Ramapo, NY – The town Planning Board has approved construction of a four-story religious school with a dormitory along a dead-end road outside Pomona.

Congregation Khal Torath Chaim’s proposal on Babcock Lane is near several other proposed religious schools and the controversial 497-home Patrick Farm housing development proposed at Routes 202 and 306.

Another religious school is being planned at a Route 306 house where a calf was slaughtered last year, and a school with dormitories for rabbinical students also is proposed nearby.

About a dozen local residents spoke out against the school proposed on 17 acres along Babcock Lane for up to 80 students ages 13 to 16.

The board voted 5-1 to approve the development plans on Tuesday night.

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