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Posted on March 17, 2019March 17, 2019 by James — 2 Comments

Reader comments on college admissions scam , “why is this investigation happening now? It’s not like coaching people to get into schools is a new thing”

“wealthy parents spread the wealth amongst various service providers (tutors, essay Writers, etc.) to send their kids to school where they’ll spend another $300k on a bachelors degree. Sounds like they are the losers. A better question is, why is this investigation happening now? It’s not like coaching people to get into schools is a new thing. Wouldn’t the same investigators be better used to catch Fentanyl distributors? Just a month ago billionaires were caught paying for sex (what a crime!) and now this. Who’s directing these investigations?”

Posted on March 15, 2019March 14, 2019 by James — 4 Comments

NJ Department of Education Grades Ridgewood Schools

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Ridgewood NJ, New Jersey’s latest school grades are out, giving parents in every community a snapshot of what the state thinks of their local schools.The state Department of Education on Tuesday released the new scores, which are graded on a scale of 0-100 and consider standardized test results, graduation rates and other factors. The ratings were established to comply with the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which replaced the No Child Left Behind Act.

The system has been very controversial , with critics claiming the ranking system hardly reflects the quality of the education.

Assemblywomen Holly Schepisi , “Trying to decipher the scoring system used in this new grading system by the State Department of Education. Some of the disturbing trends in the data include that school districts in which the state has made significant financial investments continue to see the lowest scores and in some local communities one grammar school may rank among the lowest while others in the same community are ranked incredibly high. We need to start looking at better and different ways to help our children succeed within our schools. Merely sending additional monies does not seem to be working.”

Posted on March 13, 2019March 12, 2019 by James — Leave a comment

Keeping Up With Ridgewood Schools

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Ridgewood NJ, The next Regular Public Meeting of the Ridgewood Board of Education will be held on Monday, March 25, 2019 at the Education Center, 49 Cottage Place, Floor 3 at 7:30 p.m. The meeting will be aired live on television, FiOS channel 33 and Optimum channel 77, and streamed via the “Link in Live” tab on the district website at www.ridgewood.k12.nj.us. Meeting webcasts are generally posted immediately to the district website.

Posted on March 13, 2019March 12, 2019 by James — 9 Comments

Ridgewood Schools 2019-2020 $111,646,751 Budget

2019-2020 PROPOSED PRELIMINARY BUDGET
The slide portion of the presentation — reflecting Board-approved financial revisions — may be viewed here.

Following a presentation and discussion, the Board approved a Resolution for adoption of the 2019-2020 Proposed Preliminary Budget for Submission to the Executive County Superintendent of Schools. as follows:

The General Fund Tax Levy is $96,014,943 for the ensuing School Year: (2019-2020).

Posted on March 11, 2019June 27, 2021 by James — Leave a comment

March 26 is the deadline for registering to vote in the 2019-20 $111 Million school budget Decision

Are you registered to vote?

Ridgewood NJ, Tuesday, March 26 is the deadline for registering to vote in the April 16, 2019 school election for the 2019-20 school budget.

PLEASE NOTE: The annual school election on Tuesday, April 16 falls during Spring Recess for the Ridgewood Public Schools. Schools will be closed but polls will be open from 6 a.m.- 8 p.m. Or, VOTE BY MAIL! It’s easy! Just send in the application form to the Bergen County Clerk by Tuesday, April 9.

Links to vote-by-mail applications and voter registration forms in various languages may be found on our voter page on the district website at https://www.ridgewood.k12.nj.us/…/distric…/voter_information.

Posted on March 10, 2019March 11, 2019 by James — 6 Comments

Ridgewood Schools Will See Big Jump in State Aid for 2020

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Ridgewood NJ, Governor Murphy today announced state school aid funding for his Fiscal Year 2020 budget proposal that provides record levels of support for New Jersey schools.

The Governor’s proposed budget would provide $15.4 billion to support schools, a record level for New Jersey education funding.

Posted on March 8, 2019March 7, 2019 by James — 5 Comments

Learn about the Proposed 2019-20 $111,000,000 Ridgewood School Budget

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Ridgewood NJ, Voters! Please come on Monday, March 18 to GWMS or Tuesday, March 19 to BFMS, to learn about the proposed 2019-20 $111,000,000 Ridgewood school budget.

Presentations will be at 7 p.m. The public vote on the budget is Tuesday, April 16. Questions on the budget can be sent to [email protected].

Posted on March 7, 2019March 6, 2019 by James — 5 Comments

Ridgewood Nursery School Gets the Boot from Glen School

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Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood school district has asked the privately owned Ridgewood Nursery School to vacate the space it currently leases inside Glen School by the end of the school year. The eviction came unexpectedly ,giving students barely 5 months to relocate.
Superintendent Daniel Fishbein told the Bergen Record in a statement that Ridgewood is following its signed contract, and will “continue to attempt to work with RNS in a collaborative versus litigious manner.”

