Long Hill Township School System Explained

Long Hill Township School System
Superintendent:	Anne Mucci
Businessadmin:	Daniel A. Borgo (interim)
Address:	759 Valley Road
City:	Gillette
County:	Morris County
State:	New Jersey
Zipcode:	07933
Country:	United States
Coordinates:	40.6728°N -74.4698°W
Grades:	PreK-8
Schools:	3
Enrollment:	894 (as of 2019–20)
Faculty:	80.6 FTEs
Ratio:	11.1:1
Free Label:	District Factor Group
Free Text:	I

The Long Hill Township School System is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade in Long Hill Township in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

As of the 2019–20 school year, the district, comprising three schools, had an enrollment of 894 students and 80.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.1:1.^[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "I", the second-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.^[2]

Long Hill Township's high school students in public school for ninth through twelfth grades attend Watchung Hills Regional High School in Warren Township. Students from Long Hill Township and from the neighboring communities of Green Brook Township, Warren Township and Watchung (in Somerset County) attend the school.^{[3] [4]} As of the 2019–20 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,948 students and 160.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.1:1.^[5]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2019–20 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics^[6]) are:^{[7] [8] [9]}

Elementary schools

• Gillette School^[10] with 223 students in grades PreK-1
  • Lori Jones, principal^[11]
• Millington School^[12] with 397 students in grades 2-5
  • Jennifer S. Dawson, principal^[13]

Middle school

• Central Middle School^[14] with 269 students in grades 6-8
  • Michael Viturello, principal^[15]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:^{[16] [17]}

• Anne Mucci, superintendent^[18]
• Daniel A. Borgo, interim business administrator and board secretary^[19]

Board of education

The district's board of education is composed of nine 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 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.^{[20] [21] [22]}

External links

• Long Hill Township School System
  • School Data for the Long Hill Township School System, National Center for Education Statistics
• Watchung Hills Regional High School website

Notes and References

1. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3412660&DistrictID=3412660 District information for Long Hill Township School District
2. http://www.state.nj.us/education/finance/rda/dfg.shtml NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts
3. http://www.nj.gov/education/pr/1415/narrative/35/5550/000.html Watchung Hills Regional High School 2015 Report Card Narrative
4. http://www.co.somerset.nj.us/home/showdocument?id=12598 Somerset County School Districts-Sending/Receiving/Regional
5. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3417220&ID=341722005320 School data for Watchung Hills Regional High School
6. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3412660 School Data for the Long Hill Township School System
7. https://www.longhill.org/our_district Our District
8. https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/27/4000 School Performance Reports for the Long Hill Township School District
9. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/4000 New Jersey School Directory for the Long Hill Township School System
10. https://gillette.longhill.org/ Gillette School
11. https://gillette.longhill.org/our_school/principal Principal
12. https://millington.longhill.org/ Millington School
13. https://millington.longhill.org/our_school/principal Principal
14. https://central.longhill.org/ Central Middle School
15. https://central.longhill.org/our_school/principal Principal
16. https://www.longhill.org/cms/One.aspx?portalId=3438026&pageId=3438056 District Directory
17. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district/county/morris New Jersey School Directory for Morris County
18. https://www.longhill.org/our_district/superintendent Superintendent of Schools
19. https://www.longhill.org/our_district/business_office Business Office
20. https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/dwb/DistrictByTypeList2018.pdf New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election
21. https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/acfr/search/23/4000.pdf#page=42 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Long Hill Township School District
22. https://www.longhill.org/board_of_education Board of Education