Bordentown Regional School District
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48 Dunns Mill Road
United StatesBordentown, NJ 08505 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°07′57″N 74°43′16″W / 40.132598°N 74.721203°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Grades | Pre K-12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Superintendent | Dr. Edward Forsthoffer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Business administrator | Eloi Richardson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schools | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Enrollment | 2,588 (as of 2014-15)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faculty | 187.3 FTEs[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Student–teacher ratio | 13.8:1[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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District Factor Group | DE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | http://www.bordentown.k12.nj.us | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Bordentown Regional School District is a comprehensive regional public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from communities in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. The district serves students from Bordentown City, Bordentown Township and Fieldsboro Borough.[3][4]
As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its five schools had an enrollment of 2,588 students and 187.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.8:1.[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.[5]
The New Hanover Township School District, consisting of New Hanover Township (including its Cookstown area) and Wrightstown Borough, sends students to Bordentown Regional High School on a tuition basis for grades 9-12 as part of a sending/receiving relationship that has been in place since the 1960s, with about 50 students from the New Hanover district being sent to the high school.[6][7] As of 2011, the New Hanover district was considering expansion of its relationship to send students to Bordentown for middle school for grades 6-8.[8]
Awards and recognition
Bordentown Regional High School was recognized by Governor Jim McGreevey in 2003 as one of 25 schools selected statewide for the First Annual Governor's School of Excellence award.[9]
For the 2005-06 school year, Peter Muschal School was one of 22 schools statewide selected as Governor's School of Excellence Winners, an award given to schools that have demonstrated significant academic improvement over the previous two academic years.[10]
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[11]) are:[12]
- Elementary schools
- Clara Barton Elementary School[13] (237 students; grades K-3)
- Louisa Kenny, Principal[14]
- Peter Muschal Elementary School[15] (601; K-3)
- MacFarland Intermediate School[16] (405; 4-5)
- Megan Geibel, Principal[14]
- Middle school
- Bordentown Regional Middle School[17] (577; 6-8)
- High school
- Bordentown Regional High School[18] (741; 9-12)
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:[14][19]
- Dr. Edward Forsthoffer, Superintendent
- Eloi Richardson, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
Board of Education
- William Mercantini, President
- Josh Fausti, Vice President
- Kevin Creegan
- Sylvia Scozzari
- Howard Barman
- Salvatore Schiano
- Ed Tyler
- Steve Heberling
- Mark Roselli
References
- ^ a b c d District information for Bordentown Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
- ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
- ^ Bordentown Regional School District 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 27, 2017. "Bordentown Regional School District is a vibrant learning community, proudly serving the communities of Fieldsboro, Bordentown City and Bordentown Township.... In addition to the three aforementioned communities, Bordentown Regional High School also welcomes students from New Hanover into its ninth-twelfth grade population."
- ^ Staff. "Regional School Districts", Burlington County Times, April 26, 2015. Accessed November 27, 2017. "BORDENTOWN REGIONAL - Serves: Bordentown City, Bordentown Township, Fieldsboro, New Hanover"
- ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 1, 2014.
- ^ High School Sending Districts, Burlington County Library System, backed up by the Internet Archive as of September 27, 2006. Accessed October 1, 2014.
- ^ Kuzminski, Dr. Charles; and Thomas W. "Study on Behalf of the New Hanover School District on the Feasibility of Extending the District's Send/Receive Relationship to Include Students in Grades 6 – 8, The Educational Information and Resource Center, November 2011. Accessed October 1, 2014. "The New Hanover Township School District has participated in a send/receive relationship with the Bordentown Regional District since approximately 1960. Each year 45-55 New Hanover School District students attend Bordentown Regional High School."
- ^ Zimmaro, Mark. "New Hanover School to decide on middle school proposal", Burlington County Times, March 11, 2011. Accessed October 1, 2014. "NEW HANOVER — The township's school district will decide on Wednesday whether to enter an agreement with the Bordentown Regional School District for a send-receive agreement for middle school children. The district which serves New Hanover and Wrightstown, already sends its high school students to Bordentown Regional High School and district officials are trying to determine whether sending sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders to Bordentown Regional Middle School would be a feasible idea."
- ^ "McGreevey Celebrates Schools that are 'Getting it Right': Schools of Excellence Winners Demonstrate Effectiveness of Governor's Education Priorities" Archived 2012-10-18 at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Department of Education press release dated November 211, 2003. Accessed December 15, 2009.
- ^ 22 Governor's Schools of Excellence Winners Recognized, New Jersey Department of Education press release dated November 22, 2005. Accessed April 15, 2008.
- ^ School Data for the Bordentown Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
- ^ New Jersey School Directory for the Bordentown Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
- ^ Clara Barton Elementary School, Bordentown Regional School District. Accessed November 27, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Administrative Team, Bordentown Regional School District. Accessed November 27, 2017.
- ^ Peter Muschal Elementary School, Bordentown Regional School District. Accessed November 27, 2017.
- ^ MacFarland Intermediate School, Bordentown Regional School District. Accessed November 27, 2017.
- ^ Bordentown Regional Middle School, Bordentown Regional School District. Accessed November 27, 2017.
- ^ Bordentown Regional High School, Bordentown Regional School District. Accessed November 27, 2017.
- ^ New Jersey School Directory for Burlington County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
External links
- Bordentown Regional School District
- School Performance Reports for the Bordentown Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education
- Data for the Bordentown Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics
- Local Government Budget Review - Bordentown Regional School District: September 1999