I am very thankful to have grown up in the Ridgefield School District and I know that I have benefited immensely from the people I have interacted with. When I was growing up, the facilities permitted teachers the time and resources to invest in me and my fellow classmates. The people, and the relationships created, are what makes Ridgefield schools so great. The one-on-one interaction between teachers and students has generated the thirst for knowledge that propels students far past their senior year of high school.
The upcoming Ridgefield bond is important because the very thing that makes Ridgefield so great is at risk. It was two years ago when I graduated from Ridgefield High School, and my class size was roughly 150 students. Now my little brother, who is an eighth-grader, has a class size of 400-plus students. I worry for my little brother and his classmates’ success in a school where one-on-one contact will be limited and facilities wont be sufficing to foster the “eureka” moments that we know are so important.
Please vote in support of the Ridgefield School District bond.
