Harding Township School District Explained

Harding Township School District
Superintendent:Matthew A. Spelker
Businessadmin:John Jennings
Address:34 Lee's Hill Road
City:Harding Township
County:Morris County
State:New Jersey
Zipcode:07976
Country:United States
Coordinates:40.7436°N -74.4776°W
Grades:PreK-8
Schools:1
Enrollment:291 (as of 2022–23)
Faculty:44.3 FTEs
Ratio:6.6:1
Free Label:District Factor Group
Free Text:J

The Harding Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Harding Township, in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[1] [2] [3]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprising one school, had an enrollment of 291 students and 44.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 6.6:1.[4]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "J", the-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.[5]

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend Madison High School in Madison, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Madison Public Schools.[6] As of the 2021–22 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 839 students and 69.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.1:1.[7]

History

In May 1974, the Harding Township School District was given permission by the State Commissioner of Education to end their sending / receiving relationship with the Morris School District at Morristown High School and begin sending their students to Madison High School starting with the 1975-76 school year, ruling that the withdrawal of the mostly white students from Harding Township would not "cause a disproportionate change in the racial composition of Morristown High School".[8] [9]

School

Harding Township School serves students in grades PreK-8. The school had an enrollment of 293 students as of the 2021–22 school year.[10]

Notable alumni

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[12] [13]

Board of education

The district's board of education is comprised of five members who set policy and oversee 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 one or two seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election. One board member is assigned to serve as a representative to the board of education of the Madison Public Schools. 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.[14] [15] [16] [17]

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=1b77730e0d574d26aaab3e1d59240e13 Harding Township Board of Education District Policy - Identification
  2. https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/27/2010 School Performance Reports for the Harding Township School District
  3. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/2010 New Jersey School Directory for the Harding Township School District
  4. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3406720&DistrictID=3406720 District information for Harding Township School District
  5. http://www.state.nj.us/education/finance/rda/dfg.shtml NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts
  6. https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/27/2870/050.html Madison High School 2016 Report Card Narrative
  7. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3409240&ID=340924004300 School data for Madison High School
  8. https://www.nytimes.com/1974/05/02/archives/commissioner-reverses-plan-for-morris-schools.html "Commissioner Reverses Plan for Morris Schools"
  9. Staff. "Morristown High School Closed After Racial Fight", The New York Times, May 7, 1974. Accessed November 9, 2017. "Morristown High School has about 400 black students, most of them from Morristown. Most of the high school student from Morris Township, Morris Plain: and Harding Township are white. Morristown and Morris Township were forced to merge their school systems two years ago to advance racial integration. Last week Harding Township was given permission by the State Education Commissioner to withdraw its students from Morristown High and send them to Madison High."
  10. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3406720 School Data for the Harding Township School
  11. Tsai, Martin "Meryl Streep on her Jersey food memories", The Star-Ledger, September 29, 2009. Accessed November 28, 2012. "She attended Harding Township Middle School and became Bernards High School's homecoming queen before leaving the state to attend Vassar College and Yale University."
  12. https://www.hardingtwp.org/domain/6 Administration
  13. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district/county/morris New Jersey School Directory for Morris County
  14. https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/dwb/DistrictByTypeList2018.pdf New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election
  15. https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/acfr/search/23/2010.pdf#page=37 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the Harding Township School District
  16. http://www.hardingnj.org/filestorage/1082/3862/Master_Plan_2018_pdf.pdf#page=176 Master Plan Housing Element & Fair Share Plan
  17. https://www.hardingtwp.org/Page/43 Board of Education Members