Toms River Regional Schools

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Toms River Regional Schools
Superintendent: Frank J. Roselli
Business Administrator: William J. Doering
Address: 1144 Hooper Avenue
Toms River, NJ 08753
Grade Range: K-12
School facilities: 18
Enrollment: 17,372 (as of 2009-2010)[1]
Faculty (in FTEs): 1,194.0
Student–teacher ratio: 14.55
District Factor Group: DE
Web site: http://www.trschools.com/
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-12
Average		  %± vs.
Average
1 Comparative Cost $10,145 2 $13,632 -25.6%
2 Classroom Instruction 6,026 1 8,035 -25.0%
6 Support Services 1,278 4 2,166 -41.0%
8 Administrative Cost 1,019 7 1,379 -26.1%
10 Operations & Maintenance 1,274 22 1,674 -23.9%
16 Median Teacher Salary 51,225 11 57,597
Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with 3,501+ students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=105

Toms River Regional Schools is a regional public school district primarily located in the quickly growing coastal community of Toms River, located in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States, along the state's Jersey Shore.

The area, with approximately 110,000 residents, most of whom in live in Toms River Township, has roughly 17,000 students enrolled in the regional school system's 18 schools, making it the largest suburban school district in the state, and the fourth largest school district in New Jersey (after Newark, Jersey City and Paterson).[3] It is also the largest school district in the state that is not an Abbott District.

The district includes the boroughs of Beachwood (2,202 students from a 2000 Census population of 10,375), Pine Beach (325 students; 1,950) and South Toms River (830 students; 3,634), along with Toms River Township (14,919 students; 89,706).[4]

As of the 2009-10 school year, the district's 18 schools had an enrollment of 17,372 students and 1,194.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.55.[1]

The district has three high schools -- Toms River High School South, Toms River High School North, and Toms River High School East -- as well as three middle schools -- Toms River Intermediate School East, Toms River Intermediate School North (formerly Intermediate West), and Toms River Intermediate School South. With the opening of Intermediate South in 2005, all sixth grade classes were shifted from the district's 12 elementary schools to the three middle schools in order to alleviate overcrowding. Also at that time, Intermediate West was renamed Intermediate North.

Intermediate East and Intermediate North are currently the two most populous middle schools in New Jersey with 1,585 and 1,383 students respectively; Intermediate South houses approximately 1,100 students.

The district also operates one elementary school in Seaside Heights.

To raise money for the schools, the district created Toms River Fest, a major festival held during the summer. The Toms River Fest was held in 2005, 2006 and 2008, but not since then.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth 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.[5]

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[edit] Awards and recognition

  • The Toms River Regional School District ranked first in Ocean County and second in the state for the lowest per pupil cost for the 2006-2007 fiscal year, according to the New Jersey Department of Education's Comparative Spending Guide.
  • For the 2005-06 school year, the district was recognized with the "Best Practices Award" by the New Jersey Department of Education for its "Career Day" Career Education program at East Dover Elementary School.[6]
  • For the 1993-94 school year, Toms River Alternate School - High School South was named as a "Star School" by the New Jersey Department of Education, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve.[7]

[edit] Schools

Schools in the district (with 2009-10 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[8]) are:

Elementary schools (grades K-5)
Intermediate schools (grades 6-8)
High schools (grades 9-12)

[edit] Administration

Frank J. Roselli assumed the role of interim superintendent of schools on October 21, 2010, following the sudden retirement of longtime superintendent Michael J. Ritacco, who earlier that day surrendered to the FBI and was charged in an 18-count fraud indictment. Ritacco is accused of accepting between one and two million dollars in bribes from the school district's insurance broker. Roselli was appointed superintendent on January 18, 2011.

Core members of the district's administration are:[9]

  • Frank J. Roselli, Superintendent[10]
  • William J. Doering, Business Administrator
  • Debra L. McKenna, Assistant Superintendent
  • James J. Hauenstein, Assistant Superintendent
  • Joseph Pizza, Interim Assistant Superintendent[11]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b District information for the Toms River Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed May 25, 2011.
  2. ^ Comparative Spending Guide March 2009, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 28, 2009.
  3. ^ Ocean County Economic Development Fast Facts, Ocean County, New Jersey. Accessed August 25, 2008.
  4. ^ Toms River Regional School District 2007 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2008. "With a student population in excess of 17,000, twelve elementary schools, three intermediate schools and three high schools, Toms River Regional School District is the largest suburban school districts in the state. Respective of our size, the district takes enormous pride in the neighborhood school concept providing high-quality educational programs and services to our four sending towns: Beachwood, Toms River, Pine Beach, and South Toms River."
  5. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 27, 2009.
  6. ^ New Jersey Department of Education Best Practices Award recipient for 2005-06, accessed October 23, 2006
  7. ^ Star School Award recipient detail, New Jersey Department of Education, Archived December 18, 2006. Accessed November 26, 2009.
  8. ^ Data for the Toms River Regional Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed May 25, 2011.
  9. ^ Toms River Regional Schools - Central Administration. Accessed 2011-08-03.
  10. ^ Michael J. Ritacco, Toms River, NJ school chief, took $1 million in bribes, feds say", www.app.com, 2010-10-21. Accessed 2010-10-21.
  11. ^ Minutes of July 19, 2011 Board Meeting, Toms River Regional Schools. As part of Business Attachment for August 16, 2011 Board Meeting. Accessed 2010-08-16.

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