Monroe Township School District Explained
The Monroe Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from Monroe Township, in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[1]
As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising eight schools, had an enrollment of 6,829 students and 533.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.8:1.[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]
Students from Jamesburg attend Monroe Township High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Jamesburg Public Schools established in 1980.[4] [5]
Awards and recognition
During the 1991–92 academic school year, Mill Lake Elementary School received the National Blue Ribbon Award of Excellence from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve. This honor was followed during the 1998–99 academic school year at Barclay Brook Elementary School. Monroe Township could now boast that both their pre-K through third grade schools received the honor.[6]
Curriculum
In 1996 the New Jersey Department of Education revised the elementary school core curriculum to require foreign language classes. In mid-October 1999 the district sent a questionnaire to 13,000 houses regarding what language should be taught to elementary students. The district received 458 back. 271 of those questionnaires chose Spanish, 96 of the returned questionnaires indicated a preference for Mandarin Chinese and the remaining 91 requested other languages that included Latin, Russian, and English itself. Stephen E. Derkoski, the assistant superintendent, stated that "We can't ignore" that the area houses had a preference of Spanish over Chinese on a 3 to 1 basis.[7] In November 1999, the school board voted 7–1 to designate Spanish as the foreign language used in elementary schools.[7]
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[8]) are:[9] [10] [11] [12]
- Elementary schools
- Applegarth Elementary School[13] with 439 students in grades 4-5
- Barclay Brook Elementary School[14] with 314 students in grades PreK-2
- Brookside Elementary School[15] with 400 students in grades 3-5
- Mill Lake Elementary School[16] with 544 students in grades PreK-2
- Kristen Mignoli, principal
- Oak Tree Elementary School[17] with 700 students in grades PreK-3
- Patricia Dinsmore, principal
- Woodland Elementary School[18] with 350 students in grades 3-5
- Middle school
- Monroe Township Middle School[19] with 1,702 students in grades 6-8
- High school
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:[21] [22]
- Chari Chanley, superintendent[23]
- Laura Allen, acting business administrator and board secretary[24]
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; a tenth member is appointed by the Jamesburg district to represent its interests on the Monroe Township school board. 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
- https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=fb5c7eaee1ab49e8b11a5a62eb50484b Monroe Township Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification
- https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3410500&DistrictID=3410500 District information for Monroe Township School District
- http://www.state.nj.us/education/finance/rda/dfg.shtml NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts
- https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/23/3290/005.html Monroe Township High School 2016 Report Card Narrative
- Cheslow, Jerry. "A Townful of Empty Nesters", The New York Times, October 14, 2007. Accessed September 7, 2014. "In addition to the four elementary schools, the Applegarth Middle School teaches Grades 7 and 8, and the 1,400-student Monroe Township High School covers Grades 9 through 12. It is shared with the borough of Jamesburg, the 'hole in the doughnut' municipality in the center of the township."
- http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-1982.pdf Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF)
- Moroz, Jennifer. "Monroe Picks Spanish For Its Grade Schools A Panel Urged Chinese To Fulfill The Foreign-language Requirement. But Parents' Wishes Swayed The Board.", The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 17, 1999. Accessed May 16, 2014.
- https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3410500 School Data for the Monroe Township School District
- https://www.monroe.k12.nj.us/Domain/1062 Schools
- http://www.nj.gov/education/pr/1213/narrative/23/3290/23-3290-000.html Monroe Township School District 2013 Report Card Narrative
- https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/23/3290 School Performance Reports for the Monroe Township School District
- https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/3290 New Jersey School Directory for the Monroe Township School District
- https://www.monroe.k12.nj.us/Domain/982 Applegarth Elementary School
- https://www.monroe.k12.nj.us/Domain/715 Barclay Brook Elementary School
- https://www.monroe.k12.nj.us/Domain/570 Brookside Elementary School
- https://www.monroe.k12.nj.us/Domain/802 Mill Lake Elementary School
- https://www.monroe.k12.nj.us/Domain/880 Oak Tree Elementary School
- https://www.monroe.k12.nj.us/Domain/642 Woodland Elementary School
- https://www.monroe.k12.nj.us/Domain/370 Monroe Township Middle School
- https://www.monroe.k12.nj.us/Domain/113 Monroe Township High School
- https://www.monroe.k12.nj.us/domain/4 District Administration
- https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district/county/middlesex New Jersey School Directory for Middlesex County
- https://www.monroe.k12.nj.us/domain/5 Superintendent's Office
- https://www.monroe.k12.nj.us/domain/7 Business Office
- 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/23/3290.pdf#page=54 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Monroe Township School District
- https://www.monroe.k12.nj.us/domain/13 Board of Education
