Barrington Public Schools Explained
The Barrington Public Schools are a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Barrington, in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[1]
As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprising two schools, had an enrollment of 567 students and 60.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.3:1.[2]
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 the lowest socioeconomic status to the highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.[3]
For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend Haddon Heights Junior/Senior High School, which serves Haddon Heights, and students from Barrington, Lawnside and Merchantville who attend the high school as part of sending/receiving relationships with the Haddon Heights School District.[4] [5] The Haddon Heights district approved a contract in September 2013 with the Merchantville School District that would add about 80 students a year from Merchantville to the high school, in addition to the average of more than 260 students from Barrington and 120 from Lawnside that are sent to Haddon Heights each year.[6] As of the 2020–21 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 997 students and 82.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.2:1.[7]
History
Culbertson School, one of Barrington's two earliest school facilities, built in 1917, was closed in 1985.[8]
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[9]) are:[10] [11]
- Avon Elementary School[12] with 312 students in grades PreK-4
- Anthony Arcodia, principal[13]
- Woodland Middle School[14] with 251 students in grades 5 through 8
- Michael Silvestri, principal[15]
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:[16]
- Anthony Arcodia, superintendent[17]
- Samuel Dutkin, business administrator and board secretary[18]
Board of education
The district's board of education is comprised of nine members who set policy and oversee the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district.[19] [20] [21]
External links
Notes and References
- https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=ba9fed582f6e4dd193efb6a7a49b4cbb Barrington Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification
- https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3401170&DistrictID=3401170 District information for Barrington School District
- http://www.state.nj.us/education/finance/rda/dfg.shtml NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts
- http://highschool.hhsd.k12.nj.us/UserFiles/Servers/Server_848229/File/Student%20Services/2015-2016_HHHS_Profile.pdf Haddon Heights High School 2015-2016 Profile
- http://www.nj.gov/education/pr/1213/narrative/07/1880/07-1880-000.html Haddon Heights School District 2013 Report Card Narrative
- Correa, Mark. "Haddon Heights board OKs plan to bring Merchantville students to high school", Barrington Bulletin, September 16, 2013. Accessed December 11, 2014. "The Haddon Heights School District Board of Education approved a contract with the Merchantville School District this month that would add Merchantville to Barrington and Lawnside as communities that send students to Haddon Heights High School, the district confirmed.... Barrington is projected in coming years to send about 263 students per year to Haddon Heights High School, the study said."
- https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3406330&ID=340633001528 School data for Haddon Heights Jr./Sr. High School
- http://barringtonboro.com/about-barrington/history/ History of the Borough
- https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3401170 School Data for the Barrington Public Schools
- https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/07/0190 School Performance Reports for the Barrington School District
- https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/0190 New Jersey School Directory for the Barrington Public Schools
- https://www.barringtonschools.net/avon_elementary_school Avon Elementary School
- https://www.barringtonschools.net/avon_elementary_school/welcome Welcome
- https://www.barringtonschools.net/woodland_middle_school Woodland Middle School
- https://www.barringtonschools.net/woodland_middle_school/welcome Welcome
- https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district/county/camden New Jersey School Directory for Camden County
- http://www.barringtonschools.net/departments/office_of_the_superintendent Office of the Superintendent
- http://www.barringtonschools.net/departments/business_office Business Office
- https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/dwb/DistrictByTypeList2018.pdf New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election
- https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/acfr/search/23/0190.pdf#page=36 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Barrington School District
- https://www.barringtonschools.net/board_of_education/board_members Board Members
