Hopewell Valley Regional School District
| Hopewell Valley Regional School District | |||||
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| Superintendent: | Dr. Thomas A. Smith | ||||
| Business Administrator: | Robert W. Colavita, Jr. | ||||
| Address: | 425 South Main Street Pennington, NJ 08534 |
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| Grade Range: | K-12 | ||||
| School facilities: | 6 | ||||
| Enrollment: | 3,994 (as of 2008-09)[1] | ||||
| Faculty (in FTEs): | 339.1 | ||||
| Student–teacher ratio: | 11.8 | ||||
| District Factor Group: | I | ||||
| Web site: | http://www.hvrsd.org | ||||
| Ind. | Per Pupil | District Spending |
Rank (*) |
K-12 Average |
%± vs. Average |
| 1 | Comparative Cost | $14,391 | 77 | $13,632 | 5.6% |
| 2 | Classroom Instruction | 8,991 | 87 | 8,035 | 11.9% |
| 6 | Support Services | 2,063 | 65 | 2,166 | -4.8% |
| 8 | Administrative Cost | 1,344 | 54 | 1,379 | -2.5% |
| 10 | Operations & Maintenance | 1,595 | 60 | 1,674 | -4.7% |
| 13 | Extracurricular Activities | 315 | 84 | 258 | 22.1% |
| 16 | Median Teacher Salary | 65,679 | 83 | 57,597 | |
| Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2] *Of K-12 districts with 3,501+ students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=105 |
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The Hopewell Valley Regional School District is a comprehensive regional public school district serving students in preschool through twelfth grade from three communities in Mercer County, New Jersey. The municipalities that are part of this district are Hopewell Borough, Hopewell Township and Pennington Borough.[3]
As of the 2010-11 school year, the district's six schools had an enrollment of 3,855 students and 339.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.8.[1]
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "I", the second highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.[4]
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[edit] Awards and recognition
In 2011, the district was named to the College Board's AP Honor Roll. The honor roll consists of the 388 U.S. public school districts that simultaneously achieved increases in access to AP courses for a broader number of students and also maintained or improved the rated at which their AP students enarned scores of 3 or higher on an AP Exam.[5]
In 2004, the district was named to the American Music Conference's list of the "Best 100 Communities for Music Education in New Jeresey". The district has been recognized repeatedly for the high-caliber music and performing arts programs it offers.
NAMM named the district in its 2009 survey of the "Best Communities for Music Education", which included 124 school districts nationwide.[6]
The district's high school was the 38th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 322 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2010 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 39th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[7] The magazine took into account factors such as class size, teachers with advanced degrees, and socioeconomic factors.
[edit] Schools
Schools in the district (enrollment updates provided by HVRSD, 10/2011) are:
- Pre-School Program
- Elementary Schools (Pre K-5)
- Bear Tavern Elementary School with 428 students
- Hopewell Elementary School with 474 students
- Stony Brook Elementary School with 418 students
- Toll Gate Grammar School with 300 students
- Middle School (6-8)
- Timberlane Middle School has 951 students
- High School (9-12)
- Hopewell Valley Central High School had an enrollment of 1,225 students
[edit] Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:[8]
- Dr. Thomas A. Smith, Superintendent[9]
- Mr. Richard Lang, Assistant Superintendent
- Robert W. Colavita, Jr., Business Administrator[10]
[edit] Board of education
The Board of Education, who was elected by the Hopewell Valley community, is composed of the following nine-members.
- Lisa Wolff '12, President;
- Leigh Ann Peterson '12, Vice President;
- Daniel O'Connor '12, Pennington Borough;
- James Wulf '13;
- Gordon Lewis '13, Hopewell Borough;
- Stephen Keen '13;
- Roy Dollard '14;
- Adam Sawicki, Jr. '14;
- Laura Desai '14
According to Business Practice 9000,[11] the local board of education has full power to operate the local public schools in compliance with state and federal mandates and pertinent to the laws of the municipality. The board functions as a corporate body only when in session.
The board of education sees these as its required functions:
- Policy Making
- Provision of Executive Resources
- Appraisal
- Educational Planning
- Financial Resource Provisioning
- Communication
- Dispute Resolution
[edit] References
- ^ a b District information for the Hopewell Valley Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 2, 2011.
- ^ Comparative Spending Guide March 2009, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 28, 2009.
- ^ History, Hopewell Valley Regional High School. Accessed April 11, 2011. "The district, as it functions today, has been a regionalized operation since 1965 when voters of Hopewell Township, Hopewell Borough and Pennington Borough approved a plan to consolidate their schools. But the first consolidation of local schools actually occurred in 1894 when the 14 separate districts, operating one-room schoolhouses throughout the valley, agreed to merge and be governed by a single school board."
- ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 8, 2009.
- ^ [1]. Accessed October 17, 2011
- ^ "Nationwide Survey Finds the 'Best Communities for Music Education' in U.S.", NAMM, April 16, 2009. Accessed November 13, 2009.
- ^ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed April 2, 2011.
- ^ Mercer County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.
- ^ Office of the Superintendent, Hopewell Valley Regional School District. Accessed April 2, 2011.
- ^ Business Office, Hopewell Valley Regional School District. Accessed April 2, 2011.
- ^ http://www.hvrsd.k12.nj.us/district/policies/9000/BP9000.pdf
[edit] External links
- Hopewell Valley Regional School District
- Hopewell Valley Regional School District's 2009–10 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- Hopewell Valley Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics
Coordinates: 40°19′09″N 74°47′23″W / 40.319066°N 74.789816°W
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