Thursday, January 17, 2013
Council likely to vote on Feb. 13 agreeing to the school district's request that teachers should kick students out of spaces on Heermance Place.
Despite unanswered questions over who actually owns the land, the Ridgewood Village Council on Wednesday agreed to introduce an ordinance that will allow the school district to provide teacher parking at the expense of students. The council majority – Councilwoman Gwenn Hauck, Deputy Mayor Albert Pucciarelli and Mayor Paul Aronsohn – have expressed support for an ordinance that will allow the district to issue permits for 23 parking spaces on Heermance Place. Students at the high school would see the boot as a result. Prompted by questions from resident Boyd Loving, the village attorney said the fact that the school district might already own the parking spots is immaterial to introducing the ordinance. "Issues that remain outstanding …
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Regardless of who has ownership over the spots near the high school, the Ridgewood council majority remains interested in evicting residents/students in favor of teachers.
Ridgewood school officials have been lobbying the local government for close to a year to designate public parking on Heermance Place for teacher use. As it turns out, they might not have to ask at all – it could be their property, Village Planner Blais Brancheau revealed Wednesday night. According to the village planner, maps suggest that the road abutting the high school is only 20 feet wide. As such, the 23 spots facing RHS Stadium Field could actually be on the property of the high school. If that's the case, he said, the school officials likely wouldn't need permission to strip the students or general residents of the right to park there in favor of teachers. Still, he said, there could be a previously existing agreement between the …
Monday, December 17, 2012
Ridgewood district also rescinds request to open parking for teachers on Beverly Road.
Climbing student enrollment led school two top school officials to request that the council cede parking at Heermance Place to the district, and now Dan Fishbein and board president Sheila Brogan have the full support of the school board. At the Monday school board meeting, Fishbein, the superintendent, told the board that the district has requested 23 public parking spots on Heermance Place be closed to the public. Some future classes are projected to near 500 students, necessitating greater staff levels, Fishbein said. According to Fishbein, there's a current deficiency of about 30 spots. Only Ridgewood High School staff members during school hours would be permitted to park at the spots, which traditionally have been taken by early-…
Sunday, December 9, 2012
It's your turn to vote – should students be displaced from parking near the high school for teachers? The council majority thinks so.
The majority of council members agreed with top school officials that district staff should be given the right to park at the high school, even if it means booting students from a public, metered street. Mayor Paul Aronsohn, Deputy Mayor Albert Pucciarelli and Councilwoman Gwenn Hauck agreed on priniciple to have teachers take over the 23 parking spots on Heermance Place while letting staff also park on the south side of Beverly Road. The request – made by BOE president Sheila Brogan and Superintendent Dan Fishbein – must still go through a public hearing and vote. There's a parking shortage of about 30 spots for staff, Fishbein said, adding the proposal would clear between 5-10 spots in the main lot for visitors. Some in the community …
Monday, November 12, 2012
Superintendent Daniel Fishbein and school board president Sheila Brogan to speak at upcoming council meeting on having teachers force out students for spots at Heermance Place.
Ridgewood school officials were denied last time they asked the village to cede Heermance Place to allow Ridgewood High School teachers to park there. They'll be coming back again to plead their case, Mayor Paul Aronsohn said at Wednesday's council meeting. To alleviate the capacity-filled high school lot and hold more teachers on-site, Superintendent Daniel Fishbein had appealed to the council last year requesting that the district issue permits for twelve parking spots on the public street. Those without a permit would be towed if they're there during school hours, he said. Essentially, students would be kicked out to allow teachers to park at the facility. Last year's council unanimously voted against the plan. "I think it's a bad idea…
Thursday, March 8, 2012
School officials had asked the Ridgewood Village Council to take over parking spots on a public street, which would kick students out in favor of teachers
If teachers want primo parking spots at RHS, they'll have to get up early and beat the students to the punch. The Ridgewood Village Council on Wednesday night unanimously agreed to dismiss the school district's proposal that public parking spots on Heermance Place be taken over by the district. To alleviate the capacity-filled high school lot and hold more teachers on-site, Superintendent Daniel Fishbein had appealed to the council requesting that the district issue permits for twelve parking spots on the public street. Those without a permit would be towed if they're there during school hours, he said. Fishbein sent a letter Wednesday to Gabbert, who informed the council that he didn't have time to read it before the meeting. "I think it …
Thursday, February 23, 2012
School district wants to kick students off public street to accommodate for teachers and staff
A member short, the village council held off on deciding whether to grant the school board the ability to kick high school students out of Heermance Place, a public street, in favor of teachers. The school district on Wednesday night presented statistics affirming why it believes the council should cede partial control of the street. According to Superintendent Daniel Fishbein, a total of 215 teachers, staff and secretaries (not including cafeteria or custodial staff) currently vie for parking in the 195-space high school lot. Because of an increase in school population over the years and a need to bring more staff for classified students, the RHS staff size has grown larger, Fishbein wrote in a letter to Village Manager Ken Gabbert. The …
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