New Asst. Principals Coming to Ramapo

Ramapo-Indian Hills District officials are continuing their search for a new assistant principal at Ramapo High School after some shuffling of positions recently. 

Last week, the district approved the hiring of Claudia Dargento to serve as assistant principal under Dr. Louis Moore. At the same meeting, it accepted the resignation of Asst. Principal Troy Lederman, who has accepted a position in another district.

Current Ramapo Asst. Principal Linda Sisto is moving to Indian Hills High School to fill the vacancy created by Asst. Principal Lorenzo Baratta's move to athletic director at the high school. Sisto will work alongside Asst. Principal Joe Collins under Principal Al Evangelista.

According to Superintendent Dr. C. Lauren Shoen, the district received 111 resumes for the position and interviewed 11 candidates before selecting Dargento for the position. 

Dargento has 20 years of education experience and started her career as a business teacher at Fair Lawn High School, where she also served as coordinator of student activities for 10 years. She has a bachelor's degree in business education and a master's degree in administration and supervision from Montclair State University, and a second master's degree in educational technology from New Jersey City University. For the past three years, she has worked at James Caldwell High School as vice principal of student and academic affairs. 

Dargento starts the position on Aug. 1 at a salary of $106,700.