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Following the Ridgefield School District’s fifth consecutive bond failure last month, district officials are weighing options of how to best move forward without the funds necessary to build a new elementary school.
The new school — along with an expansion to Ridgefield High School that would have also been funded by the bond — was the first step in Ridgefield’s long-term plan to alleviate intense population increases that have overwhelmed the district over the last decade.
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