Bordentown Regional School District Explained

Bordentown Regional School District
Superintendent:Trudy Atkins
Businessadmin:Chifonda Henry
Address:48 Dunns Mill Road
City:Bordentown
County:Burlington County
State:New Jersey
Zipcode:08505
Country:United States
Coordinates:40.1326°N -74.7212°W
Grades:PreK-12
Schools:5
Enrollment:2,373 (as of 2020–21)
Faculty:194.0 FTEs
Ratio:12.2:1
Free Label:District Factor Group
Free Text:DE

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, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The district serves students from Bordentown City, Bordentown Township and Fieldsboro Borough.[1] [2]

As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprising five schools, had an enrollment of 2,373 students and 194.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.2:1.[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]

The New Hanover Township School District, consisting of non-military portions 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.[5] [6] 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.[7]

History

In 1948, during de jure educational segregation in the United States, the district had a school for black children.[8]

Edward Forsthoffer retired effective July 1, 2021, and was succeeded by Trudy Atkins.[9]

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.[10]

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.[11]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[12]) are:[13] [14] [15] [16]

Elementary schools
Middle school
High school

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[22] [23]

Board of education

The district's board of education is composed 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.[24] [25] [26] The board's nine seats are allocated based on the population of the constituent municipalities, with six seats assigned to Bordentown Township, two seats to Bordentown City and one seat to Fieldsboro; a tenth, non-voting seat is assigned to New Hanover Township.[27]

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/05/0475/000.html Bordentown Regional School District 2016 Report Card Narrative
  2. Staff. "Regional School Districts", Burlington County Times, March 14, 2012. Accessed May 4, 2022. "Bordentown Regional - Serves: Bordentown City, Bordentown Township, Fieldsboro, New Hanover"
  3. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3402030&DistrictID=3402030 District information for Bordentown Regional School District
  4. http://www.state.nj.us/education/finance/rda/dfg.shtml NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20060927193134/http://www.bcls.lib.nj.us/test/new/schools/hsdistricts.shtml High School Sending Districts
  6. Kuzminski, 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."
  7. 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."
  8. Jensen. Noma. A Survey of Segregation Practices in the New Jersey School System. The Journal of Negro Education. Winter 1948. 17. 1. 84–88. Journal of Negro Education. 2966093. - CITED: p. 85. The article erroneously states it is "Bordentown County".
  9. Web site: Sciarotta. Sam. Trudy Atkins named new Bordentown schools superintendent. Community News. . 2021-06-15. 2021-06-24.
  10. http://www.state.nj.us/cgi-bin/governor/njnewsline/view_article_archives.pl?id=1505 "McGreevey Celebrates Schools that are 'Getting it Right': Schools of Excellence Winners Demonstrate Effectiveness of Governor's Education Priorities"
  11. http://www.state.nj.us/njded/news/2005/1122gov.htm 22 Governor's Schools of Excellence Winners Recognized
  12. http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3402030 School Data for the Bordentown Regional School District
  13. https://www.bordentown.k12.nj.us/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=443367&type=d&pREC_ID=955925 District Information
  14. https://www.co.burlington.nj.us/DocumentCenter/View/18358/Public-Schools-Directory-2023-24#page=7 Public Schools Directory 2023–2024
  15. https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/05/0475 School Performance Reports for the Bordentown Regional School District
  16. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/0475 New Jersey School Directory for the Bordentown Regional School District
  17. https://cbs.bordentown.k12.nj.us/ Clara Barton Elementary School
  18. https://pms.bordentown.k12.nj.us/ Peter Muschal Elementary School
  19. https://mis.bordentown.k12.nj.us/ MacFarland Intermediate School
  20. https://brms.bordentown.k12.nj.us/ Bordentown Regional Middle School
  21. https://brhs.bordentown.k12.nj.us/ Bordentown Regional High School
  22. https://www.bordentown.k12.nj.us/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=443367&type=d&pREC_ID=955917 Administrative Team
  23. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district/county/burlington New Jersey School Directory for Burlington County
  24. https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/dwb/DistrictByTypeList2018.pdf New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election
  25. https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/acfr/search/23/0475.pdf#page=59 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Bordentown Regional School District
  26. https://www.bordentown.k12.nj.us/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=443403&type=d&pREC_ID=956047 Board Members
  27. https://www.nj.gov/treasury/lgbr/schpdf/bordentownboe.pdf#page=4 Government That Works; Opportunities For Change: The Report of the Bordentown Regional School District

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