November 27, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 9 Midland Park Sending is dead; receiving option may be pursued The Midland Park Board of Education may now turn its attention to wooing another school district to send its high school students to Midland Park High School while giving up any consideration of closing the high school and sending its students elsewhere. “Ever since the NJ Supreme Court struck down the receiving agreement with North Haledon nine years ago, the board has considered other districts that might be inter- ested in sending their high school students to Midland Park. The options are limited, but I will continue to reach out to districts that may be a good fit,” board of education President William Sullivan said last week. Putting a stop to any further talks about pursuing a sending arrangement with another high school, Sullivan said: “We’re going to move on.” “The Northern Highlands send/receive issue appears to have run its course, and we know of no other districts that are interested in accepting our high school students,” Sullivan said when officially reporting on an email from the Northern Highlands Regional High School Board of Education ending any further talks about a send/receive relationship with Midland Park. Earlier this year the board president had reported that Ridgewood and Waldwick school officials had indicated, following preliminary meetings, that they could not take in additional students. Midland Park currently has 335 stu- dents in grades 9 through 12. The next step now, Sullivan said, is facility improve- ments. “The board believes we should continue to focus on our facilities,” Sullivan said. He said trustees are anx- iously awaiting a decision on a grant request made to the NJ Schools Development Authority as well as a funding request with the Honeywell Energy Performance Program. The Honeywell grant would provide for energy efficiency upgrades, he said. The state grant would cover up to 40 percent of any items included in the $12 million referen- dum defeated in December, 2012 that the authority consid- ers eligible. Sullivan said the district would now also focus on shar- ing course offerings with Waldwick, now being discussed between the two districts, and possibly look into other sim- ilar opportunities. The two districts already have combined football and wrestling teams. Sano Salon Grand Opening Midland Park Mayor Patrick ‘Bud’ O’Hagan (second from right) officiated at the grand opening of Sano Salon & Color Bar in the Wortendyke section of Midland Park (Rosario’s shopping center). Ibtissam (Sam) Barkho recently purchased the modern salon and offers hair cutting, color, and keratin treatments, along with manicures, pedicures, waxing, and massage services. Pictured above with Sam and her husband Sameeh, are their daughters, from left: Grace, Kathleen, and Samantha.