Posted on March 6, 2019March 6, 2019 by James — Leave a comment

Ridgewood BOE Coffee & Conversation is Wednesday, March 20

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Ridgewood NJ, Residents are invited to stop by the Education Center for coffee and casual conversation with Board of Education members and Superintendent Dr. Daniel Fishbein. Mark your calendars for March 20 from 7-8:30 p.m. at the Education Center, 49 Cottage Place. Come with your thoughts, ideas, questions, suggestions and concerns.

Posted on March 5, 2019March 5, 2019 by James — 3 Comments

NJ Senate Republicans Announce “Every Child Counts” School Funding Reform Plan

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Trenton NJ, Joined by Superintendents, Education Advocates in Support of Plan to Lower Property Taxes, Improve the Quality of Education in Classrooms, and Protect Our Most Vulnerable Children

Senate Republican Leader Tom Kean and members of the Senate Republican caucus announced the “Every Child Counts” school funding reform plan at a State House press conference today.

The package of legislation is designed to boost State support for special education, increase equity and accuracy of school aid allocations, and eliminate opportunities for school districts and municipalities to game the funding formula.

Posted on March 4, 2019July 23, 2019 by James — Leave a comment

Delayed Opening for Ridgewood Schools

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Ridgewood NJ, Storm Notice for Monday, March 4: Schools will have a DELAYED OPENING on Monday, March 4. The school day will begin 2 hours later, with school bus schedules also operating 2 hours later. K-5 kids who have not ordered lunch must bring a bag lunch. Allow extra time & use caution!

Posted on March 3, 2019March 2, 2019 by James — 8 Comments

Reader says The Academies “skim the cream from the Bergen County towns AND get the towns to pay after stealing the students”

“The Academies were set up by an education politico who scammed a way to build a school out of a vo-tech, call it a place for different kinds of learners, skim the cream from the Bergen County towns AND get the towns to pay after stealing the students. Basically, it’s a private school built with public monies. All run by democrat freeloaders who are against charter schools – unless it’s THEIR charter school. Nice scam. “

Posted on March 2, 2019March 2, 2019 by James — 22 Comments

Reader says , “RHS’s acceptance is better than those schools advertise as the national rate”

James, the person that keeps posting that our schools can’t produce statistically significant numbers of students gaining acceptance to the best colleges and universities and other unsupported bullS**T is “fake news”. Please have this CNN employee find some proof or evidence as we have asked for in the past.

This is what I see…. https://www.schooldigger.com/go/NJ/schools/1383000764/school.aspx
And for the 4 generations of my family that have been here, nobody sees it as a decline over the decades either. He or she is free to hate the people running the schools but the facts show our kids perform great and are accepted to great schools (regardless of opinions about people teaching and running the schools). I previously also spot checked the acceptance rates at the Ivy’s (since he or she has also mentioned them frequently) and RHS’s acceptance is better than those schools advertise as the national rate. Which is pretty impressive given one would expect our kids to be up against a negative bias as the Ivies strive for both geographic and racial of diversity.
On top of all of that; if ranked against other public schools, (excluding the ones that are by acceptance such as Bergen Acad), RHS is top 10. Granted the goal is to be #1 but it is fake news to say it is declining or not getting kids into competitive schools at acceptable rates. This person must also be the the one that thinks downtown Ridgewood is lined with illicit massage parlors and gang members dealing drugs while patrolling with pit bulls. While it is humorous to the rest of us that live here and know the truth, but it is also harmful for us all to have such untruths posted as headlines. IF they produce anything other than some anecdotal BS it would be helpful to see it. Otherwise, it is just hurting all of us by making Ridgewood sound like Paterson. Which it is not. Is this person some kind of real estate developer trying to drive property values down so they can buy?

Posted on March 1, 2019March 1, 2019 by James — 12 Comments

Ridgewood Schools Director of Special Programs has Resigned

News: Director of Special Programs submits resignation

Dear Parents, Guardians and Staff:

On Tuesday, February 26, 2019, Director of Special Programs Dr. Kim Buxenbaum submitted her letter of resignation. The Ridgewood Board of Education will accept her resignation at its next public meeting on March 11, 2019.

Dr. Buxenbaum is leaving the Ridgewood Public Schools to take the position of Director of Special Education with the New Jersey Department of Education. Dr. Buxenbaum is a very talented educator and I am confident that she will be very successful and have a positive impact at the State level.

Posted on March 1, 2019March 1, 2019 by James — 2 Comments

Ridgewood Schools will operate under the delayed opening schedule on Friday, March 1

Storm Notice: Please pass the word!

All Ridgewood Schools will operate under the delayed opening schedule on Friday, March 1.

Under the delayed opening schedule, the school day will begin two hours later than usual.

School bus schedules will operate two hours later. For students who are walking to school or to bus stops, please allow extra time and use caution.

Elementary school children who have not ordered lunch must bring a bag lunch to school. There will not be sufficient time for children to go home for lunch when there is a delayed opening.

Thank you and please be careful.

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