Monroe Township School District

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Monroe Township School District
423 Buckelew Avenue
Monroe Township, NJ 08831
District information
SuperintendentDennis Ventrello (interim)
Business administratorMichael C. Gorski
Schools7
Students and staff
Enrollment5,831 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty444.6
Student–teacher ratio13.12:1
Other information
Websitehttp://monroe.k12.nj.us

The Monroe Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Monroe Township, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's seven schools had an enrollment of 5,831 students and 444.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.12:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "FG", the fourth 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.[2]

Students from Jamesburg attend Monroe Township High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Jamesburg Public Schools.[3][4]

Awards and recognition

During the 1991-92 academic school year, Mill Lake Elementary School received the Blue Ribbon Award from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve. This honor was followed during the 1998-99 academic school year at Barclay Brook Elementary School. Monroe Township could now boast that both their pre-K through third grade schools received the honor.[5]

Curriculum

In 1996 the New Jersey Department of Education revised the elementary school core curriculum to require foreign language classes. In mid-October 1999 the district sent a questionnaire to 13,000 houses regarding what language should be taught to elementary students. The district received 458 back. 271 of those questionnaires chose Spanish, 96 of the returned questionnaires indicated a preference for Mandarin Chinese and the remaining 91 requested other languages that included Latin, Russian, and English itself. Stephen E. Derkoski, the assistant superintendent, stated that "We can't ignore" that the area houses had a preference of Spanish over Chinese on a 3 to 1 basis.[6] In November 1999, the school board voted 7-1 to designate Spanish as the foreign language used in elementary schools.[6]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are:[8][9] [10]

Elementary schools
  • Applegarth Elementary School[11] (grades 4-5; enrollment not listed)
  • Barclay Brook Elementary School[12] (PreK-2; 433 students)
  • Brookside Elementary School[13] (3-5; 528)
  • Mill Lake Elementary School[14] (PreK-2; 426)
  • Oak Tree Elementary School[15] (PreK-3; was 793 in PreK-5)
  • Woodland Elementary School[16] (3-5; 520)
Middle schools
  • Monroe Township Middle School[17] (6-8; 1,379)
High school

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[19][20]

  • Dennis Ventrello, Interim Superintendent
  • Michael C. Gorski, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

  1. ^ a b District information for Monroe Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 7, 2014.
  2. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 7, 2014.
  3. ^ Jamesburg School District 2013 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 7, 2014. "Our district students attend Monroe Township High School."
  4. ^ Cheslow, Jerry. "A Townful of Empty Nesters", The New York Times, October 14, 2007. Accessed September 7, 2014. "In addition to the four elementary schools, the Applegarth Middle School teaches Grades 7 and 8, and the 1,400-student Monroe Township High School covers Grades 9 through 12. It is shared with the borough of Jamesburg, the 'hole in the doughnut' municipality in the center of the township."
  5. ^ Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), United States Department of Education. Accessed March 27, 2011.
  6. ^ a b Moroz, Jennifer. "Monroe Picks Spanish For Its Grade Schools A Panel Urged Chinese To Fulfill The Foreign-language Requirement. But Parents' Wishes Swayed The Board.", The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 17, 1999. Accessed May 16, 2014.
  7. ^ School Data for the Monroe Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 7, 2014.
  8. ^ Schools, Monroe Township School District. Accessed September 7, 2014.
  9. ^ Monroe Township School District 2013 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 7, 2014. "The district is rapidly growing and now serves over 6000 students in eight schools: Barclay Brook (pre-k-2), Mill Lake (pre-k-2), Oak Tree (pre-k-3), Brookside (3-5), Woodland (3-5), Applegarth (4-5), Monroe Township Middle School (6-8), and Monroe Township High School (9-12)."
  10. ^ New Jersey School Directory for the Monroe Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 7, 2014.
  11. ^ Applegarth Elementary School, Monroe Township School District. Accessed September 7, 2014.
  12. ^ Barclay Brook Elementary School, Monroe Township School District. Accessed September 7, 2014.
  13. ^ Brookside Elementary School, Monroe Township School District. Accessed September 7, 2014.
  14. ^ Mill Lake Elementary School, Monroe Township School District. Accessed September 7, 2014.
  15. ^ Oak Tree Elementary School, Monroe Township School District. Accessed September 7, 2014.
  16. ^ Woodland Elementary School, Monroe Township School District. Accessed September 7, 2014.
  17. ^ Monroe Township Middle School, Monroe Township School District. Accessed September 7, 2014.
  18. ^ Monroe Township High School, Monroe Township School District. Accessed September 7, 2014.
  19. ^ District Administration, Monroe Township School District. Accessed September 7, 2014.
  20. ^ New Jersey School Directory for Middlesex County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 7, 2014.

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