Average SAT scores break 1100. Students excel on state tests.
Elementary schools have amenities such as courtyards with ponds and even a butterfly garden.
Yet in what would seem an unlikely area for an upstart, a new player is entering the public school system. The Green Willow Charter School will open its doors in northern Bergen County come September, offering parents in Ramsey and three neighboring districts a tuition-free alternative. I just feel they have a lot of pressure on them at such a young age. Dozens of parents have turned out at meetings or made calls to founder Jacqueline de Vries to ask questions about the K-8 school that will primarily serve Ramsey, Mahwah, Upper Saddle River, and Saddle River. Contract negotiations are under way for a building in one of those towns.