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Trenton NJ, Senators Anthony M. Bucco and Michael Testa announced that they plan to introduce legislation to repeal a controversial ruling made by the State Board of Education. The board should shift their focus to updating curriculum that will help students recover from learning loss, the senators said.
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Ridgewood NJ, several readers have raised concerns that during the recent Ridgewood Board of Education meeting on July 24, the Ridgewood Board of Education made a significant decision to appoint the partner of the board president as a secretary.
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Trenton NJ, Senators Anthony M. Bucco and Michael Testa said that the State Board of Education is focused more on advancing identity politics than building stronger relationships between parents and teachers in response to the board’s vote to approve a proposal to remove “equality” in the “Managing for Equality and Equity in Education” Chapter of New Jersey’s Administrative Code. The board should be more respectful of parental rights, the senators said.
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Ridgewood NJ , the petitions for the Ridgewood Board of Education are in , with two incumbents will face off against six challengers . Current trustees Saurabh Dani and Michael Lembo will face off against Josephine Jarolmen, Julie Mchedlishvili, Laura McKenna and Mary Micale all filed to run independently and Claude Guinchard II and Malcolm Jennings who submitted petitions together.
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Ridgewood NJ, Long-range facilities plan – the district applied for a ROD grant (Regular Operating District Grants) for the work being done on the Ridgewood High School roof. However, we will not hear if the grant is awarded until the fall, therefore, we are asking the Ridgewood BOE to approve the work being done on the roof as an emergency to ensure that we can still qualify for the grant if awarded.
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Ridgewood NJ, on July 20th the first Superintendent Coffee with new Ridgewood Schools Superintendent Mark Schwarz was held . If you missed the call? The recording is on the RPS website!
https://www.ridgewood.k12.nj.us/cms/One.aspx?portalId=207600&pageId=27212328
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Ridgewood NJ, the Annual School Election to vote for candidates for the Ridgewood Board of Education will be included in the General Election on November 7, 2023.
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Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood Board of Education meets on July 17, 2023 at 5:00 pm for a Special Public Meeting.
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Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood Board of Education meets on June 30, 2023 at 5:00 pm for a Special Public Meeting.
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Ridgewood NJ, more than 100,000 Latin students worldwide take the National Latin Exam and of those, only 1% achieve a perfect score. Sophomores Brian Chun and Patrick Callen, pictured here with Principal Jeff Nyhuis and Latin teachers Amy Mason and Stefanie Gigante, received a perfect score for the Intermediate Latin Reading Comprehension.
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Ridgewood NJ, Roger Sweeney was a long-time football coach at RHS, who retired after the 1975 season. He remained a teacher and many remember him from gym class and Drivers Ed .
Roger Sweeney’s memorial service. In addition to the Church Mass, a Time of Remembrance Celebration has been added.
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Ridgewood NJ, The Riodgewood Board of Education meets on June 12, 2023 at 6:00 pm for an Executive Session and 7:00 pm for a Regular Public Meeting.
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Approval: Implementation of the Later Start Initiative at Ridgewood High School
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Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood blog pulled information off the Ridgewood Schools website hoping to answer a few questions about next fall school year:
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Ridgewood NJ, we were quite surprised on Monday night when Michelle Fenwick, Director of Special Programs for the Ridgewood Public Schools, lost her cool while participating via an audio Zoom connection in a public meeting of the Board of Education. The discussion topic that triggered Dr. Fenwick’s fit was the proposed expansion of leased space at a building on Oak Street used by STEPSS (School Transition and Employment Program for Student Success) students.
