DeSimone Declared School Business Admin of the Year

A group representing school boards has selected Ridgewood Public Schools' Angelo DeSimone as the business administrator of the year for 2012.

DeSimone, who is scheduled to retire at the end of the year, was previously named the business adminstrator of the year for New Jersey's northern region by the New Jersey School Association of School Business Officials (NJASBO). He'll be recognized by the group in June.

Apart from receiving some a few pats on the back, a Ridgewood student will be eligible for a $2,000 scholarship from the NJASBO.

Ridgewood features some of the highest student achievement rates in the state with among the lowest costs per pupil.

Correction: The group awarding DeSimone was the NJ Association of School Business Officials, not the NJSBA as was said by school officials.