the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, at Monday’s Ridgewood Board of Education meeting, the requirements for the American Rescue Plan Federal Grant were presented. The ARP (American Rescue Plan) Act provides $122 billion in funding to states and school districts to facilitate the reopening and safe operation of schools. The portion expected for Ridgewood Public Schools is approximately $1.1 million. How the grant can be spent is still being determined by the federal government. As more information about allowable uses of these funds becomes available, plans will be developed with community input and communicated.
The first step in acquiring our allocation is to provide information to the state and federal government on specific areas of our operation (Safe Return Plan), allow public comment, and then include these summaries on the first phase of the application. The Safe Return Plan template addresses eight (8) areas of operation, which are as follows:
Universal and correct wearing of masks
Physical distancing
Hand washing and respiratory etiquette
Cleaning and maintaining healthy facilities, including improving ventilation
Contact tracing, in combination with isolation and quarantine
Diagnostic and screening testing
Efforts to provide vaccines to educators, other staff, and students, if eligible
Appropriate accommodations for children with disabilities with respect to health and safety policies
A public comment period was held following the presentation. Write-in comments pertaining to the eight (8) areas of operation identified in the template can also be submitted via the form link on slide 15. The template is limited to 1,000 characters for each area of operation. The public comment form will close at 12:00 p.m. on Monday, June 21, 2021.
A Special Public Meeting will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, June 21, 2021 to present the final template for the grant application submission.
Put some money towards upgrading the RHS softball program.
How about supporting the woefully underfunded and cramped but incredibly successful music and theater departments?
return the money to taxpayers
stop pissing away our money
All good ideas.
But you KNOW they will use the money to create new and reinforce existing WOKE and SOCIALIST indoctrination initiatives.
How about the Board of Education buying their own parking lot sweeper.