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Overcrowding - Illegal Students
wetochwink:
Bergenfield cuts students who live elsewhere
In Sunday's record - great article on Bergenfield cracking down on illegal students.
Why is it that we do not hear of such news for our school system? Anyone cheating the system should be kicked out and sent a bill to recover costs.
Semanon:
You'll never hear anything about it in this town. You ought to see how the "free lunch" program is handled with all the non-information supplied by the parents.
Editor:
Latest story: Bogota targeting illegal students
irons35:
nothing will ever happen in Hackensack in regard to this. just take a look around the bus stops in the morning. the 178 from Washington Heights comes over the cedar lane bridge and drops off kids by Sears, who then walk to the middle school. Then you have the bus stop next to the 5-6 school. lots ok kids get on those buses in the afternoon and dont get off at the last stop in Hackensack at Hudson & Moonachie Road. Look at all of the out of state license plates around Fairmount and the Middle School at 3pm. Look at the buses that go to Paterson in the PM. nothing is being done at all, the status quo effect.
If it were done right, the school system would easily lose 500-800 students that shouldnt be there in the first place. but nobody wants to do anything about it...
wetochwink:
It wont get done simply because that would be reduction in staffing due to student reduction and the BOE budget would have to come down and your taxes would be cheaper.
Its easier to let the system run amuk and raise everyone's taxes as needed.
Strap in - the tax reassesment is coming!
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