Security Concerns Prompt YMCA to move nursery school program from Ridgewood to Upper Saddle River
January 9, 2013, 5:17 PM
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, The YWCA of Bergen County is relocating its nursery school and parent/child classes to its more secure location in Upper Saddle River.
The school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut prompted the Y to move the programs from the Ridgewood facility at Oak street in Ridgewood which is open to the public, to Upper Saddle River a dedicated early learning site where entrants must use a key code or be buzzed into the locked building.
In a press release issued by the YWCA ,Arlene Vasquez, President of the YWCA Bergen County’s Board of Directors said ,” The safety of the children entrusted to our care has always been our number one priority,”
The move was not spurred by specific security concerns raised by parents or any security issues within the organization, Donna Gould, a spokeswoman for the YWCA, told the Bergen Record said Wednesday. ( https://www.northjersey.com/news/YMCA_of_Bergen_moving_nursery_school_from_Ridgewood_to_Upper_Saddle_River__.html )
Gould went on to say . “ I think from a standpoint of really trying to keep the facility kid-safe parents will appreciate that we take it that seriously.”
Nursery school classes for children 2½ to 4 years old, as well as Parent/Child classes for ages 15 months to 2 years will begin in the new location on Feb. 20. The Upper Saddle River center, is on Pleasant Avenue, about 6 miles from the current Ridgewood location.
Over 100 children from Ridgewood, Ho-Ho-Kus, Waldwick and other towns to the north, attend the nursery school program at the YMCA.
