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District proposes higher pre‑K tuition, shifts classrooms from daycare program and seeks more before/after‑care revenue

Ridgewood Public School District Board of Education · March 16, 2026
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Summary

Administrators proposed raising pre‑K tuition from about $7,500 to roughly $10,000, reallocating some classrooms from the infant/toddler day‑care (ITDC) to Glenn School REACH preschool seats to avoid expensive out‑of‑district placements, and pursuing larger revenue from before/after‑care through RFPs or an in‑house model.

Dr. Schwarz told the board the district is considering a multi‑part revenue strategy that includes increasing pre‑K tuition and restructuring how the district provides early‑childhood care. "We're talking about moving that up to about $10,000," he said of pre‑K tuition as a budgeting assumption, noting the district still would be below market rate for a high‑demand program and that…

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