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THE NJEA INSERTS ITSELF – AND TEACHERS – INTO LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS!

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Ridgewood NJ , in Sunlight Policy Center of New Jersey’s recent report, “Teaching Is Political, Part I,” we revealed that the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) is training teachers to become political activists and push for truly radical curriculums at the local school district level.  In this report, we look at how the NJEA has taken its political activities to the next level by inserting itself – and teachers – into this fall’s school board elections.  The shared title of Sunlight’s two reports comes from an NJEA Summer Collaborative called “Teaching Is Political.”  The NJEA likes to claim that others are seeking to “politicize our public schools,” but by its own words and actions, it is the NJEA that is bringing politics into schools and school districts around the state.

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Unintended Consciousness of Ridgewood Schools Late Start Initiative Shorter School Day

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Ridgewood NJ, as previously reported on the Ridgewood blog the Ridgewood Board of Education voted to push the school day back 35 minutes at Ridgewood High School, beginning next fall.

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Ridgewood Board of Education Set to Vote on Late-Start Initiative for Ridgewood High School

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Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood Board of Education will vote next Monday February 13th  on a resolution to introduce the late-start initiative for Ridgewood high school students starting this fall.

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Governor Murphy to Create Task Force to Study Teacher Shortages

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Trenton NJ,  as the problem continues to worsen in New Jersey and across the country a task force will be set up to address the shortage of teachers in New Jersey’s K-12 public schools.

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Friday Morning Bomb Threat at Ridgewood High school False Alarm

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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Police Department were summoned to Ridgewood High School late Friday morning  when  a bomb threat at Ridgewood high school phoned into central dispatch. Ridgewood police assisted by numerous agencies searched the interior and exterior of the school and confirmed this was a false threat. The Ridgewood Detective Bureau assisted by the Bergen county prosecutors office is investigating the call. There is currently no threat to the students.

 

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Senator Calls for Investigation, into Teachers logging the personal health information of students and their families in a progressive organization’s campaign App

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NJEA and AFT upto it again

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River Vale NJ, after it was revealed that national teachers’ unions have been training and instructing New Jersey teachers to log the personal health information of students and their families in a progressive organization’s campaign app, Senator Holly Schepisi called for an investigation and urged the Murphy administration to prohibit the invasive practice.

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Governor Murphy Expected to Announce NJ Teacher Vaccine Mandate

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Ridgewood NJ, according to multiple sources  Governor Phil Murphy is expected to announce that all teachers including Ridgewood teachers will be required to get the COVID-19 vaccine this school year.

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Ridgewood Teacher Recognition Ceremony will be held on Tuesday, June 15 at 7 PM

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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Public Schools is pleased to honor ten outstanding educators in the 2020-2021 school year. The Teacher Recognition Ceremony will be held on Tuesday, June 15 at 7 PM in the Benjamin Franklin Middle School Auditorium.

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Ridgewood Board of Education and the Ridgewood Education Association Come to Terms

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Ridgewood NJ, The Ridgewood Board of Education, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, approved  a Memorandum of Agreement, subject to mutually agreed-upon contract language, establishing the terms and conditions for a successor collective negotiations agreement between the Ridgewood Board of Education and the Ridgewood Education Association (REA), effective July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2024.

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Teachers and Students will Go Full-Time, In-Person Instruction Beginning Fall 2021

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Governor Murphy Announces That Schools Will Be Required to Provide Full-Time, In-Person Instruction Beginning Fall 2021

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Trenton NJ, Continuing his commitment to ensuring that students have access to a high-quality education, Governor Phil Murphy today announced that upon the conclusion of this school year, portions of Executive Order 175 allowing remote learning will be rescinded, meaning that schools will be required to provide full-day, in-person instruction, as they were prior to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency.

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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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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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Controversy Over the Ridgewood Infant Toddler Daycare Center Focuses on Its Value to Ridgewood Schools

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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood school teachers have a median income of  $90,735 which is the 17th highest in the state . Yet according to comments on a recent Ridgewood blog post, “Observations about the Ridgewood Infant Toddler Daycare Center (ITDC) controversy”  many Ridgewood teachers feel very entitled to subsidized daycare in Ridgewood.

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Governor Murphy Waives Graduation Assessment Tests for the 2020-2021 School Year

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Governor Murphy Signs Executive Order to Implement New Policies for the 2020-2021 School Year

 

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Ridgewood NJ, Governor Phil Murphy today signed Executive Order No. 214 to affect the following changes for the 2020-2021 school year: 1) waiver of the graduation assessment test requirement for any 12th grade student who has satisfied all other statutory graduation requirements; 2) removal of Student Growth Objectives (SGOs) as a component of formal educator evaluations; and 3) extension of the time in which certificated teachers or those in the process of becoming certificated teachers can serve as substitute teachers.
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Ridgewood Teachers Allegedly Asking for VISA Gift Cards for Christmas gifts

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….Tis the season of giving and the fly has head from a number of members of the Facebook group  , “Ridgewood Moms and Dads ” , that Ridgewood Teachers  have been allegedly asking for VISA gift cards for Christmas gifts . How is this okay? I guess being in the top 20% of all districts in terms of pay plus the pension and benefits aren’t enough?  In May of 2019 the pay for extra point scandal emerged but apparently the lessons have not been learned ….

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