2017-2018 PROPOSED PRELIMINARY BUDGET Dr. Fishbein i.
Resolution for Adoption of the 2017-2018 Preliminary Proposed Budget for Submission to the Executive County Superintendent of Schools It is recommended that the Board approve the following resolution:
BE IT RESOLVED, by the Ridgewood Board of Education, to approve the 2017-2018 school district preliminary proposed budget, as follows, for submission to the Executive County Superintendent of Schools:
Dr. Fishbein Budget Tax Levy General Fund $ 100,503,229 $ 91,519,173 Special Revenue Fund $ 1,378,767 $ 0 Debt Service Fund $ 3,683,597 $ 3,265,784 Total Budget $ 105,565,593 $ 94,784,957 The district has proposed programs and services in addition to the Core Curriculum Content Standards adopted by the State Board of Education.
Information on this budget and the programs and services it provides is available from the school district. There should be raised for the General Fund Tax Levy $91,519,173 for the ensuing School Year: (2017-2018).
This is Insane.Full Stop..other people money syndrome ..full day pre k was the final straw,Ridgewood taxpayers ..we have met the enemy and
He Is ?.take your pick of the many runaway agendas in this town..in fact it’s a budget buster that many will indeed sell and run away from ..
School board is insane.
They figured out that a well placed sleepy time spend more of other people’s money vote during the work week ,the unions
could get the vote out before the workers came off the trains at 730 pm and went home..instead of voting against more money for the bloated education budgets.Not one word about eliminating Waste and placing new fresh priorities on existing spending budgets,A scandal…
Please don’t bother us with this senseless news. We are busy with our anti Trump agenda, Russian invasion, transgender bathrooms, BoyScout girls etc. We don’t care about money.
There should be raised for the General Fund Tax Levy $91,519,173 for the ensuing School Year: (2017-2018).
What was the number raised this year?
“Total Budget $ 105,565,593 The district has proposed programs and services in addition to the Core Curriculum Content Standards adopted by the State Board of Education. ” .. WHAT ARE THOSE PROPOSED PROGRAMS AND SERVICES ? THAT ARE IN ADDITION TO THE CORE ADOPTED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION???
“Information on this budget and the programs and services it provides is available from the school district.” …IT’S NOT ON THE BOE WEBSITE- THE PROPOSED BUDGET, PROGRAMS AND SERVICES. What could possibly be MORE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES?? ADDING AN ADDITIONAL $4 MILLION MORE TO THE ALREADY $101 MILL. BUDGET?
I see the union hating trolls are at it again. This budget is not all union salaries.
What a completely asinine comment 6:00 pm. Yea, we get it…your a union lackey, toadie and sycophant. And inflecting that the budget is not all Union and that the 4 million dollar increase has nothing to do with them is COMPLETE BULLSHIT. We know it and you know it. Guess what? PARTIES OVER. If you think for one second this crap us going to continue your out of your mind. The theft and corruption in Ridgewwood is exactly on par with Joey doughnuts in Paterson…and he’s going to jail. YOUR NEXT.
$105 million reasons to vote against this BOE budget. Wonder if the Blog can mobilize enough grassroots interest in this issue to overcome the thug teachers’ union vote?
James, something doesn’t make sense here: When the Ridgewood teacher contract was approved last October, it put the district $2.5 million over the 2% property tax cap during the life of the three-year contract for teacher salaries alone which grow over 2.7% in year two and three of the contract and over 2.13% for the life of the contract. At the time Sheila Brogan explained that the amount was still above the 2% cap, necessitating certain cuts to be made to programs and personnel to make the district cap compliant and that the challenge of funding the contract “will require budgetary reductions next year that will result in changes to staffing and programming.” So what happened? This budget is a $4 million YoY INCREASE in spending. How is that a sign that the BOE has worked closely with Superintendent Fishbein to identify reductions that will have the least impact on the instructional programs and extra-curricular offerings? Looks like this budget adds to the budget above and beyond the $2.5 million three year excess just for teacher salaries under the new contract, how does this make any sense? Let’s hope this budget is voted down. It’s all about teacher salaries, not about our kids.
Hey Anonymous March 7, 2017 at 6:50 pm, you better take your blood pressure medication before you have a stroke…..the party isn’t over the party has just begun and you will be reaching into your deep pockets to pay for this party.
Math doesn’t work 3:55. You can’t have more retirees than actual teachers paying pension contributions, which is what will happen within 7 years. The party’s over, TPAF will be insolvent and you’ll get nothing.
I hate to inform you Anonymous March 9, 2017 at 8:57 pm, and your not gonna like it, but you are wrong.
You can have more retirees collecting a pension then working teachers making pension contributions. Simply put, the State of N.J. (which means N.J. Taxpayers) will have to pony up the money it was legally required to contribute to the various pensions (with interest of course) for the years they failed to make the required pension contributions.
The party will continue. And each and every Teacher will get their retirement checks as required.