September 18, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • Page 3 Area Highlands referendum set for September 24 by John Koster The referendum on a $2.76 million roof replacement for Northern Highlands Regional High School will take place on Sept. 24. Voters in Allendale and Upper Saddle River will be casting their ballots. District officials said the cost to residents of Allendale, where the school is based, and Upper Saddle River would be about $25 a year over 10 years. Funding for the roof project would include state assis- tance, which would cover 40 percent of the cost, and $700,000 contributions from the two sending districts, Ho-Ho-Kus and Saddle River. The roof, Superintendent of Schools John Keenan said, would be under warranty for 35 years. During a recent presentation on the referendum, Keenan said the district has been struggling with leaks and roof repairs for several years. He said it is necessary to place buckets in the auditorium during rain storms, and a portion of the planetarium that has been an issue for two decades. The sections of the roof that would be replaced were installed in 1965 and in 1974 and the high school has serious problems with roof leaks during heavy rains and snow melt-offs. The 2005 science wing of the high school would not be part of the roofing project if it is approved at the polls. The two remaining information sessions on the needs for the new roof will take place on Wednesday, Sept. 18 at 9:30 a.m. in Room 100 at the high school and on Thursday, Sept. 19, at 7 p.m. in Room 100. Allendale trustees approve seminars The Allendale Board of Education has approved $429 for Business Administrator John Boreman to attend a seminar in public school purchasing at Rutgers Uni- versity during two days in October. The board has also approved his attendance at a bid specification seminar and a submission review seminar in Rockaway, New Jersey later this month. School Board Secretary Elaine Greenan was also approved for the September seminar subsidized by sub- scription. Dr. Michael Barcadepone, superintendent of schools, received two smaller subsidies to attend off-site pro- grams: $5 for the Commissioner’s Convocation at Jack- son Liberty High School in Jackson, and $10 for the Bergen County Association of School Administrators Fall Leadership Institute Program at Ramapo College in Mahwah. J. KOSTER