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Parents, students urge Ridgewood board to keep popular coach as budget cuts loom
Summary
Dozens of parents and students packed the Ridgewood Board of Education meeting to protest planned staff reductions and the nonrenewal of a popular wellness/coach staffer, arguing the cuts would harm students and community programs. Superintendent warned reductions are likely but promised follow‑up.
Dozens of students and parents pressed the Ridgewood Board of Education on Monday to reverse staffing decisions they said would damage programs and student supports, centering their appeals on a wellness teacher and assistant wrestling coach whose contract the district did not plan to renew.
The superintendent, Dr. Schwarz, told the meeting the district is facing an unusually tight budget driven by “extraordinary increases in health care costs” and sliding state aid, and said leaders have tried to protect core student programs where possible. “We have some folks who…we will not have a position for them next year,” he said, adding that “pain is somewhat unavoidable” as the district…
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