April 16, 2014 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 5 FLOW Area Candidates for superintendent’s post being interviewed by Frank J. McMahon The Ramapo Indian Hills Board of Education is in the process of interviewing candidates for the superintendent’s post. School Board President Thomas Bunting advised at a recent public meeting that there are 20 applicants for the position, including six from the search firm, R-Pat Solu- tions, LLC, which the board hired in February. The R-Pat Solutions candidates are being interviewed first, he said. Bunting said the board will decide at its April 16 public meeting which candidates will proceed to the second round of interviews, and those candidates will be interviewed during the week of April 21. In response to a question from a member of the public, Bunting said all the candidates who were part of the pool of candidates obtained by the school board’s own search will remain in the pool of candidates to be considered. “We felt that was a good pool,” Bunting said, adding, however, that the board of education was not satisfied with the quantity of candidates who initially applied for the post. The school board sought input from the district’s staff, its administrators, and the community during recent meet- ings at the Indian Hills High School auditorium. In addi- tion, the board conducted an online survey to which 376 members of the community responded, but the results of the meetings and the survey have not been released. The search for a new school superintendent in New Jersey has become difficult since the state’s superinten- dent salary cap law was implemented in February 2011 by a commissioner of education regulation. That regula- tion bases the maximum salary of a superintendent on the number of students in a school district. A new superintendent in the Ramapo Indian Hills High School District, which serves 2,350 students, cannot earn more than $155,000 plus a $2,500 stipend because the district includes a high school, and a potential 15 percent bonus if certain merit goals are met. The previous superintendent in the Ramapo Indian Hills school district was earning $197,500 and the current interim superintendent is receiving $606 per day for the days actually worked, but not more than an annual salary of $157,500, plus the potential of up to 15 percent if certain quantitative and qualitative criteria are met. On April 16, when the board decides which candidates will proceed to the second round of interviews, the trust- ees will also interview candidates for the vacant Franklin Lakes seat on the school board. That seat became avail- able in March when Franklin Lakes trustee Debbie Strauss resigned from the school board. FLOW Notes Students may enter film contest Students from Wyckoff, Franklin Lakes, and Oakland are invited to submit their environmentally-themed videos ranging in length from 30 seconds to 10 minutes. Partici- pants in the 2014 Green Video Awards event must submit their entries by May 2. The competition is open to middle school and high school students living in New Jersey. Videos with a PG or G rating are suggested. Possible topics include “Why We Should Increase Our Recycling,” “How to Compost Waste at Home,” and “Where Does Our Garbage Go?” Video entries should be mailed to the Wyckoff Environ- mental Commission at 390 Franklin Avenue, Scott Plaza, Wyckoff, NJ 07481-1907. Releases on the videos for roy- alty-free performance must be obtained and signed. The best videos will be shown at the Wyckoff Public Library. For more information, e-mail WEC@Wyckoff-nj.com. FLOW Green Film Festival announced The Franklin Lakes, Oakland, and Wyckoff environ- mental commissions, in partnership with the Wyckoff Public Library, will host a “Green Film Festival” during the month of May. Film topics range from the effects of (continued on page 21)