Levine, Cecilia. "Pascack Valley, Hills High Schools Remove Racist Mascots", Pascack Valley Daily Voice, June 23, 2020. Accessed June 23, 2020. "Two Bergen County sports teams are no longer named the Cowboys and Indians. The Pascack Valley Regional High School District Board of Education voted unanimously to remove the nicknames and logos during Monday's virtual meeting.... Charleen Schwartzman, a PHHS math teacher who will assume the role of assistant principal position July 1, said the name 'cowboys' excludes females and people of color."
Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Pascack Valley Regional High School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2022. Accessed September 13, 2023. "The District is comprised of two high schools. Pascack Hills High School, which is located in Montvale, receives students from the towns of Montvale and Woodcliff Lake. Pascack Valley High School, located in Hillsdale, is the receiving school for students who reside in the towns of Hillsdale and River Vale.... School districts in New Jersey are legally classified as Type I or Type II. Pascack Valley Regional High School District, a Type II district, is one of 68 regional school districts in the state with a nine member, elected board of education. Board members are elected at the annual school election for terms of three years."
Miller, Zach. "Pascack Valley and Pascack Hills high schools will remove Indians and Cowboys mascots", The Record, June 23, 2020. Accessed June 23, 2020. "The sports teams at Pascack Valley and Pascack Hills high schools will no longer be named the Indians and Cowboys. During Monday night's virtual meeting, the Pascack Valley Regional High School District Board of Education voted unanimously to remove both nicknames and logos."
Cooper, Darren. "Board of Education approves new mascot names for Pascack Valley and Pascack Hills", The Record, March 8, 2021. Accessed March 10, 2021. "Get used to saying Pascack Valley Panthers and Pascack Hills Broncos. After a long, contentious and compelling process, the Pascack Valley Regional High School District Board of Education voted 5-4 to approve the new mascots at both schools. Panthers and Broncos were the names that students of each school selected during a vote held last month.... Each school community (students and staff) voted last week on three finalists for its school. In both cases, the voter turnout was close to 75%, with Panthers and Broncos receiving a convincing majority."
Brown, Shaylah. "Pascack Valley has a new schools superintendent. Here's what she brings to the table", The Record, April 3, 2022. Accessed September 13, 2023. "Pascack Valley Regional High School District has hired Sarah Bilotti, a schools chief in Warren County, to replace Superintendent Erik Gundersen, who resigned a year ago. Bilotti is set to begin on July 1. She is currently the superintendent at North Warren Regional School District, where she has served for almost seven years."
Staff. "News Notes: Classroom And Campus", The New York Times, March 1, 1964. Accessed October 26, 2013. "An experiment in flexible school schedules for students through the use of computers will be conducted in the $2.9 million Pascack Hills High School that will open in September in Montvale, N. J."
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Schools, Pascack Valley Regional High School District. Accessed September 13, 2023.
Park Academy, Pascack Valley Regional High School District. Accessed September 13, 2023.
Superintendent's Office, Pascack Valley Regional High School District. Accessed September 13, 2023.
Board of Education, Pascack Valley Regional High School District. Accessed September 13, 2023. "The Pascack Valley Regional High School District Board of Education is comprised of nine board members elected by constituents in the four municipalities whose students attend Pascack Valley Regional High School District. Currently, three members are elected from the Borough of Hillsdale, two from the Borough of Montvale, two from the Township of River Vale, and two from the Borough of Woodcliff Lake."
Administration, Pascack Valley High School. Accessed September 13, 2023.
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Kim, Ellie. "District approves removal of PV and PH mascots", The Smoke Signal, June 23, 2020. Accessed June 23, 2020. "The removal of the Pascack Valley mascot as the Indians and the Pascack Hills mascot as the Cowboys was voted on and unanimously approved by the Board of Education at its virtual meeting tonight held on Zoom. The motion to remove the mascots and 'at a later date replacing them with something else or deciding to not have a mascot moving forward' was proposed by Board member Arnold Scher."
Pascack Valley Regional Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Pascack Valley Regional High School District. Accessed September 13, 2023. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades nine through twelve in the Pascack Valley Regional High School District. Composition: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades nine through twelve in the Pascack Valley Regional High School District."
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Beuscher, Kristin. "This Week In Local History: A New School at Park Ridge", Pascack Press, October 22, 2019. Accessed August 19, 2020. "Opened in September 1922, the school housed students of Park Ridge, Montvale, Woodcliff Lake and Hillsdale until Pascack Valley Regional High School opened in 1955."
