MAY 4, 2015 LAST UPDATED: MONDAY, MAY 4, 2015, 9:59 AM
BY DARIUS AMOS
STAFF WRITER |
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
Ridgewood school board trustees approved the 2015-16 budget without objection, but their vote last Monday night didn’t go unnoticed.
Nearly 80 parents and teachers crammed inside the Education Center, where two dozen of the attendees appealed to the board for reconsideration of several staffing decisions proposed for the upcoming academic year. Each of them claimed that rising student enrollment numbers without an accompanying increase in class sections would hinder the educational experience for their students.
In a brief budget presentation to the board and public, Alfredo Aguilar, the schools’ business administrator, pointed to various budget highlights, including $1.5 million in technology upgrades and a new generator for the Education Center. He also noted the budget was adjusted for “enrollment shifts between grade levels.”
One of those adjustments was the recent addition of kindergarten sections at two schools.
“There have been some concerns voiced in some of our sections in the elementary schools,” said BOE President Sheila Brogan. “Willard kindergarten [enrollment] is creeping up. That is an area of concern.”
https://www.northjersey.com/news/education/rising-class-sizes-cause-concern-1.1324921
More teachers and more administrators. OUT OF CONTROL
I know – Let’s build a bunch of apartments. The developers and our Council promise that only empty nesters will move in.
Stop having babies.
If you don’t like it then hire w tutor.
When I attended rhs we had larger classes.
The best is most of these parents will move out when their kids graduate High School and you don’t think that the BOED will downsize when the class sizes get smaller.
Imagine the outrage of someone, who just bought into the Willard district, being told their snowflake has to rub elbows with the commoners’ urchins in Travell!
Once they transition to the acceptance phase of grief, they will discover a new-found interest in stopping the Valley Expansion.
4:24pm, some commenters on this blog resemble that remark. Would it surprise you to learn that Travell and Willard are putting out roughly similar products these days? Let’s check the pedigree of the sophomores and rising freshmen assigned to the advanced math, science and humanities classes at RHS in the fall and see if the Willard folks are getting any real educational bang for their buck, considering the “neighborhood premium” they clearly pay.
I will he moving soon. No tax incentive for empty nesters. Enjoy the family with at least three that buys my house.
7:34 – You don’t think that empty nesters have been selling their houses to families with kids for the last hundred years in this town? Somehow it’s worked up to this point. Don’t be snowed by developers.
5:17, I’ve heard good things about Travell, actually, but I can tell there are Willard parents in my kids preschool who would absolutely flip if they were told to send their kids to Travell. I doubt it really matters much, as long as parents are committed to their kids’ education.
I’m zoned for Ridge, so I don’t really have a dog in this fight, which is good! Hopefully the lack of a mention means that Ridge is appropriately staffed for the student load.
Right behind you 734…can’t wait to get out of this shit hole.