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About Me
- Laurie Goodman
- Ridgewood, NJ, United States
- I served on the Ridgewood Board of Education 2008-2011, and I continue to blog on education issues in Ridgewood, the state of New Jersey and the nation. I've worked in direct marketing creative for 20+ years, creating and writing catalogs, websites, corporate marketing, emails, white papers, and more. I live in Ridgewood, NJ (since 1997), married with two children (one in college and one at RHS).
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I was surprised how many people came to the math meeting. On the one hand 60 or 70 (estimated) people does not seem like a lot when we have 5500 students in the district, but then again, getting 60 or 70 parents to show up to a night meeting is actually a good turnout. I thought it went pretty well. It was civil. People gave their opinions and the board of ed members or administrators wrote them down. It was good. There was a range of opinions.
The math meeting was a joke. What's the point? It's obvious the school district has already decided what they want to do, and all this is just a sham to make it look like they care about parent input.
I disagree 10:29...there was a time not that long ago when the district would not even have had a public meeting to get opinions on math. Why not take them at their word and since they asked what we think, it's our responsibility if we really care about the math, to tell them.
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