Folsom Borough School District Explained
Folsom Borough School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Folsom, in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The district participates in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program at Folsom Elementary School, having been approved on November 2, 1999, as one of the first 10 districts statewide to participate in the program.[5] [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]
As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprising one school, had an enrollment of 384 students and 41.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.4:1.[8]
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "CD", the sixth-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]
For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend Hammonton High School, in Hammonton as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Hammonton Public Schools, alongside students from Waterford Township, who attend for grades 7-12 as part of an agreement with the Waterford Township School District.[10] [11] [12] As of the 2022–23 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,357 students and 92.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.7:1.[13]
School
- Folsom School served 376 students in grades PreK-8 as of the 2023–24 school year.[14]
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:[15] [16]
- Kevin Fricke, superintendent and principal[17]
- Sara Simpson, business administrator and board secretary[18]
Board of education
The district's board of education, comprised of seven 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 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.[19] [20] [21]
External links
Notes and References
- https://www.folsomschool.org/cms/lib/NJ02207515/Centricity/Domain/8/Folsom%20Bylaws%20revised%201-24-2023.pdf#page=7 Folsom Board of Education District Bylaw 0110 - Identification
- https://www.atlantic-county.org/documents/education/Directory23-24.pdf#page=33 Public School Directory 2023–2024
- https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/01/1540 School Performance Reports for the Folsom Borough School District
- https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/1540 New Jersey School Directory for the Folsom Borough School District
- http://folsomschool.schoolfusion.us/modules/cms/pages.phtml?pageid=201181 School Choice Intro
- http://www.state.nj.us/education/choice/districts/index.html Interdistrict Public School Choice Program: Approved Choice Districts
- http://www.nj.gov/education/choice/ Interdistrict Public School Choice Program: Introduction
- https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3405280&DistrictID=3405280 District information for Folsom Borough School District
- http://www.state.nj.us/education/finance/rda/dfg.shtml NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts
- http://www.nj.gov/education/pr/1415/narrative/01/1960/000.html Hammonton Public Schools 2015 Report Card Narrative
- https://townofhammonton.org/hammonton-school-district/ Schools
- Puko, Timothy. "Sending Towns Feeling Pinched by Hammonton", The Press of Atlantic City, March 13, 2007. Accessed March 7, 2024, via Newspapers.com. "The two school districts that send students to Hammonton are disputing tuition adjustments that would allow Hammonton School District to avoid a tax hike this year but cause large tax hikes in the sending districts. The school budgets for Hammonton and its sending districts Waterford and Folsom could hang in limbo well past next month's school board elections, and Waterford and Folsom could be left with budget fights and massive cuts, sending district superintendents said."
- https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3406570&ID=340657000136 School data for Hammonton High School
- https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3405280 School Data for the Folsom School
- https://www.folsomschool.org/domain/23 Administration
- https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district/county/atlantic New Jersey School Directory for Atlantic County
- https://www.folsomschool.org/Page/256 Superintendent
- https://www.folsomschool.org/Page/177 Business Administrator
- 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/23/1540.pdf#page=43 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Borough of Folsom School District
- https://www.folsomschool.org/domain/19 Board of Education Members
