Garfield Public Schools Explained

Garfield Public Schools
Logo Alt:This is the logo for Garfield Public Schools.
Superintendent:Richard D. Tomko
Businessadmin:Kathlene Derych
Address:125 Outwater Lane
Zipcode:07026
Country:United States
Coordinates:40.8815°N -74.1132°W
Schools:12
Enrollment:4,713 (as of 2020–21)
Ratio:10.8:1
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The Garfield Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Garfield, in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[1] [2] The district is one of 31 former Abbott districts statewide that were established pursuant to the decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court in Abbott v. Burke[3] which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority.[4] [5]

As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of 12 schools, had an enrollment of 4,713 students and 438.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.8:1.[6]

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.[7]

Awards and recognition

In 2023, Washington Irving School #4 was one of nine schools in New Jersey that was recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School by the United States Department of Education.[8] [9]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[10]) are:[11] [12]

Preschool
Elementary schools
Middle school
High school

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[25] [26] Richard D. Tomko, superintendent of schools, was hired in March 2014[27]

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 that have been held as part of the November general election since 2021. 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.[28] [29]

Until 2020, Garfield had been one of about a dozen districts statewide (five of which are in Bergen County) which held school elections in April and in which voters also decided on passage of the annual school budget.[30] [31] In June 2020, the city council voted to shift school elections from April to November, with the first election under the new calendar to take place in 2021; this change will also mean that voters no longer vote on the school budget, as long as spending increases are within the state-mandated threshold.[32]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.gboe.org Home Page
  2. https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=4e3779a5718e46068e2280621741d99d Garfield Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification
  3. https://www.njsda.gov/About/WhatWeDo#History What We Do: History
  4. https://www.njsda.gov/About/WhatWeDo What We Do
  5. https://www.njsda.gov/Content/FactSheets/31_SDA_Districts.pdf SDA Districts
  6. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3405760&DistrictID=3405760 District information for Garfield Public School District
  7. http://www.state.nj.us/education/finance/rda/dfg.shtml NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts
  8. https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/education/2023/09/19/2023-national-blue-ribbon-schools-nj-new-jersey/70901373007/ "These 9 NJ schools were named 2023 National Blue Ribbon Schools"
  9. https://nationalblueribbonschools.ed.gov/assets/reports/2023/all_2023_national_blue_ribbon_schools.pdf#page=20 2023 National Blue Ribbon Schools: All Public and Non-Public Schools
  10. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3405760 School Data for the Garfield Public Schools
  11. https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/03/1700 School Performance Reports for the Garfield Public School District
  12. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/1700 New Jersey School Directory for the Garfield Public Schools
  13. https://eclc.gboe.org/ Garfield Early Childhood Center
  14. https://gppa1.gboe.org/ Garfield Public Preschool Annex
  15. https://gppa3.gboe.org/ Garfield Public Preschool Annex3
  16. https://s4.gboe.org/ Washington Irving School #4
  17. https://s5.gboe.org/ Woodrow Wilson School #5
  18. https://s6.gboe.org/ Abraham Lincoln Elementary School #6
  19. https://s7.gboe.org/ Theodore Roosevelt School #7
  20. https://s8.gboe.org/ Christopher Columbus School #8
  21. https://s9.gboe.org/ Thomas Jefferson School #9
  22. https://s10.gboe.org/ James Madison School #10
  23. https://gms.gboe.org/ Garfield Middle School
  24. https://ghs.gboe.org/ Garfield High School
  25. https://www.gboe.org/departments/administration Administration
  26. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district/county/bergen New Jersey School Directory for Bergen County
  27. Kiefer, Eric. "Garfield School District Hires Belleville Superintendent: Board Prez", Belleville-Nutley, NJ Patch, March 15, 2024. Accessed May 9, 2024. "Belleville School Superintendent Richard Tomko will soon be taking over the reins in Garfield, according to a letter from that district’s board of education."
  28. https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/dwb/DistrictByTypeList2018.pdf New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election
  29. https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/acfr/search/22/1700.pdf#page=46 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Garfield Board of Education
  30. Mazzola, Jessica. "13 N.J school districts held elections Tuesday and - surprise! - hardly anyone voted. See how bad it was", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, April 18, 2018, updated May 14, 2019. Accessed February 17, 2020. "The rest of their 530 counterparts across the state have switched to November elections – most made the change immediately after a 2012 law allowing school district votes to move from April to the fall, held in tandem with the general election. But voters in 13 New Jersey towns went to the polls Tuesday to cast votes for their local boards of education, and in most cases, on whether or not to pass the district budgets."
  31. https://www.gboe.org/cms/one.aspx?pageId=102435 Board of Education Members
  32. Sobko, Katie. "Garfield to move school district elections to November", The Record, June 14, 2020. Accessed March 5, 2021. "Garfield officials have decided to move the school district election to November. The city was one of only a handful of districts that still held spring elections.... While Mayor Richard Rigoglioso was not involved in the discussion or the vote because he is employed by the district, the council voted unanimously in favor of the move. City Attorney Robert Ferraro told them that he had already sent notice to district officials and confirmed that this would take effect in 2021."

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