Miraglia, Mary K. "Little Ferry Schools Not Responsible For $1.5M Gap In Ridgefield Park", Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights Daily Voice, January 13, 2016. Accessed February 8, 2024. "Ridgefield Park Superintendent Eric Koenig reached out to Little Ferry Superintendent Frank Scarafile after his board meeting Jan. 7 to go over plans for filling the budget shortfall. Koenig assured him Ridgefield Park won’t be trying to make any changes to the sending - receiving contract that would impose new tuition in the current year, according to a letter Scarafile sent to his board members."
About Our District, Little Ferry Public Schools. Accessed February 8, 2024. "Our Prek-8 district serves approximately 950 students in two schools located across the street from each other in the town of Little Ferry, New Jersey. Memorial School serves approximately 400 students and houses the Middle School which serves students in grades 5-8..... Washington Elementary School serves approximately 500 students in grades PreK to 4. Grades 2 to 4 attend classes in the Elementary wing of Memorial School. Little Ferry’s 9–12 students attend Ridgefield Park High School in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey."
Business Office, Little Ferry Public Schools. Accessed February 8, 2024.
Board of Education, Little Ferry Public Schools. Accessed February 8, 2024. "The Little Ferry Public Schools Board of Education is comprised of 9 elected members."
"Little Ferry Board Hikes Budget $22,849", The Record, January 13, 1953. Accessed January 4, 2024, via Newspapers.com. "The shift to Ridgefield Park High School and a jump In tuition costs at Lodi High School attended by pupils from Little Ferry will account for a portion of the increase in current expenses. This year's graduation class will attend Ridgefield Park High School next fall and the Board made provision for an Increase of about $100 per pupil In the tuition rate. The Board last night received notice that the tuition rate for Little Ferry pupils who will continue to attend Lodi High School will be Increased $7 and will be $235 for 1953-54. It is estimated that about 150 pupils will be attending Lodi High School next year and 55 will be in Ridgefield Park."
Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Little Ferry School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2023. Accessed February 8, 2024. "The Little Ferry Board of Education (the 'Board' or the 'District') is an instrumentality of the State of New Jersey, established to function as an education institution. The Board consists of nine elected officials and is responsible for the fiscal control of the District. A Superintendent of Schools is appointed by the Board and is responsible for the administrative control of the District. A School Business Administrator/Board Secretary is also appointed by the Board and oversees the business functions of the District."
James, George. "School Districts' Battle On Tuition Goes to Court", The New York Times, December 16, 1989. Accessed February 8, 2024. "School officials in the borough, Little Ferry, which sends 202 students to the 546-student high school, say a partial audit several years ago raised suspicions that Ridgefield Park has overcharged them by hundreds of thousands of dollars in recent years.... Little Ferry, a borough of 1.5 square miles and 9,900 people, has sent its high school students to this neighboring 1.92-square mile village of 12,000 people, since 1953."
Little Ferry Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Little Ferry Public Schools. Accessed February 8, 2024. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through eight in the Little Ferry School District. Composition: The Little Ferry School District is comprised of all the area within the County of Bergen."
