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Reader asks not a single employee of the Ridgewood Public School System who could have been promoted to fill the principal’s position at Orchard?

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There was not a single employee of the Ridgewood Public School System who could have been promoted to fill the principal’s position at Orchard?

What does that say about top District management and the BOE itself if we have no viable succession program?

From last night’s meeting agenda:

iv. Appointments

Administrator

FERRERI, Mary, K. – Principal of Orchard School, effective
July 15, 2015 through June 30, 2016.

Mrs. Ferreri credentials are as follows:
 Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, New Jersey
Master of Arts in Educational Administration – 2005
 The College of New Jersey, Ewing, New Jersey
Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education/History – 2002

Experience:
 Westwood Regional School District; Principal, George
Elementary School – July 2010 to present
 Westwood Regional School District; Acting Assistant
Principal, George & Ketler Schools/Supervisor of
Elementary Programs/District Head Teacher K-6 – January
2009 to June 2010
 Westwood Regional School District; Third Grade Teacher –
2002 to 2009
 Westwood Regional School District; First Grade Teacher –
2002 to 2009

$150,000
pro-rated