Carteret School District Explained
The Carteret School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Carteret, in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[1]
As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprising five schools, had an enrollment of 3,882 students and 305.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.7:1.[2]
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "B", the second-lowest 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]
History
In 2016, borough voters turned down a ballot proposal to switch from an elected school board to an appointed board.[4] [5]
In September 2019, voters approved a referendum by a nearly 3-1 margin that would spend $37 million, including $7.4 million in state aid, for the construction of a new junior high school for 600 students in grades seven and eight, as well as expansion and renovation projects in all of the five existing school facilities.[6] [7]
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[8]) are:[9] [10] [11]
- Elementary schools
- Columbus School[12] with 708 students in grades PreK–5
- Mayling Cardenas, principal[13]
- Nathan Hale School[14] with 460 students in grades PreK–5
- Erika Barrett, principal[15]
- Private Nicholas Minue School[16] with 638 students in grades PreK–5
- Cheryl Bolinger, principal[17]
- Middle school
- Carteret Middle School[18] with 914 students in grades 6–8
- Merita Euell, principal[19]
- High school
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:[22] [23]
- Rosa L. Diaz, superintendent of schools
- Carmela Collazo, business administrator and board secretary
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]
External links
Notes and References
- https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=0d303a85f0c4478c99f820bd6fa08e41 Carteret Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification
- https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3402820&DistrictID=3402820 District information for Carteret Public School District
- http://www.state.nj.us/education/finance/rda/dfg.shtml NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts
- Rosario, Joshua. "Elected school boards rarely change to appointed boards, but Jersey City could be next", The Jersey Journal, January 8, 2020. Accessed February 2, 2020. "The last time voters gave up the right to elect a school board was in 2004 in Rockleigh Township, said Frank Belluscio, communications director for the New Jersey School Board Association. When given a similar opportunity in 2016, voters in Carteret rejected a proposal to change its school board from elected to appointed."
- https://www.njsba.org/news-publications/school-board-notes/november-9-2016-vol-xl-no-13/nov-8-election-1533-school-board-seats-17-public-questions-2/ "Nov. 8 Election Results: 1,533 School Board Seats, 19 Public Questions"
- Loyer, Susan. "Carteret school referendum: Voters to decide $37M fate on Tuesday", Courier News, September 23, 2019. Accessed January 22, 2023. "At a public town hall meeting held Sept. 9 at Thomas J. Deverin Community Center, architect Lloyd Rosenberg discussed the plan, which calls for construction of the new 600-student, three-story, 30,000-square-foot junior high school for seventh and eighth graders. It will include state-of the-art classrooms and STEM labs, media spaces, a cafeteria, band and music rooms, gym, and think tank and upgrades to all of Carteret's Public Schools, according to the release. At Carteret High School, the $36,999,995 bond would fund the renovation of the auditorium, including new lighting and sound, a connection bridge to the proposed junior high, new security kiosk and renovations to stair towers. The bond also would fund various interior renovations and capital improvements at Carteret Middle School, Nathan Hale Elementary School, Pvt. Nicholas Minue School and Columbus Elementary School."
- https://www.carteret.net/news/carteret-school-district-building-referendum-passes/ "Carteret School District Building Referendum Passes"
- https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3402820 School Data for the Carteret School District
- https://www.carteretschools.org/domain/2129 Our Schools
- https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/23/0750 School Performance Reports for the Carteret Public School District
- https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/0750 New Jersey School Directory for the Carteret School District
- https://www.carteretschools.org/Domain/11 Columbus School
- https://www.carteretschools.org/domain/2096 School Administration
- https://www.carteretschools.org/Domain/10 Nathan Hale School
- https://www.carteretschools.org/domain/2095School Administration
- https://www.carteretschools.org/Domain/12 Private Nicholas Minue School
- https://www.carteretschools.org/domain/1911 School Administration
- https://www.carteretschools.org/Domain/9 Carteret Middle School
- https://www.carteretschools.org/domain/2097 School Administration
- https://www.carteretschools.org/Domain/8 Carteret High School
- https://www.carteretschools.org/domain/2098 School Administration
- https://www.carteretschools.org/domain/1697 District Contacts
- https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district/county/middlesex New Jersey School Directory for Middlesex County
- 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/23/0750.pdf#page=9 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the Carteret School District
- https://www.carteretschools.org/domain/1849 Meet Our Board Members
