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Superintendent says Ridgefield Park out of state monitorship, highlights enrollment, pre-K expansion and test-score gains
Summary
Superintendent presented a state-of-the-district update reporting 2,117 students (Sept. 15), district release from state monitorship, expansion of tuition-free pre-K classrooms, technology upgrades and double-digit gains on state assessments.
The Ridgefield Park Board of Education heard a state-of-the-district presentation Sept. 17 in which the superintendent said the district has been released from state monitorship and reported current enrollment of 2,117 students.
The superintendent said the district was “officially released from State Monitorship” by the New Jersey Commissioner of Education and outlined three strategic goals: collaborative instructional plans with Little Ferry, enhanced special-education programming and optimized financial operations following monitorship. He told the board he will provide an action plan in September listing activities tied to those goals.
Board members asked for, and praised, specifics on facilities and academic progress. The superintendent said pre-K had been expanded: when he arrived two years…
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