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PVRHS students learn that principal is in coma
(by Karen F. Mrnarevic - January 31, 2008)
According to a report issued on Tuesday, Jan. 29 by Superintendent Ben Tantillo, Pascack Valley Regional High School Principal Barbara Sapienza is currently in a coma. She fell into the coma shortly after undergoing knee surgery on Wednesday, Jan. 23.
On Wednesday, Jan. 30, during first period, all teachers at PVRHS read a statement to their students regarding the situation. School counselors and the Child Study Team, under the guidance of the Bergen County Trauma Response Team, are available to comfort and assist students and staff members to come to terms with the news.
Sapienza has been in the district for 40 years, serving as principal for the past 14 years. Tom DeMaio, an assistant principal at
Pascack
Valley
High School , is the acting principal.
School officials declined to comment on the matter, saying that Tantillo was the only person who could speak to the press and that he would not be available until Monday, Feb. 4.
Karen F. Mrnarevic's e-mail address is Mrnarevic@northjersey.com.
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