM for an Executive Session and at 7:00 PM for the Regular Public Meeting

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Ridgewood NJ, the Board of Education meets on February 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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2021-2022 Kindergarten Registration for Ridgewood Schools

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Ridgewood NJ, Registration for children who will enter kindergarten or be new first graders to the district in September 2021 opens on January 16, 2021. Ridgewood residents can register online only by completing the registration process no later
than February 12, 2021.

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CDC Updated Guidance Emphasizes that Closing Schools for In-person Learning should be Among the last Resort to Control Spread of COVID

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Ridgewood NJ, according to Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security ,on February 12, the US CDC published updated guidance to support schools’ efforts to mitigate COVID-19 risk for in-person classes. The biggest update is a new “phased mitigation” strategy, which couples risk mitigation measures with the level of community transmission. The guidance emphasizes 5 key mitigation mechanisms—mask use, physical distancing, hand hygiene and respiratory etiquette, cleaning and sanitization, and surveillance and contact tracing—that are applicable across all levels of COVID-19 risk, but it also provides actionable information regarding how to implement those and other strategies at various levels of COVID-19 risk. The guidance also breaks down specific recommendations for elementary, middle, and high schools, and it includes guidance for extracurricular activities, including sports.

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