Lumberton Township School District Explained
The Lumberton Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade in Lumberton, in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[1]
As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of three schools, had an enrollment of 1,141 students and 96.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.8:1.[2]
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "FG", the fourth-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]
For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend the Rancocas Valley Regional High School, a comprehensive regional public high school serving students from five communities encompassing approximately 40sqmi comprising the communities of Eastampton Township, Hainesport Township, Lumberton Township, Mount Holly Township and Westampton Township.[4] [5] [6] As of the 2021–22 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 2,048 students and 140.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.6:1.[7] The school is located in Mount Holly Township.
History
The first public school in Lumberton was established in 1918 with four classrooms.[8]
With an average addition of 80-100 students per year in the late 1990s and a total enrollment of 1,270 students in the 1997-98 school year, Lumberton was one of the most rapidly growing school districts in South Jersey, leading to consideration of options to construct a high school for the district and withdraw from Rancocas Valley Regional.[9]
In 2018, with district enrollment declining by more than 30% since 2002-03, the district decided to close the Florence L. Walther School, which had served students in Kindergarten and first grade, at the end of the 2019-20 school year and reconfigure the grades assigned to the three remaining facilities.[10] As part of the district's reconfiguration plans, Ashbrook Elementary School was closed for renovations in 2019-20 school year.[11] In 2021, the former Florence L. Walther School was leased to Hampton Academy.[12]
Awards and recognition
For the 2005-06 school year, the Lumberton Township School District was recognized with the "Best Practices Award" by the New Jersey Department of Education for its "Payday" Consumer, Family, and Life Skills program at Lumberton Middle School.[13]
Lumberton Middle School was recognized as a New Jersey Star School.
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[14]) are:[15] [16] [17] [18]
- Elementary schools
- Ashbrook Elementary School[19] with 398 students in grades PreK-1 and preschool
- Bobby's Run School[20] with 328 students in grades 2-5
- Shelby Larison, principal (on leave)
- Middle school
- Lumberton Middle School[21] with 378 students in grades 6-8
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:[22] [23] [24]
- Colleen Murray, superintendent
- Robert Kraft, business administrator and board secretary
Board of education
The district's board of education, comprised of nine elected 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 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.[25] [26] [27]
External links
Notes and References
- http://go.boarddocs.com/nj/lts/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=AFBHPC497033 Lumberton Township Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification
- https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3409180&DistrictID=3409180 District information for Lumberton Township Board Of Education
- 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/05/4320/000.html Rancocas Valley Regional High School District 2015 Report Card Narrative
- Staff. "Regional School Districts", Burlington County Times, April 26, 2015. Accessed June 1, 2016. "Rancocas Valley Regional - Serves: Eastampton, Hainesport, Lumberton, Mount Holly, Westampton"
- http://www.rvrhs.com/about_us/history.jsp?rn=2473882 History of the School
- https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3413620&ID=341362001230 School data for Rancocas Valley Regional High School
- https://www.lumberton.k12.nj.us/history/ History
- Harbach, Louise. "Fast-growing Lumberton District Looks At High-school Alternatives; It Could Withdraw From The Rancocas Valley Regional High School District.",, The Philadelphia Inquirer, February 19, 1998. Accessed February 28, 2023. "This year, there are about 1,270 students in Lumberton's district, up by 388 from the 1994-95 school year. With an average addition of 90 to 130 students per year, Lumberton has one of the most rapidly growing districts in South Jersey."
- Ryan, Lisa. "Lumberton district closing Florence L. Walther School", Burlington County Times, November 15, 2018. Accessed February 28, 2023. "The township school district will close the Florence L. Walther School on July 1, 2020 due to declining state aid and enrollment. The district Board of Education voted to close the kindergarten-to-first-grade school at the close of the 2019-20 school year and reorganize the district, Superintendent Joseph Langowski said.... In addition, district-wide enrollment fell from 1,776 in the 2002-2003 school year to 1,223 students in 2017-2018, according to district officials."
- Walsh, Jim. "Lumberton residents to vote Tuesday on $4.9M school improvement plan", Courier-Post, March 11, 2019. Accessed October 27, 2020. "If the 10-year bond is approved, Ashbrook would close for renovations during the 2019-20 school year. It would reopen one year later for students in grades pre-K to second, Florence L. Walther School, which is to receive roof repairs, would close in the 2020-21 school year under the district's plan, said Mark Ritter, business administrator."
- https://www.roi-nj.com/2021/03/30/real_estate/learning-center-leases-former-school-in-lumberton-wcre-says/ "Learning center leases former school in Lumberton, WCRE says"
- http://www.nj.gov/cgi-bin/education/oipp/bp3.pl?string=recid=0838&maxhits=10000 New Jersey Department of Education Best Practices Award recipient for 2005-06
- https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3409180 School Data for the Lumberton Township School District
- https://www.lumberton.k12.nj.us/Domain/4 About The District
- https://www.co.burlington.nj.us/DocumentCenter/View/18358/Public-Schools-Directory-2023-24#page=40 Public Schools Directory 2023–2024
- https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/05/2850 School Performance Reports for the Lumberton Township Board of Education
- https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/2850 New Jersey School Directory for Lumberton Township School District
- https://www.lumberton.k12.nj.us/Domain/8 Ashbrook Elementary School
- https://www.lumberton.k12.nj.us/Domain/9 Bobby's Run School
- https://www.lumberton.k12.nj.us/Domain/10 Lumberton Middle School
- https://www.lumberton.k12.nj.us/Page/113 Staff Directory
- https://www.lumberton.k12.nj.us/domain/58 Administration
- https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district/county/burlington New Jersey School Directory for Burlington County
- 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/23/2850.pdf#page=55 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Lumberton Township School District
- https://www.lumberton.k12.nj.us/Page/129 Board of Education Members
