October 4,2016
the staff of the Ridgewood
Ridgewood NJ, in the Ridgewood news article , “BOE presentation supports full-day kindergarten” , the Ridgewood News mistakenly implies that the Full-Day Kindergarten will cost taxpayers an additional $111 per year :
“While the program will cost $930,000, according to Best, it will only cost average homeowners $111 per year ($16 per $100,000 assessed value of their house).”.https://www.northjersey.com/news/education/presentation-supports-full-day-kindergarten-1.1669299″
While the the BOE website also states ,”What would be the tax impact on a “yes” vote for the second question on full-day Kindergarten? ○ If full-day Kindergarten is passed by the voters, the average Village assessed home of $693,904 would have taxes increased by approximately $111.” Also a bit unclear .
All indications are that the property tax increase on average Village assessed home of $693,904 is more likely to increase $111 per month ,not $111 per year.
If so that is outrageous and should be made public before the Nov. 8 election.
How much does it cost residents in Glen Rock? Are they paying that much?
Nah the math makes sense to me — say there are 25,000 Ridgewood residents, 3 people per household and we’re splitting the cost equally — $930,000 / (25,000/3) = $112 per household per year.
Yes, actually that is what I heard and reported in this blog at the beginning. To increase taxes over a grand a year, the school board would never ask for that.
Just say no. Enough is enough
about $100-200/household makes sense. 7 teachers and some one time expenses to buildings. However, we know this is just a floor…soon aides get added, enrollment increases (housing anyone?) and more additions are needed etc.
That said, it should have been rolled into current budget and that should have been up for vote (over 2% increase requires vote). Instead of doing it that way, where every program and the whole budget was up for a vote, they took the easy way out and are making the young families in town do the fighting for them. Very wrong of the BOE.
Those numbers are the year 1 startup costs…what does it cost in year 2, year 3, etc.
We’ve all seen some shoddy reporting from “the staff” but this one takes the cake! There are 8456 households in the village so do the math. Only a one man blog could get away with this.
First year about 1 million, ongoing they say about 750K. The difference is mainly some changes to classrooms. This is all on the BOE’s website in the presentation by the way. There are always overages of course, but these are the figures.
If people want to send their kids to Pre-K that is fine but they should [ay for it. Why should retirees who are living on a fixed income be forced to pay so some newbe in town can send thier kid’s to Pre-K,
Pension and health care costs over the life on the contracts and in retirement?
No one is asking for tax payers to pay for Pre-K, just full day Kindergarten. Taxes would only go up and average of $111 per year, hardly affecting retirees on a fixed income.