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Cresskill welcomes back students after more than two years
It’s the first day of school for thousands of New Jersey students. And in Cresskill, Bergen County, middle and high schoolers were welcomed back to their building for the first time in more than two years.
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N.J. school wrecked last year by Hurricane Ida reopens after long-awaited rebuild
A little rain wasn’t going to delay the first day back at Cresskill Middle and High School on Tuesday, where students and staff were returning for the first time since the building incurred significant flooding and damage in Tropical Storm Ida last year.
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Cresskill school damaged by Ida ready to welcome students on Sept. 6
School officials have had their fingers crossed that work on the middle and high school building damaged by the remnants of Hurricane Ida last year would be ready in time for this year’s first day of school.
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Ida: CBS2 visits district in New Jersey, where some schools haven't been open in 2 years due to pandemic and storm
One year ago, the remnants of Hurricane Ida destroyed the middle and highs schools in Cresskill. Students have not been back since. That, however, will change next Tuesday, the first day of the new school year.
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N.J. school damaged by Ida will reopen to students, staff in time for fall instruction
A year after heavy rain from the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida damaged nearly every inch of its single-story middle and high school building, where 1,000 students in grades 6 to 12 were expected to begin in-person classes, Cresskill is finally back up and running again.
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Cresskill School Reopening After Ida Damage
While the school was built in a flood zone, it never flooded until Hurricane Ida, Pat Battle reports.
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Ravaged by Ida, Cresskill students going back to school for first time in over 2 years following $21M referendum
Cresskill students are finally going back to class inside their high school and middle school for the first time in over two years.
Pascrell Secures Money to Study Flooding in Cresskill
Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. announced last week that the Biden Administration has agreed to provide funding to initiate a study on the Tenakill Brook to protect Cresskill from future flood events..
Cresskill Public Schools vote to make repairs after Hurricane Ida
In Cresskill, voters approved a referendum allowing the district to sell bonds to generate funding for the repairs to the Middle and High Schools after Hurricane Ida.
Cresskill approves $21.6 million referendum measure to repair schools damaged by Ida
Cresskill voters overwhelmingly approved a $21.6 million proposal on Tuesday to make repairs to the middle and high school building, which was damaged during the remnants of Hurricane Ida in September.
Cresskill approves $21.6 million referendum measure to repair schools damaged by Ida
Cresskill voters overwhelmingly approved a $21.6 million proposal on Tuesday to make repairs to the middle and high school building, which was damaged during the remnants of Hurricane Ida in September.
10 N.J. districts asking voters to OK $394.9M on Tuesday, including project to fund repairs from Ida
There’s a lot riding on approval of the $21.6 million bond referendum being presented to voters in Cresskill Public School District this week, Superintendent Michael Burke told NJ Advance Media ahead of Tuesday’s special election.
For students at Cresskill's flood-damaged high school, it all comes down to referendum
CRESSKILL — Since a flood ravaged the middle and high school building, causing over $20 million in damage, parents and students have fought for two things: swift repairs and a return to in-person instruction.
Cresskill Students Remain In Limbo Months After Ida Damages Their School
Four months after 1,000 students at Cresskill Middle/High School were displaced due to damage caused by Tropical Storm Ida, it remains uncertain when they’ll return to in-person learning on a full-time basis.
Pascrell Seeks Help for Cresskill Resiliency after Tropical Storm Ida
U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today requested full-fledged federal support for to study on how to protect Cresskill from future flood events after Tropical Storm Ida caused upwards of $20 million in damage to the borough.
Cresskill’s middle- and high-school students still can’t go back to school
Cresskill is a pretty little town; snug in Bergen County’s Northern Valley, its tight-knit, ethnically diverse, mainly well-to-do community, about 8,500 people strong, is used to working together, and its school district has been one of its sources of pride.