Repair work will move forward on a Cresskill school building that was damaged during Tropical Storm Ida. In a referendum, voters there approved $21 million to fix the middle and high school building, which suffered flood damage from the storm. Since September, about 1,000 students have been learning remotely for the majority of the week.
It was a different story in Hoboken, where a plan for major borrowing to build a new high school was rejected by the city’s voters. Voters there defeated a referendum to borrow $241 million to build a new high school and refurbish other buildings.
Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla said he hopes that stakeholders will work collaboratively on a revised plan that reflects the feedback of residents. Some residents had said there was a lack of transparency in the process.
