the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Palisade Park NJ, School officials are planning to meet with the borough administration to work together after a huge $61 million proposal to address old and overcrowded schools was overwhelmingly rejected by voters Tuesday. Apparent Voters were not buying the “”Crazy Eddie ” schools spending.
The vote 819 to 309 against the proposal, which would have included major upgrades to the schools and additional classroom space.
While $17.2 million would have come from the state, the rest would be shouldered by local homeowners and raise taxes $372 per year on the average home, assessed at $490,000.
Last school year’s graduating senior class had 92 students, but the incoming kindergarten class had 168 students. The district has a total of 1,800 students, 200 of them in preschool and kindergarten, this school year. Yes, that’s $61 million for 1800 students.
There not as RICH and STUPID as we are in Ridgewood…