Ridgewood school board sends spending plan to county
MARCH 24, 2014 LAST UPDATED: MONDAY, MARCH 24, 2014, 11:02 AM
BY LAURA HERZOG
STAFF WRITER
The Board of Education (BOE) has approved Ridgewood’s preliminary 2014-2015 school year budget.
The spending plan will now be submitted to and reviewed by the executive county superintendent of schools.
The proposed $86,223,037 local tax levy features a 1.908 percent property tax hike, amounting to $172.80 more in school taxes for the owner of an average assessed home in the village, valued at $688,358.
If the executive county superintendent approves the proposed budget, Ridgewood’s public hearing on the spending plan will take place at 7:30 p.m. on April 28 at the Education Center on Cottage Place. Additional budget presentations are planned for April (see page B3 for details).
There will be no public budget vote this year, in light of the board’s decision last year to forgo April school board elections.
Business Administrator Michael Falkowski’s updated 2014-2015 budget presentation, which he presented to the board on Monday, is now available online via a link on the district’s homepage.
During Monday’s presentation, Falkowski emphasized next year’s technology upgrades, building improvements and Ridgewood’s high educational ranking. Ridgewood High School is in the top 1 percent of the nation and No. 2 in New Jersey, excluding specialty high schools, based on a U.S. News & World Report 2013 ranking, he noted.
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