Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District Explained

Bridgewater-Raritan Regional District
Superintendent:Robert Beers
Businessadmin:Peter Starrs
Address:836 Newmans Lane
City:Bridgewater Township
County:Somerset County
State:New Jersey
Zipcode:08807
Country:United States
Coordinates:40.603°N -74.5683°W
Grades:PreK-12
Schools:11
Enrollment:8,254 (as of 2020–21)
Faculty:754.4 FTEs
Ratio:10.9:1
Free Label:District Factor Group
Free Text:I

The Bridgewater–Raritan Regional School District is a regional public school district serving students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from the municipalities of Bridgewater Township and Raritan Borough in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[1] All of the school facilities are in Bridgewater, except for John F. Kennedy School, which is located in Raritan.[2]

As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprising 11 schools, had an enrollment of 8,254 students and 754.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.9:1.[3] One of the largest suburban districts statewide, the district is the largest in Somerset County.[4]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "I", the second-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]

Awards and recognition

During the 1999–2000 school year, Bridgewater–Raritan High School received the National Blue Ribbon Award of Excellence from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.[6]

For the 1997-98 school year, Bridgewater–Raritan High School was named a "Star School" by the New Jersey Department of Education, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve.[7]

BRHS is one of only three high schools in the state to have received both awards.[8]

Bridgewater Middle school students qualified to participate in NJ State and National Mathcounts for 2012 and 2013.

Bridgewater Middle School students placed first in the National Science Bowl 2013 New Jersey regional competition held at Princeton Plasma Lab; Science Bowl is a science competition sponsored by United States Department of Energy, involving general, physical, life, earth and mathematics.[9]

The Bridgewater Middle School Academic team won the A.T.O.M.S tournament for six of eight years, in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015[10] and 2017.

In 2015, BRMS swept all of the 30+ schools during the Music in the Parks Festival and came in first in Jazz band, wind ensemble, orchestra, and girls choir.[11]

In 2013, the BRHS marching band placed the highest of any New Jersey marching band at the Bands of America national championships, and the second New Jersey band to make it to semi-finals.[12]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[13]) are:[14] [15] [16] [17]

Primary schools
Intermediate and middle schools
High school

Former and converted schools

From 1966 until 1991, the Bridgewater–Raritan district had two high schools, known as "East" and "West." The current unified high school is on the "West" site, and the former "East" building is now the Middle School.

Schools that have been closed since the 1970s include:

Adamsville School, now an elementary school, was a middle school until 1983. Eisenhower and Hillside Schools, now intermediate schools, were both middle schools until 1995.

District governance

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[34]

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 either one or two 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.[37] [38] The district's nine-member board of education is apportioned by population between Bridgewater and Raritan. Since the early 1990s, Bridgewater has elected eight of the board members and Raritan has elected one. Board members serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three members up for election each year. For 2022, the board president is Steven Singer and the vice president is Lynne Hurley, both of Bridgewater.[39]

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.nj.gov/education/pr/1415/narrative/35/0555/000.html Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District 2014-15 Report Card Narrative
  2. Cheslow, Jerry. "If You're Thinking of Living In/Bridgewater, N.J.; Where the Downtown Is a Shopping Mall ", The New York Times, December 29, 2002. Accessed October 5, 2014. "Among the newer residents, Mr. Cirianni said that he and his wife, Rita, were drawn by the 8,550 Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District, which the township shares with the 6,000-resident borough to its south."
  3. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3402280&DistrictID=3402280 District information for Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District
  4. https://www.brrsd.org/about About Us
  5. http://www.state.nj.us/education/finance/rda/dfg.shtml NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts
  6. http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-1982.pdf#page=52 Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF)
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20061218230605/http://www.state.nj.us/cgi-bin/education/ss/ss3.pl?string=id%3D053&maxhits=10000 Bridgewater-Raritan High School 1997-98 entry in the Star School database
  8. http://hs.brrsd.org/ourpages/auto/2015/9/12/59262236/BRHS%202015-2016%20School%20Profile.pdf 2015-2016 School Profile
  9. O'Brien, Walter. "Bridgewater-Raritan places first in N.J. Science Bowl, heads to nationals", NJ.com, February 26, 2013. Accessed November 8, 2016. "A team of five middle school students who took first place in the state Science Bowl competition will now head to the national competition in the nation's capital. Rob Ambrose, an eighth-grade earth science teacher at Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School, has been working with a team of students who Friday beat 15 other teams to take first place in the New Jersey Regional Science Bowl at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory in Princeton."
  10. http://b-rea.org/2015/04/28/2015-a-t-o-m-s-finals/ 2015 A.T.O.M.S Finals
  11. Blumberg, Audrey. "BRMS Students Score Big at Music in Parks", TAPintotheBreeze, July 15, 2015. Accessed October 7, 2015. "The wind ensemble earned 95.30 points for the Overall Concert Band Award; the jazz ensemble earned 94.00 points for the Overall Jazz Band Award; the studio orchestra earned 97.30 points; and the select women's choir earned 95.50 points for the Overall Choir Award."
  12. Staff. "Bridgewater-Raritan band places highest in history at Band of America Grand Nationals", The Messenger-Gazette, January 4, 2013. Accessed July 11, 2016. "The Bridgewater-Raritan High School marching band was recognized by the board of education Tuesday for placing higher than any other New Jersey bands in history at the recent Band of America Grand Nationals in Indianapolis."
  13. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3402280 School Data for the Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District
  14. https://www.brrsd.org/our-schools Our Schools
  15. https://www.co.somerset.nj.us/home/showpublisheddocument/52025/638309014197200000#page=13 Public Schools Directory 2023–2024
  16. https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/35/0555 School Performance Reports for the Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District
  17. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/0555 New Jersey School Directory for the Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District
  18. https://ad.brrsd.org/ Adamsville Primary School
  19. https://bg.brrsd.org/ Bradley Gardens Primary School
  20. https://cr.brrsd.org/ Crim Primary School
  21. https://ha.brrsd.org/ Hamilton Primary School
  22. https://jfk.brrsd.org/ John F. Kennedy Primary School
  23. https://mi.brrsd.org/ Milltown Primary School
  24. https://vh.brrsd.org/ Van Holten Primary School
  25. https://ei.brrsd.org/ Eisenhower Intermediate School
  26. https://hi.brrsd.org/ Hillside Intermediate School
  27. https://ms.brrsd.org/ Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School
  28. https://hs.brrsd.org/ Bridgewater-Raritan High School
  29. News: Argote-Freyre . Frank . Teachers, students bid goodbye on Finderne School's last day . October 19, 2023 . . . June 17, 1983.
  30. News: Gibbons . Maureen . Green Knoll School to be closed . October 19, 2023 . . . February 10, 1976.
  31. News: Cantlupe . Joe . Students say a final goodbye as Martinsville ends an era . October 19, 2023 . . . June 29, 1978.
  32. News: Ostermiller . Marilyn . All's ready for closing of Valley School . October 19, 2023 . . . June 14, 1984.
  33. News: Del Vecchio . Rick . Board votes to close school amid boos, jeers and tears . October 19, 2023 . . . December 6, 1978.
  34. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district/county/somerset New Jersey School Directory for Somerset County
  35. https://www.brrsd.org/about/superintendent Superintendent
  36. https://www.brrsd.org/departments/business-and-payroll Business Office
  37. https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/dwb/DistrictByTypeList2018.pdf New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election
  38. https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/acfr/search/23/0555.pdf#page=47 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District
  39. https://www.brrsd.org/about/board-of-education Bridgewater-Raritan Board of Education

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