Englewood Public School District Explained

Englewood Public School District
Superintendent:	Marnie Hazelton
Businessadmin:	Cheryl Balletto
Address:	12 Tenafly Road
Zipcode:	07631
Country:	United States
Coordinates:	40.8972°N -73.9794°W
Schools:	5
Enrollment:	2,923 (as of 2021–22)
Ratio:	11.8:1
Free Text:	DE

The Englewood Public School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Englewood, in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.^[1] The district's offices are in the Administration Building at the Russell C. Major Liberty School.^[2]

As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprising five schools, had an enrollment of 2,923 students and 247.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.8:1.^[3]

Students from Englewood Cliffs attend Dwight Morrow High School, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Englewood Cliffs Public Schools.^[4] In 2013, the Englewood Cliffs district announced plans to consider ending the sending relationship by creating its own high school, possibly in conjunction with the Englewood Cliffs campus of Saint Peter's University.^[5]

The district participates in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program at Dwight Morrow High School, having been approved on November 2, 1999, as one of the first ten districts statewide to participate in the program.^[6] Seats in the program for non-resident students are specified by the district and are allocated by lottery, with tuition paid for participating students by the New Jersey Department of Education.^[7] The Dwight Morrow choice program has been the state's largest.^{[4] [8]}

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth-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.^[9]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics)^[10] are:^{[11] [12]}

Preschool

• D. A. Quarles Early Childhood Center^[13] with 430 students in grades PreK-K
  • Arlene Ng, principal

Elementary schools

• Dr. John Grieco Elementary School^[14] with 348 students in grades 1-2
  • Daniela Small-Bailey, principal
• Dr. Leroy McCloud School^[15] with 490 students in grades 3-5. The school had been known as Cleveland School until 2009, when it was named in memory of the district's first African-American principal, Dr. Leroy McCloud, who had a 50-year career in the district.^[16]
  • Dorian Milteer, principal

Middle school

• Janis E. Dismus Middle School^[17] with 547 students in grades 6-8
  • Lamarr Thomas, principal

High school

• Dwight Morrow High School^[18] / Academies @ Englewood^[19] with 1,003 students in grades 9-12
  • Joe Armental, principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:^{[20] [21]}

• Marnie Hazelton, superintendent^[22]
• Cheryl Balletto, business administrator and board secretary

Ronel Cook, who had taken office as superintendent for the 2022-23 school year, was killed in a car crash in November 2022.^[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 2014) 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]}

Academic performance

the district's averages in the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) examinations were below the averages of the State of New Jersey and of Bergen County as a whole.^[27]

External links

• Englewood Public School District
  • School Data for the Englewood Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics

Notes and References

1. https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=1ff00acbe1d24fbb83f1b21f48bd1384 Englewood Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification
2. http://www.epsd.org/ Homepage
3. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3404740&DistrictID=3404740 District information for Englewood Public School District
4. https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/03/1370/040.html Dwight Morrow High School/Academies@Englewood 2016 Report Card Narrative
5. Simone, Stephanie. "Englewood Cliffs to study creating its own high school", Northern Valley Suburbanite, April 18, 2013. Accessed April 19, 2013. "The Board of Education and St. Peter's University Englewood Cliffs Campus partnered to conduct a feasibility study on expanding the K-8 district to include a high school."
6. http://www.state.nj.us/education/choice/districts/index.html Interdistrict Public School Choice Program: Approved Choice Districts
7. http://www.nj.gov/education/choice/parents/ Interdistrict Public School Choice Program: For Parents and Students
8. Capuzzo, Jill P. "The Little Land of Big Houses", The New York Times, June 4, 2013. Accessed December 24, 2016. "Dwight Morrow is also home to the Academies@Englewood, the state's largest interdistrict public school, which is by application only."
9. http://www.state.nj.us/education/finance/rda/dfg.shtml NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts
10. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3404740 School Data for the Englewood Public School District
11. https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/03/1370 School Performance Reports for the Englewood Public School District
12. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/1370 New Jersey School Directory for the Englewood Public School District
13. https://www.epsd.org/o/quarles D. A. Quarles Early Childhood Center
14. https://www.epsd.org/o/grieco Dr. John Grieco Elementary School
15. https://www.epsd.org/o/mccloud Dr. Leroy McCloud School
16. Fabiano, Giovanna. "Englewood school gets new addition, and a new name", The Record, October 21, 2009. Accessed December 3, 2014. "Englewood's Cleveland Elementary School has been renamed the Dr. Leroy McCloud Elementary School in honor of the district's first African-American principal."
17. https://www.epsd.org/o/jdms Janis E. Dismus Middle School
18. https://www.epsd.org/o/dmhs Dwight Morrow High School
19. https://www.epsd.org/o/academies Academies @ Englewood
20. https://www.epsd.org/o/epsd/staff Staff Directory
21. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district/county/bergen New Jersey School Directory for Bergen County
22. https://www.epsd.org/page/superintendent Superintendent
23. Noda, Stephanie; and Katzban, Nicholas. "Englewood superintendent dies, son injured in Yonkers car crash", North Jersey, November 21, 2022.Accessed November 23, 2022. "The Englewood Public School District’s superintendent, who had just begun working for the district in August, died Sunday in a car crash. The Westchester County Police Department received a call about the crash that killed Superintendent Ronel Cook, 51, of Newburgh, N.Y., at 1:16 p.m. on Sunday afternoon."
24. https://www.epsd.org/o/epsd/page/board-of-education--573 Board of Education
25. https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/dwb/DistrictByTypeList2018.pdf New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election
26. https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/acfr/search/22/1370.pdf#page=44 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Englewood City School District
27. Web site: Shkolnikova, Svetlana. Englewood students score below state on PARCC. The Journal News. October 21, 2017. January 28, 2020.