Ridgewood school district putting goals into action
MARCH 24, 2015 LAST UPDATED: TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2015, 11:22 AM
BY DARIUS AMOS
STAFF WRITER |
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
Ridgewood education leaders have outlined several forms of action that the district will consider as it works toward the goals established during community planning sessions last fall.
At a March 9 Board of Education meeting, Superintendent of Schools Daniel Fishbein reviewed the laundry list of action items created to address five distinct BOE goal areas: student achievement, communication, diversity, facilities and technology.
These areas were identified during an hours-long brainstorming process, which brought together school board trustees, administrators, students and community members in September. Goals were then refined by a consulting firm, which presented its report to the BOE and the public in November, and accepted by the BOE.
In its 24-page presentation, Sousa and Stern Education Consultants provided a blank sample plan of action for the BOE to complete while including benchmarks and timelines for each of the goal areas.
According to the goal list, a focus on student achievement would create a comprehensive learning environment that will inspire and empower all students to reach their highest potential academically, creatively and socially.
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Diversity goals were mentioned in terms of staff at the schools.
Does anyone know in what areas or in which ways our school system was found to lack an adequate level of diversity? Against what standard of diversity was the school district measured to arrive at the conclusion that it was insufficiently diverse? What types of diversity are seen as lacking, how do they relate to the mission of the school district, and are we on the hook with respect to some sort of state-level or federal diversity requirement to which we’re obliged to conform or risk an adverse finding or a withholding of funds? Has anyone complained about a lack of diversity in the district staff? If the feds, the state and residents are not complaining, why are we erecting targets for recruiting, and what are those targets, specifically?
I have a new goal. Cut spending.