Tuesday, May 7, 2013
The authors of a study commissioned by Woodcliff Lake said splitting the regional school district would save their residents money, but cost Hillsdale and River Vale residents.
Hillsdale Mayor Max Arnowitz said Tuesday that the borough and River Vale "have commited 100 percent to fight" a proposed splitting of the Pascack Valley Regional High School District. Arnowitz's comments followed a Woodcliff Lake Council meeting Monday at which a retired CPA recommended Woodcliff Lake attempt to withdraw from the regional district, NorthJersey.com reported. James Kirtland, the CPA who helped prepare a study for Woodcliff Lake examining the possible effects of their proposed withdrawal from the district, said there would be "substantial overall financial and educational benefits" if Woodcliff Lake and Montvale pursued a separate regional district or had a sending-receiving relationship without Hillsdale and River Vale, …
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Woodcliff Lake and Montvale have petitioned to withdraw from the Pascack Valley Regional High School District.
A study commissioned by Hillsdale and River Vale found that a split of the Pascack Valley Regional High School District would cause large tax increases for residents of the two towns, raise the overall cost of high school education in all four towns and potentially lower the level of performance in both high schools. Woodcliff Lake and Montvale petitoned the Executive County Superintendent last year to allow them to withdraw from the district, citing potential savings laid out in a 2009 feasibility study. Officials in Hillsdale and River Vale vowed they would not allow the split to happen, saying that it would decrease the quality of education in the district. Woodcliff Lake also commissioned a second report at the request of the Executive…
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 …
Common Cents
9:13 pm on Monday, May 20, 2013
I spoke to a fellow who seemed to know a bit about this. I never thought about it in this light, but the reasoning is just. Years ago the person who came up with and implemented the school funding foumula should be considered before his time. The residents in example here; Woodcliff Lake and Montvale, have nobody else to blame but thier own planning and zoning boards for the funding amounts. The … more ›