>Ridgewood School District’s architect of record charged with taking kickbacks
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
According to sources the head of Disko Associates charged with taking kickbacks in three other school districts
Disko Associates is the Ridgewood School District’s architect of record, and the lead architect for the recent $48 Milliondollar bond referendum . Disko Associates, has been charged with taking more than $80,000 in kickbacks from three other school districts for construction projects.
In case you for got Ridgewood’s $48 million bond referendum controversial from the start was approved by a very small margin ,according to the Ridgewood News “Residents have approved the issuance of $38,420,602 in bonds to fund school construction and improvement projects.Unofficial results were 2,129 votes in favor of the referendum, and 2,047 votes against it.”
The Ridgewood news went on to say , “The total cost of the project, which includes improvements at nine district schools and several athletic fields, is $48,265,314, and will be funded in part by state grants totaling $9,844,712, and debt service of $2,135,471.
The tax impact on the average Ridgewood home will be $300.55 per year over the course of the next 25 years, based on the formula of $37.47 per $100,000 of assessed value.”
https://www.northjersey.com/news/Ridgewoods_48_million_bond_referendum_approved.html
The Willard School district did overwhelmingly approve the referendum while being primarily unaffected by the turf fields and field lighting.
