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Mahwah Superintendent Search

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Board Ends 'Exhausting' Search, Officially Hires New Superintendent

Current Ramapo Indian Hills Superintendent Dr. Lauren Schoen will make the maximum allowed under the state-imposed superintendent salary cap, officials say

Come July 1, Mahwah schools will have a permanent leader for the first time in two years. Dr. Lauren Schoen, a former elementary school teacher and principal and current Superintendent of the Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District in Oakland and Franklin Lakes, was officially hired by the Board of Education as Mahwah’s new Superintendent at a meeting Wednesday night. The board approved a five-year contract for Schoen starting this summer, which district business administrator Ed Deptula said will pay the most the district legally can. “We are prepared to offer the maximum amount allowed [under the state’s superintendent salary cap], which is $167,500,” he said Wednesday. The contract will likely also include the possibility for …

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Bob Rama

10:29 pm on Thursday, February 7, 2013

Pretty sure the interim superintendent was getting a healthy 6-figure salary from the district.   more ›

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Ramapo-Indian Hills Superintendent Taking Job in Mahwah

Mahwah has been looking for a permanent Superintendent since 2011

After nearly two years of searching for a permanent Superintendent, the Mahwah school district has found one. Current Ramapo-Indian Hills Superintendent C. Lauren Schoen is stepping down to take the superintendent job in Mahwah. In a letter to Ramapo students and parents dated Feb. 5, Schoen announced that she had submitted her resignation in order to accept the position in Mahwah. Her last day at Ramapo Indian Hills will be May 15, she said. Schoen was hired at RIH in 2009 at a salary of $197,500 and her contract was set to expire this summer, according to a northjersey.com report. Mahwah officials declined to comment on the details of her contract in the township, the report said, but did say Schoen would likely be introduced officially …

himan

3:02 am on Thursday, February 7, 2013

where are the rest of the comments???   more ›

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