the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood School Board rules that students is ineligible to go to Ridgewood schools because the student does not reside in the Village .
WHEREAS, the Superintendent of Schools recommends that student bearing identification number 908425 (the “Student”) be found ineligible to receive a free public education in the Ridgewood Public Schools (the “District”); and
WHEREAS, the District has determined that the Student does not reside within the Village of Ridgewood and is not otherwise entitled to a free public education provided by the Ridgewood Public Schools Board of Education (the “Board”}; and
WHEREAS, on October 16, 2023 the Board conducted a formal hearing at the District pursuant to and in accordance with N.J.S.A. 18A:38-1(b)(2) at which the Parent presented evidence to the Board; and
WHEREAS, on November 20, 2023 the Board held a formal vote regarding the Student’s eligibility for a free public education in the District;
BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board hereby finds the Student does not reside within the Village of Ridgewood;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board hereby finds that the Student is ineligible to receive a free public education as of January 2, 2023 in the Ridgewood Public Schools pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:38-1 and N.J.A.C. 6A:22, based on residency requirements.
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Its nice to finally here something like this.
Suggest a lawsuit to recover tuition from parents, maybe triple damages.
Is there anything in place to assure that there are no abuses using the same address for multiple students who don’t live in town?
That’s the way it works and if you don’t pay taxes to the village of Ridgewood you can’t go to school in our town because our taxes pay for the schools and everyone wants to live there but they don’t want to pay for it
Exactly. 68 percent of our taxes are for our schools. Why should we pay for kids who live out of town.
This happens in every district, someone realizes (often the teacher) that a child lives in another town/district. The district does a quick investigation and boots out that family/child. Not sure why it is newsworthy/blog worthy.
Re: the comment about “it being blog worthy”. Of course it is. We need to know since it is our money and that they are doing the right thing!
I wrote the blog worthy comment. So you
Want to know the handful of times each year this happens and the numerous times they hire (or even fire) a teacher, aide, bus driver, secretary. Or perhaps when they decide to buy new curriculum materials, supplies, etc read the BOE agendas and minutes for all that. It is certainly the right thing, but in the grand scheme of things it is beyond minor
And where did this pupil live?
Confidential. Move on….
Only one student…?
More like 40.
They get dropped off at Graydon and walk the back way into school.
This is an investigation one of my GS-5’s could do.
Guess it won’t get done……………………
Probably more than 40. They announce this 1 kid who got refused so that the masses can rest assured that admin is doing its job. Meanwhile many other continue and will continue to game the system.
We should know where these random kids come from. My opinion only
As tax payers and village residents, it’s our right to know where they are coming in from
Even when you move out of your home for a renovation and you rent for that time say in Midland Park, but keep of course paying your property taxes in Ridgewood, you are NOT eligible to go to a Ridgewood Public School. I know a family who lost a lawsuit and had to pay $$$ to the town. That is crazy in my mind.
It’s no different to people from poor countries finding creative ways to get into wealthier countries. People from towns with crappy schools will do whatever they can to get their kids into better school districts. There are many such kids in the Ridgewood schools who get dropped off and picked up each day, with their paperwork falsifying their home address as a relative’s place in Ridgewood.