Hackensack Public Schools Explained

Hackensack Public Schools
Logo Alt:This is the logo for Hackensack Public Schools.
Superintendent:Thomas McBryde
Businessadmin:Lydia Singh
Address:191 Second Street
Zipcode:07601
Country:United States
Coordinates:40.8897°N -74.0418°W
Schools:6
Enrollment:5,483 (as of 2021–22)
Ratio:13.2:1
Free Text:CD

The Hackensack Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from the City of Hackensack, in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[1]

As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprising six schools, had an enrollment of 5,483 students and 415.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.2:1.[2]

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.[3]

The district's high school serves students from South Hackensack and Rochelle Park as part of sending/receiving relationships with the respective districts.[4] In March 2020, the Maywood Public Schools announced that it had received approval from the New Jersey Department of Education to end the relationship it had established with Hackensack in 1969 and begin transitioning incoming ninth graders to Henry P. Becton Regional High School beginning in the 2020–21 school year. Maywood cited costs of nearly $14,800 per student in 2018 to send students to Hackensack while Becton would start a cost of $10,500 per student.[5]

History

In 1948, the district had a school with all African-American students but which had teachers of multiple races. While the school was in operation during de jure educational segregation in the United States, Noma Jensen of Journal of Negro Education wrote "This school is all Negro by reason of population."[6]

Superintendent Karen Lewis was suspended in 2016. Assistant superintendent Joseph Cicchelli became an acting superintendent instead of fulfilling his planned retirement.[7] Rosemary Marks became the superintendent in 2017.[8]

Awards and recognition

Hackensack High School (HHS) was named one of America's best high schools by Newsweek magazine in its 2013 rankings.[9] Ranked among the top six percent of high schools in the country, HHS was recognized based on various criteria including Advanced Placement (AP) programs, the four-year, on-time graduation rate and number of graduates accepted into a two- or four-year college program.

Jackson Avenue Elementary School was recognized by Governor Jim McGreevey in 2003 as one of 25 schools selected statewide for the First Annual Governor's School of Excellence award.[10]

Schools

Schools in the district, with 2021–22 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics,[11] are:[12] [13] [14]

Preschool
Elementary schools
Middle school
High school

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[28] [29]

Board of education

The district's board of education, composed of nine members, sets policy and oversees the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration, with an added representative from Maywood, who represents that district in matters related to the high school. 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 as part of the April school 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.[32] [33] As one of the 13 districts statewide with school elections in April (five of which are in Bergen County), voters also decide on passage of the annual school budget.[34]

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=ea07fff11e43450fa62a93d74e9e231f Hackensack Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification
  2. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3406270&DistrictID=3406270 District information for Hackensack School District
  3. http://www.state.nj.us/education/finance/rda/dfg.shtml NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts
  4. Alvarado, Monsy. "Maywood to study sending high schoolers to Paramus over Hackensack", The Record, January 14, 2011. Accessed April 29, 2013. "Besides 250 students from Maywood, Hackensack High School also serves about 120 students from Rochelle Park and 80 students from South Hackensack."
  5. Stoltz, Marsha A. "Here's why Maywood will send its students to Becton instead of Hackensack High School", The Record, March 9, 2020. Accessed April 6, 2020. "Maywood high school students will have four years to phase out of Hackensack High School and into Henry P. Becton Regional High School in East Rutherford. The process will begin in September, when current Maywood eighth-graders will be the first to attend Becton as freshmen, according to a March 7 joint announcement by the superintendents of the two districts.... The two districts signed a seven-year send/receive contract in 2010 with a per-pupil tuition of $13,125 and a 2% yearly increase. In January 2018, Maywood paid Hackensack's school district $14,781 per student, or $3.7 million for 249 students. It rejected a three-year contract proposed by Hackensack of $15,076 per student the first year and a 5% increase the second.... Maywood eventually agreed to a 10-year contract with Becton at $10,500 per student, with a 2% increase for the fifth contract year and a cap of $11,800 by the 10th year. Becton now has students from East Rutherford and Carlstadt."
  6. Jensen. Noma. A Survey of Segregation Practices in the New Jersey School System. The Journal of Negro Education. Winter 1948. 17. 1. 84–88. Journal of Negro Education. 2966093. - CITED: p. 85.
  7. Torrejon, Rodrigo. "Board to discuss superintendent search in closed meeting", The Journal News, November 17, 2016. Accessed April 6, 2020. "The survey is one of the steps taken by board members to replace acting-Superintendent Joseph Cicchelli. Cicchelli, formerly an assistant superintendent, had planned to retire this year, but he stayed on when Superintendent Karen Lewis was suspended from her position. Cicchelli stepped up to fill in for Lewis until a replacement was found. School officials have not disclosed why Lewis was suspended."
  8. Torrejon, Rodrigo ."Educator with 23 years in Hackensack schools will lead district", The Journal News, June 27, 2017. Accessed April 6, 2020. "The Board of Education has selected Rosemary Marks, an educator who has worked in the city school district for more than 20 years, to lead it as the district’s new superintendent."
  9. Staff. "2013 America's Best High Schools", Newsweek, May 6, 2013. Accessed August 18, 2014.
  10. http://www.state.nj.us/cgi-bin/governor/njnewsline/view_article_archives.pl?id=1505 McGreevey Celebrates Schools that are "Getting it Right": Schools of Excellence Winners Demonstrate Effectiveness of Governor's Education Priorities
  11. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3406270 School Data for the Hackensack Public Schools
  12. https://www.hackensackschools.org/domain/93 School Directory
  13. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/1860 New Jersey School Directory for the Hackensack Public Schools
  14. https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/03/1860 School Performance Reports for the Hackensack School District
  15. https://www.hackensackschools.org/Page/9013 Early Childhood Development Center
  16. https://www.hackensackschools.org/Domain/463 Fairmount Elementary School
  17. https://www.hackensackschools.org/Page/3141 Administration and Main Office Personnel
  18. https://www.hackensackschools.org/Domain/325 Fanny Meyer Hillers School
  19. https://www.hackensackschools.org/Page/2522 Administration and Main Office Personnel
  20. https://www.hackensackschools.org/Domain/215 Jackson Avenue School
  21. https://www.hackensackschools.org/Page/1432 Administration and Main Office Personnel
  22. https://www.hackensackschools.org/Domain/95 Nellie K. Parker School
  23. https://www.hackensackschools.org/Page/1102 Administration and Main Office Personnel
  24. https://www.hackensackschools.org/Domain/591 Hackensack Middle School
  25. https://www.hackensackschools.org/Page/5773 Administration and Main Office Personnel
  26. https://www.hackensackschools.org/Domain/843 Hackensack High School
  27. https://www.hackensackschools.org/Page/8822 Administration
  28. https://www.hackensackschools.org/domain/91 Board Members
  29. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district/county/bergen New Jersey School Directory for Bergen County
  30. https://www.hackensackschools.org/domain/37 Superintendent's Office
  31. https://www.hackensackschools.org/domain/40 Business Office
  32. https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/dwb/DistrictByTypeList2018.pdf New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election
  33. https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/acfr/search/22/1860.pdf#page=48 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the Hackensack School District
  34. 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."

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