Union Public School District
| Union Public School District | |||||
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| Superintendent: | Dr. Patrick Martin | ||||
| Business Administrator: | Karen M. Dunn | ||||
| Address: | 2369 Morris Avenue Union, NJ 07083 |
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| Grade Range: | K-12 | ||||
| School facilities: | 10 | ||||
| Enrollment: | 7,776 (as of 2008-09)[1] | ||||
| Faculty (in FTEs): | 588.6 | ||||
| Student–teacher ratio: | 13.2 | ||||
| District Factor Group: | DE | ||||
| Web site: | http://www.twpunionschools.org | ||||
| Ind. | Per Pupil | District Spending |
Rank (*) |
K-12 Average |
%± vs. Average |
| 1 | Comparative Cost | $11,859 | 25 | $13,632 | -13.0% |
| 2 | Classroom Instruction | 7,235 | 28 | 8,035 | -10.0% |
| 6 | Support Services | 1,640 | 28 | 2,166 | -24.3% |
| 8 | Administrative Cost | 1,212 | 27 | 1,379 | -12.1% |
| 10 | Operations & Maintenance | 1,531 | 51 | 1,674 | -8.5% |
| 16 | Median Teacher Salary | 61,422 | 69 | 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 Union Public School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in preschool through grade twelve from Union Township, in Union County, New Jersey, United States.
Union was threatened with being the first school district north of the Mason-Dixon Line to suffer from penalties as a result of school segregation. The area of Vauxhall was primarily black and Jefferson Elementary School was disproportionately black compared to the rest of the town. Union avoided problems by converting Jefferson Elementary into a sixth-grade only school called Central 6 and bused the Jefferson students to nearby Franklin Elementary. Central 6 is still used as a one-year school, but it's used for fifth graders now.
As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's 10 schools had an enrollment of 7,776 students and 588.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.2.[3]
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.[4]
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[edit] Schools
The ten schools currently in operation (with 2008-09 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[5]) are:
- Elementary schools (Grades K-4)
- Battle Hill School (445 students)
- Michelle C. Osborne-Warren, Principal
- Hannah Caldwell School (554)
- Dr. Anthony Lentine, Principal
- Connecticut Farms Elementary School (464)
- Annie Moses, Principal
- Franklin School (495)
- Corey Lowery, Principal
- Livingston School (423)
- Kathryn DiGiovanni, Principal
- Washington School (581)
- Mark C. Hoyt, Principal
- Intermediate School (Grade 5)
- Central Five-Jefferson School (567)
- Thomas Tsirikos, Principal
- Middle Schools (Grades 6-8)
- Burnet Middle School (1,020)
- Ray Salvatore, Principal
- Kawameeh Middle School (713)
- Jason Malanda, Interim Principal
- High School (Grades 9-12)
- Union High School (2,449)
- Edward Gibbons, Principal
- Gerry Benaquista, Vice Principal
- Michael Hamberg, Vice Principal
- Benjamin Kloc, Vice Principal
- David Shaw, Vice Principal
[edit] Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:[6][7]
- Dr. Patrick Martin, Superintendent
- Karen M. Dunn, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.twpunionschools.org/
- ^ Comparative Spending Guide March 2009, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 28, 2009.
- ^ District information for the Union Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 24, 2011.
- ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 27, 2009.
- ^ Data for the Union Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 24, 2011.
- ^ Administration Office, Township of Union Public School District. Accessed March 23, 2011.
- ^ Union County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.
[edit] External links
- Union Public School District
- Union Public School District's 2009–10 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- Data for the Union Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics
Coordinates: 40°42′04″N 74°17′10″W / 40.701244°N 74.286202°W
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