Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Students from Pascack Valley and Pascack Hills High Schools will compete in the event in St. Louis.
The joint robotics team of Pascack Valley and Pascack Hills High Schools will be competing in the "FIRST Robotics Competition" championships in St. Louis this week. The team previously won at a state competition and scored enough points at a regional competition against students from New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Deleware to get them a place in the championships, according to Pascack Valley Regional Board of Education member James Hall. The Pascack Valley Pi-oneers wil be competing against about 2,500 other teams from around the world, Hall said. "They're very excited," he said. Board of Education President Bertram Siegel called the team's success "a wonderful accomplishment." The championships run from Wednesday through Saturday. To get an…
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Woodcliff Lake officials have said they believe they and Montvale pay for Hillsdale and River Vale students in the Pascack Valley Regional High School District.
Woodcliff Lake officials voted earlier this month to fund a study examining the potential split-up of the Pascack Valley Regional High School District, according to a report on NorthJersey.com. The Montvale and Woodcliff Lake councils both passed resolutions earlier this year to withdraw from the district, saying that they pay a higher rate per student than the other two towns. Officials have said a plan outlined in a 2009 study showed that they could withdraw from the district in order to save money. The original study reported that Montvale could take Pascack Hills High School and have Woodcliff Lake as a sending district, while Hillsdale could take Pascack Valley High School and have River Vale as a sending district. Executive County …
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Montvale officials have not yet committed to funding a legal battle to leave the Pascack Valley Regional High School district, according to the report.
Officials in Montvale, one of the two towns seeking to withdraw from the Pascack Valley Regional High School District, are not sure they want to continue spending money on what will likely be a costly legal battle, according to a report on NorthJersey.com. A 2009 study found that residents of Montvale and Woodcliff lake are paying more per student in school taxes than residents of Hillsdale and River Vale. The four towns share the regional school district, which contains Pascack Valley High School and Pascack Hills High School. Montvale Mayor Roger Fyfe said he believed they had "little chance" of succeeding in their attempt to withdraw, according to the report. Executive County Superintendent Robert Gilmartin previously told Patch that …
Monday, June 25, 2012
Two of the four towns on the Pascack Valley Regional High School District are attempting to withdraw from the district.
Splitting the Pascack Valley Regional High School District could have unintended consequences affecting the quality of education at local schools, according to the Hillsdale Mayor Max Arnowitz and River Vale Mayor Joseph Blundo. Officials in Woodcliff Lake and Montvale voted to withdraw from the district earlier this year and Executive County Superintendent Robert Gilmartin met with local municipal and school officials last week to discuss the process. Arnowitz and Blundo said in a press release they would fight the withdrawal because the split could hurt the quality of education at the two high schools in the district. "The initial research conducted by River Vale and Hillsdale suggests that the potential damage to the academic reputation…
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Officials met Tuesday to discuss the process which will decide whether or not the district is split.
Officials began the process which may end in the Pascack Valley Regional High School District being broken up. Woodcliff Lake and Montvale officials both passed resolutions earlier this year to withdraw from the regional high school district, which also includes Hillsdale and River Vale students. Executive County Superintendent Robert Gilmartin met on Tuesday with representatives from the district, as well as the four towns and four K-8 districts it serves to discuss the process for determining whether or not the two towns will be able to withdraw. A 2009 feasibility study found that a change in the way regional school districts are funded "has forced Montvale and Woodcliff Lake to subsidize the education of the high school students from …
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1:51 pm on Wednesday, June 27, 2012
If that is the case, they they all have to vote yes, than I assume it will fail. In turn the WCL and Mtvale, will probably go back to the state. like Oradell is doing, in their on going battle with River Edge over the regional school funding. more ›