Checkmate: Wood-Ridge BOE nixes chess club, other activities
By John Soltes
Editor-in-Chief
WOOD-RIDGE (July 10, 2008) — The Wood-Ridge Board of Education recently cut three extracurricular activities from its budget, including the high school’s chess club, math league and electronic club. The reasoning for the cuts was due in large part to the recent defeat of Wood-Ridge’s school budget, according to Michael Leary, who serves as business administrator and board secretary.
“(The decision) was one that the board had discussed and sadly had to agree on,” Leary said.
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Sucks to be Wood-Ridge.
ad hoc club meets at my place
What remained in the budget? Cheerleader camp, Club Madden 2008 (PS3 or XBox platform training supported), and the Underwater Basket Weaving Group?