Byram Township School District Explained
The Byram Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Byram Township, in Sussex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[1]
As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of two schools, had an enrollment of 837 students and 74.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.3:1.[2]
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.[3]
For public school students in ninth through twelfth grades, the township shares Lenape Valley Regional High School, which also serves Netcong in Morris County and the Sussex County community of Stanhope.[4] [5] As of the 2022–23 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 667 students and 58.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.5:1.[6]
History
Students from Byram Township had attended Sparta High School until 1974, when the Lenape Valley district was created.[7] [8] [9]
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2022–23 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[10]) are:[11] [12] [13] [14]
- Elementary school
- Byram Lakes Elementary School[15] with 453 students in grades PreK-4
- Middle school
- Byram Intermediate School[16] with 380 students in grades 5-8
- Timothy McCorkle, principal
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:[17] [18]
- John Fritzky, superintendent
- Nancy DeRiso, business administrator and board secretary[19]
Board of education
The district's board of education is comprised of seven 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 two or 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.[20] [21] [22] [23]
External links
Notes and References
- https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=49bbfe0b4b7c4928840887d3310518df Byram Township Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification
- https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3402550&DistrictID=3402550 District information for Byram Township School District
- http://www.state.nj.us/education/finance/rda/dfg.shtml NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts
- https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/37/2615/000.html Lenape Valley Regional High School 2016 Report Card Narrative
- https://www.lvhs.org/domain/64 About Our School
- https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3408500&ID=340850005378 School data for Lenape Valley Regional High School
- Gansberg, Martin. "Netcong Links Its Problems to I‐80", The New York Times, September 29, 1974. Accessed December 14, 2016. "And taxes have taken a big jump because of the need for joining with adjacent Stanhope in operating a regional high school, Lenape Valley, which opened last week.... The reason for the increase is because Netcong had to join with Stanhope, which is in Sussex County, to construct the regional high school."
- Staff. "New Jersey Sports Lenape Start Fast", The New York Times, October 26, 1974. Accessed December 14, 2016. "Snyder is the 36‐year‐old head football coach at new Lenape Valley Regional High School, which opened its doors last month to students who formerly attended Sparta High and defunct Netcong High."
- Carlson, Joe. "Christmas star is subject of planetarium show", New Jersey Herald, November 15, 2013. Accessed December 14, 2016. "The 53-seat planetarium, the only one in Sussex County, has been teaching students about the universe since Netcong, Byram and Stanhope combined to form Lenape Valley Regional High School in 1974."
- http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3402550 Byram Township School District
- https://www.byramschools.org/contact/ Contact Us
- https://www.sussex.nj.us/documents/SuperintendentofSchools/Sussex-County-CST-Directory-2023-24.pdf#page=4 Public School Directory 2023-2024
- https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/37/0640 School Performance Reports for the Byram Township School District
- https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/0640 New Jersey School Directory for the Byram Township School District
- https://www.byramschools.org/byram-lakes-elementary Byram Lakes Elementary School
- https://www.byramschools.org/byram-intermediate-school Byram Intermediate School
- https://www.byramschools.org/faculty/ District Staff Directory
- https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district/county/sussex New Jersey School Directory for Sussex County
- https://www.byramschools.org/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/23/0640.pdf#page=8 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Byram Township School District
- https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0141&id=49bbfe0b4b7c4928840887d3310518df Byram Township Board of Education District Policy 0141 - Board Member Number and Term
- https://www.byramschools.org/board-education/ Board of Education
