Newark Public Schools

Newark Public Schools
Newark Public Schools
Grades	PreK - 12
Superintendent	Dr. Clifford B. Janey
Students	41,857 (as of 2005-06)
Teachers	3,816.0 (on an FTE basis)
Location	2 Cedar Street; Newark, NJ 07102
Website	District web site

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Newark Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves the entire city of Newark, New Jersey. The district is one of 31 Abbott Districts statewide.^[2]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "A", the lowest 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.^[3]

[edit] Overview

As of the 2005-06 school year, the district's 75 schools had an enrollment of 41,857 students and 3,816.0 classroom teachers (on a FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.0.^[1]

Newark Public Schools is the largest school system in New Jersey. The city's public schools are among the lowest-performing in the state, even after the state government took over management of the city's schools in 1995, which was done under the presumption that improvement would follow. The school district continues to struggle with low high school graduation rates and low standardized test scores.

The total school enrollment in Newark city was 75,000 in 2003. Preprimary school enrollment was 12,000 and elementary or high school enrollment was 46,000 children. College enrollment was 16,000.

As of 2003, 64 percent of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 11 percent had a bachelor's degree or higher. Among people 16 to 19 years old, 10 percent were dropouts; they were not enrolled in school and had not graduated from high school.^[4]

After efforts at his dismissal as New Jersey's poet laureate, Amiri Baraka was named the school district's poet laureate in December 2002.^[5]

[edit] Awards and recognition

Ann Street School of Mathematics and Science was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, the highest award an American school can receive, during the 1998-99 school year.^[6]

Branch Brook Elementary School, a PreKindergarten through 4th grade school, was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence, during the 2004-05 school year.^[7]

During the 2007-08 school year, Harriet Tubman School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education.^[8]^[9]

During the 2009-10 school year, Science Park High School was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence.^[10]

For the 2005-06 school year, the district was recognized with the "Best Practices Award" by the New Jersey Department of Education for its "A Park Study: Learning About the World Around Us" Science program at Abington Avenue School. The curriculum was written, implemented, and submitted to the State of New Jersey by Abington Avenue School kindergarten teacher, Lenore Furman.^[11]

[edit] Schools

All schools are located in the city of Newark.

[edit] Primary schools

[edit] Pre-K only

Clinton Avenue Early Childhood Center (Converted from Elementary School as a result of district flat funding by Governor Jon Corzine)

[edit] Pre-K - K

Alexander Annex Early Childhood Center

[edit] Pre-K - 4th grade

[edit] Pre-K - 5 grade

[edit] Pre-K - 8th grade

www.nps.k12.nj.us/sussex_ave/index.htm

[edit] K - 2nd grade

[edit] K - 4th grade

In the Fall of 2008, Lafayette Street School opnened a third annex named the St. James Annex. for pre kindergarten and Kindergarten students. There are four kindergarten and five pre kindergarten classes. One of the pre kindergarten classes is for children as young as three years old. The St. James Annex is connected to St. James Church and directly across the street from the St. James Hospital. Students and teachers enjoy spacious and bright classrooms. The school consists of two floors, a cafeteria in the basement and main office where the vice prinipal, who is in charge of the building, and the nurse have their offices.

The St. James Annex has come a long way since the summer when construction and remodeling took place in preparation for the arrival of the students and staff in September. There is an atmosphere that is warm and conducive to the education of primary children. The hallways and classrooms are rich with students' work and projects. Anyone visiting the St. James Annex will see that it is truly an early learning center where students are being prepared for the grades to follow in their journey in education.

[edit] K - 8th grade

[edit] 3rd - 8th grades

Chancellor Avenue School

[edit] 5th-8th

[edit] 6th - 8th grades

[edit] Secondary schools

[edit] 6th - 12th grades

Renaissance Academy

[edit] 7th - 12th grades

[edit] High schools (8th - 12th grades)

[edit] 9th grade only

[edit] Ungraded

[edit] Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:^[12]

Dr. Clifford B. Janey, Superintendent of Schools^[13]
Ronald Lee, School Business Administrator^[14]

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c District information for the Newark Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed August 5, 2008.
^ Abbott Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 31, 2008.
^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 27, 2009.
^ US Census
^ Jacobs, Andrew. "Criticized Poet Is Named Laureate of Newark Schools", The New York Times, December 19, 2002. Accessed September 19, 2008. "A longtime Newark resident who was pivotal in the Black Arts Movement of the 1960's, Mr. Baraka has ignored calls from Gov. James E. McGreevey and others that he resign the post, which pays a stipend of $10,000."
^ Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), accessed May 11, 2006.
^ U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 2003 through 2005 (PDF), accessed June 5, 2006.
^ Addison, Kasi; and Juri, Carmen. "Three Essex schools capture blue ribbon", The Star-Ledger, October 7, 2007. Accessed October 14, 2007. "Principals in three Essex County schools found out last week their buildings joined an exclusive club of exemplary schools when the U.S. Department of Education named the nation's latest batch of No Child Left Behind -- Blue Ribbon Schools.... The three Essex County schools are Oakview School in Bloomfield, Millburn High School and Harriet Tubman School in Newark."
^ No Child Left Behind - Blue Ribbon Schools Program: 2007 Schools, United States Department of Education. Accessed October 15, 2007.
^ 2009 Blue Ribbon Schools: All Public and Private Schools, United States Department of Education. Accessed October 29, 2009.
^ New Jersey Department of Education Best Practices Award recipient for 2005-06, accessed October 23, 2006
^ New Jersey School Directory for Essex County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed August 4, 2008.
^ Home page, Newark Public Schools. Accessed August 4, 2008.
^ Central Office Directory, Newark Public Schools. Accessed August 4, 2008.

[edit] External links

Coordinates: 40°44′16″N 74°10′16″W / 40.737868°N 74.171044°W / 40.737868; -74.171044

[NCES-0] District information for the Newark Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed August 5, 2008.

[1] Abbott Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 31, 2008.

[2] NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 27, 2009.

[3] US Census

[4] Jacobs, Andrew. "Criticized Poet Is Named Laureate of Newark Schools", The New York Times, December 19, 2002. Accessed September 19, 2008. "A longtime Newark resident who was pivotal in the Black Arts Movement of the 1960's, Mr. Baraka has ignored calls from Gov. James E. McGreevey and others that he resign the post, which pays a stipend of $10,000."

[5] Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), accessed May 11, 2006.

[6] U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 2003 through 2005 (PDF), accessed June 5, 2006.

[7] Addison, Kasi; and Juri, Carmen. "Three Essex schools capture blue ribbon", The Star-Ledger, October 7, 2007. Accessed October 14, 2007. "Principals in three Essex County schools found out last week their buildings joined an exclusive club of exemplary schools when the U.S. Department of Education named the nation's latest batch of No Child Left Behind -- Blue Ribbon Schools.... The three Essex County schools are Oakview School in Bloomfield, Millburn High School and Harriet Tubman School in Newark."

[8] No Child Left Behind - Blue Ribbon Schools Program: 2007 Schools, United States Department of Education. Accessed October 15, 2007.

[9] 2009 Blue Ribbon Schools: All Public and Private Schools, United States Department of Education. Accessed October 29, 2009.

[10] New Jersey Department of Education Best Practices Award recipient for 2005-06, accessed October 23, 2006

[11] New Jersey School Directory for Essex County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed August 4, 2008.

[12] Home page, Newark Public Schools. Accessed August 4, 2008.

[13] Central Office Directory, Newark Public Schools. Accessed August 4, 2008.

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