APRIL 17, 2015 LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 2015, 12:31 AM
BY DARIUS AMOS
STAFF WRITER |
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
The Ridgewood Board of Education unanimously approved the appointment of Mary K. Ferreri as the new principal of Orchard Elementary School, effective July 15.
Ferreri has spent her entire career in the Westwood Regional School District. She is currently principal at the Jessie F. George Elementary School, a position that she has held since 2010.
From January 2009 to June 2010, she worked as acting assistant principal at George and Ketler schools while also serving as supervisor of elementary programs and the district’s head teacher for kindergarten to grade 6. Prior to that, she taught first and third grades in Westwood from 2002 to 2009.
Ferreri, who will be paid $150,000 in Ridgewood, has a master’s degree in educational administration from Montclair State.
Superintendent of Schools Daniel Fishbein announced Ferreri’s appointment in a letter distributed to Ridgewood parents.
https://www.northjersey.com/news/education/new-principal-named-at-orchard-education-1.1311296
I don’t know the new principal. I wish her well of course. But there were 2 stellar internal candidates that got overlooked again.
What’s it going to take for the BOE to extract their heads from their behinds …?
Last summer Nick Grimshaw left BFMS to become the principal in Summit. Grimshaw’s departure was a huge loss for the community.
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
Ridgewood operates the largest public school district in Bergen County. How could we not have a viable internal candidate to fill such a position? What are they thinking on Cottage Place?
I hope that after looking at both internal and external candidates, they are picking the best candidate.