Warren Hills Regional School District

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Warren Hills Regional School District
Superintendent: Peter Merluzzi
Business Administrator: Maureen Joyce
Address: 89 Bowerstown Road
Washington Township, NJ 07882
Grade Range: 7-12/9-12
School facilities: 2
Enrollment: 2,039 (as of 2007-08)[1]
Faculty (in FTEs): 156.4
Student–teacher ratio: 13.0
District Factor Group: FG
Web site: http://www.warrenhills.org
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending
Rank
(*)
7-12/9-12
Avg.
 %± vs.
Avg.
1 Comparative Cost $13,400 18 $13,710 -2.3%
2 Classroom Instruction 7,634 18 7,588 0.6%
6 Support Services 1,794 18 1,987 -9.7%
8 Administrative Cost 1,781 43 1,475 20.7%
10 Operations & Maintenance 1,486 6 1,816 -18.2%
16 Median Teacher Salary 62,750 27 62,000
Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2]
*Of 7-12/9-12 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=47

The Warren Hills Regional School District is a Grade 7-12 comprehensive public school district located in Warren County, New Jersey that serves approximately 2,100 students from the municipalities of Washington Borough, Washington Township, Mansfield Township and Franklin Township, along with students from Oxford Township who attend the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[3]

As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 2,039 students and 156.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.0.[1]

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

Schools in the district, with 2007-08 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics, are:[5]

  • Warren Hills Regional Middle School (grades 7 and 8; 675 students) - located in Washington Borough
    • Jack Paulus - Principal
    • Dave Smith - Assistant Principal
  • Warren Hills Regional High School (grades 9 - 12; 1,364 students) - located in Washington Township
    • Thomas O'Brien - Principal
    • Ronald Griffith - Assistant Principal
    • Patricia Hetrick - Assistant Principal
    • Frank Loughlin - Assistant Principal

[edit] Wikipedia blocking

Warren Hills Regional School District did at one point block access to Wikipedia from district computers, according to The Seattle Times. School officials cited the following among their reasons for blocking the site:

Warren Hills teachers and students have found at least two cases of incorrect information while using Wikipedia, said Dawn Moore, the high-school librarian. A teacher researching Martin Luther King Jr. found white supremacist information in his entry, she said. A student researching the Vietnam War found Wikipedia's casualty count far lower than the actual number of people killed in the conflict.[6]

Wikipedia is no longer blocked at Warren Hills.

[edit] Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[7]

  • Peter Merluzzi, Superintendent
  • Maureen Joyce, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b District information for the Warren Hills Regional Hig School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 5, 2009.
  2. ^ Comparative Spending Guide March 2009, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 28, 2009.
  3. ^ Warren Hills Regional High School 2007 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 21, 2008. "Warren Hills Regional High School offers a comprehensive education for students in grades 9 through 12. Our school population comprises students from Washington Township, Washington Borough, Mansfield Township, Oxford Township, and Franklin Township."
  4. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 27, 2009.
  5. ^ Warren Hills Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 10, 2009.
  6. ^ School officials unite in banning Wikipedia, Seattle Times, accessed November 21, 2007.
  7. ^ Student-Parent Handbook, Warren Hills Regional High School. Accessed November 10, 2009.

[edit] External links

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