JUNE 25, 2015, 11:41 AM LAST UPDATED: THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2015, 11:42 AM
BY CHRIS HARRIS
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD
RIDGEWOOD — Village residents need not call authorities this fall if they happen to see a drone hovering above the high school.
During its meeting Monday evening, the Ridgewood Board of Education accepted a donated GoPro Phantom 2 Quadcopter.
School officials said the drone will be used to film various activities at the school. It will also be utilized by students for video productions.
Are you friggin’ kidding me? The BOE actually approved students to be flying these things? Better station an ambulance on the RHS property, because it’s going to be needed often.
Just more garbage that is unnecessary.
I would like to suggest a new thread…………
In the Ridgewood News today ther is a story about a large turnout at the BOE meeting, complaining about class size.
In the same meeting someone complained that we do not have full day kindergarten. ( They somehow ignore the fact that the district will need more space and have to hire more teachers. One complains about the needs of working parents. I do not want to permanently share in the child care expenses of working parents. They work so they should pay for kindergarten enrichment classes if they think that their children need this to get into college)
We pay very high taxes, mostly for the schools. People keep moving to Ridgewood for the schools. There is a disincentive for people without children in the schools to stay in town – and the cycle of postgraduation home selling continues. This issue has been discussed on this blog but I think that it deserves as much attention as the high density housing and parking.
The council and BOE should get together and do some master planning for the schools. We can’t keep up with the wants and needs of the parents, the town does not exist to please the parents of school children. Something has to give!
The council should consider a tax incentive for residents who have lived in Ridgewood X number of years and no longer have dependents in the schools. The spiral of selling homes after graduation needs to end. I will probably sell my 5 bedroom home in the next few years. A family with 4 children would love to have this house and pay my taxes for the schools. At a cost of $17,000 per student the town will start losing money immediately. I will not stay and spend my savings to help prop up this system.
Where is the Master Plan for Ridgewood Public Schools?
Don’t let it near my home. If it crashes I will hit it with a rock.