Dover School District (New Jersey) Explained
The Dover School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Dover in Morris 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 3,448 students and 244.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.1:1.[2]
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "A", the 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]
Students in grades K-12 from Victory Gardens attend the schools of the Dover School District, which has been consolidated since 2010.[4] [5] [6] Students in grades 7-12 from Mine Hill Township participate in the Dover district as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[7]
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment from the National Center for Education Statistics[8]) are:[9] [10]
- Elementary schools
- Academy Street Elementary School[11] with 470 students in grades K-6
- Nicholas Edwards, principal[12]
- East Dover Elementary School[13] with 389 students in grades K-6
- Joshua Chuy, principal[14]
- North Dover Elementary School[15] with 658 students in grades PreK-6
- Heather D. Carlton, principal[16]
- Middle school
- Dover Middle School[17] with 524 students in grades 7-8
- Luis A. Jaime Jr., principal[18]
- High school
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:[21] [22]
- James McLaughlin, superintendent
- Raymond Slamb, business administrator and board secretary[23]
Board of education
The district's board of education, comprised of nine members, sets policy and oversees 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=5f05919009164f078e189fd1bcfd24a8 Dover Public Schools District Policy 0110 - Identification
- https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3403930&DistrictID=3403930 District information for Dover Public School District
- http://www.state.nj.us/education/finance/rda/dfg.shtml NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts
- Martin, Liz. "Voters have their say on the budgets", Neighbor News, April 28, 2010. Accessed December 18, 2012. "The school board goes from 11 members to 10 after this election as the temporary Board seat assigned to the Victory Gardens representative Danielle Press expired permanently on April 20. Now that Victory Gardens has merged with the Dover school district, there will no longer be a dedicated Victory Gardens seat on the Board. Any resident from either Dover or Victory Gardens will be eligible to run for any available Board seat."
- https://archive.today/20120723110442/http://www.dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/99999999/LIVING06/706170311/1316/LIVING "Victory Gardens"
- http://www.state.nj.us/education/news/2009/0701nonops.htm 13 Non-Operating School Districts Eliminated
- https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/27/1110/040.html Dover High School 2016 Report Card Narrative
- https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3403930 School Data for the Dover School District
- https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/27/1110 School Performance Reports for the Dover Public School District
- https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/1110 New Jersey School Directory for the Dover School District
- https://ase.dover-nj.org/ Academy Street Elementary School
- https://ase.dover-nj.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=416001&type=d Principal's Message
- https://ede.dover-nj.org/ East Dover Elementary School
- https://ede.dover-nj.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=416030&type=d Principal's Message
- https://nde.dover-nj.org/ North Dover Elementary School
- https://nde.dover-nj.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=425289&type=d Principal's Message
- https://dms.dover-nj.org/ Dover Middle School
- https://dms.dover-nj.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=415552&type=d Principal's Message
- https://dhs.dover-nj.org/ Dover High School
- https://dhs.dover-nj.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=415510&type=d Principal's Message
- https://www.dover-nj.org/apps/staff/index.jsp?staffCatREC_ID=15959 Staff
- https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district/county/morris New Jersey School Directory for Morris County
- https://www.dover-nj.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=415572&type=d&termREC_ID=&pREC_ID=staff Business Office Staff
- 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/21/1110.pdf#page=47 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Town of Dover School District
- https://www.dover-nj.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=415586&type=d Board Members
