Maywood Public Schools Explained

Maywood Public Schools
Logo Alt:This is the logo for Maywood Public Schools.
Superintendent:Michael Jordan
Businessadmin:Jennifer Pfohl
Address:452 Maywood Avenue
Zipcode:07607
Country:United States
Coordinates:40.9008°N -74.063°W
Schools:2
Enrollment:934 (as of 2021–22)
Ratio:11.4:1
Free Text:FG

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

As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprising two schools, had an enrollment of 934 students and 82.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.4:1.[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]

After graduating from Maywood Avenue School, approximately 250 students in public school for ninth through twelfth grades had attended Hackensack High School in Hackensack, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Hackensack Public Schools, together with students from Rochelle Park and South Hackensack. In the wake of rising tuition costs assessed by the Hackensack district, the district has considered a plan under which the relationship with Hackensack would be severed and a new sending relationship would be established with other neighboring districts. In March 2020, the district received approval from the New Jersey Department of Education to end the relationship it had with Hackensack started transitioning incoming ninth graders to Henry P. Becton Regional High School, which serves students from Carlstadt and East Rutherford beginning in the 2020–21 school year. The transition would be complete after the final group of twelfth graders graduates from Hackensack High School at the end of the 2023–24 school year. Maywood cited costs of nearly $14,800 per student in 2018 to send high-school students to Hackensack and an annual cost in excess of $15,000 under a proposed new three-year agreement, while Becton would start at a per-pupil cost of $10,500 in 2020–21 as part of a ten-year deal that would have a maximum cost per Maywood student of $11,800 in the final year of the agreement.[4] [5] As of the 2021–22 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 653 students and 51.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.8:1.[6]

History

Students from Maywood began attending Hackensack High School in September 1966, after the district ended a longstanding sending relationship under which students had attended Bogota High School.[7]

Awards and recognition

For the 1996-97 school year, Memorial School was formally designated as a National Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.[8]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment from the National Center for Education Statistics[9]) are:[10] [11] [12]

Administration

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

Board of education

The district's board of education, comprised of seven 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 either two or 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

Notes and References

  1. https://www.maywoodschools.org/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=9&dataid=12&FileName=maywood%20policies%202013.pdf#page=5 Maywood School District Board Approved Policy 0110 - Identification
  2. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3409810&DistrictID=3409810 District information for Maywood 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. 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."
  5. https://www.nj.gov/education/legal/commissioner/2020/82-20.pdf Board of Education of the Borough of Maywood, Bergen County, Petitioner, v. Board of Education of the City of Hackensack, Bergen County, Respondent Final Decision
  6. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3402800&ID=340280000300 School data for Henry P. Becton Regional High School
  7. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98747958/maywood-shifts-high-school-sending/ "Maywood Students Leave Bogota High"
  8. http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-1982.pdf Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF)
  9. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3409810 School Data for Maywood Public Schools
  10. https://www.maywoodschools.org/domain/9 Schools
  11. https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/03/3060 School Performance Reports for the Maywood School District
  12. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/3060 New Jersey School Directory for the Maywood Public Schools
  13. https://www.maywoodschools.org/Page/72 Memorial School
  14. https://www.maywoodschools.org/Page/4937 Principal's Message
  15. https://www.maywoodschools.org/Page/722 Maywood Avenue School
  16. https://www.maywoodschools.org/domain/12 Administration
  17. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district/county/bergen New Jersey School Directory for Bergen County
  18. https://www.maywoodschools.org/domain/13 Superintendent
  19. https://www.maywoodschools.org/domain/17 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/23/3060.pdf#page=41 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Maywood Borough School District
  22. https://www.maywoodschools.org/Page/18 Board Members

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