Delran Township School District Explained
The Delran Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Delran Township, in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[1]
As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprising four schools, had an enrollment of 2,970 students and 242.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.2:1.[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 lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.[3]
History
Into the early 1970s, students from Delran Township and Delanco Township attended Riverside High School as part of sending/receiving relationships with the Riverside School District. Efforts to merge the three districts into a combined regional K-12 system were rejected in a November 1971 referendum, leading the Delran district to pursue efforts to create its own high school.[4] The Delran sending relationship began in 1954.[5] Delran High School, constructed at a cost of $6 million (equivalent to $ million in), opened for the 1975-76 school year.[6]
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are:[8] [9] [10] [11]
- Elementary schools
- Millbridge Elementary School[12] with 653 students in grades PreK-2
- Jennifer Lowe, principal[13]
- Delran Intermediate School[14] with 617 students in grades 3-5
- Kimberly Clark-Hickson, principal[15]
- Middle school
- Delran Middle School[16] with 707 students in grades 6-8
- Michael McHale, principal[17]
- High school
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:[20] [21]
- Lisa Della Vecchia, interim superintendent[22]
- Robert Delengowski, interim business administrator and board secretary[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]
External links
Notes and References
- http://www.delranschools.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_3013589/File/Under%201000%20Policies.pdf#page=10 Delran Township Board of Education Policy 110 - Identification
- https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3403780&DistrictID=3403780 District information for Delran Township School District
- http://www.state.nj.us/education/finance/rda/dfg.shtml NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts
- Andrews, Margot. "School Merger Vote Defeated in Burlco", Courier-Post, December 1, 1971. Accessed April 28, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Voters in fast-growing Delran township indicated last night they would like to join with two neighboring towns in a regional school district. But their neighbors in more-settled Riverside and Delanco scotched the idea.... Delran undoubtedly will have to build a high school on its own, they said, and the other towns will have to build new elementary classrooms. Delanco and Delran High School pupils now attend the Riverside facility, which, according to Superintendent John Bodnarik, is overcrowded."
- Wolk, Mike. "State Tells Delran to Cut $7.8 Million Cost of School", Courier-Post, October 14, 1972. Accessed April 28, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Delran high school students are still being bused to Riverside High School as they have been since 1954. An agreement between the two towns allows Delran to continue busing its students to Riverside 'until the new high school opens as long as we're working on it.'"
- https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/181251718/ "Delran High to be dedicated Sunday"
- https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3403780 School Data for the Delran Township School District
- https://www.delranschools.org/administration/directory_of_delran_schools Directory
- https://www.co.burlington.nj.us/DocumentCenter/View/18358/Public-Schools-Directory-2023-24#page=24 Public Schools Directory 2023–2024
- https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/05/1060 School Performance Reports for the Delran Township School District
- https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/1060 New Jersey School Directory for Burlington County
- https://mes.delranschools.org/ Millbridge Elementary School
- https://www.delranschools.org/administration/directory_of_delran_schools/millbridge_elementary_school Administration
- https://dis.delranschools.org/ Delran Intermediate School
- https://www.delranschools.org/administration/directory_of_delran_schools/delran_intermediate_school Administration
- https://dms.delranschools.org/ Delran Middle School
- https://www.delranschools.org/administration/directory_of_delran_schools/delran_middle_school Administration
- https://dhs.delranschools.org/ Delran High School
- https://www.delranschools.org/administration/directory_of_delran_schools/delran_high_school Administration
- https://www.delranschools.org/administration Administration
- https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district/county/burlington New Jersey School Directory for Burlington County
- https://www.delranschools.org/administration/superintendent_s_office Superintendent's Office
- https://www.delranschools.org/administration/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/22/1060.pdf#page=38 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Delran Township School District
- https://www.delranschools.org/b_o_e/board_members Board Members
