Oaklyn Public School District Explained

Oaklyn Public School District
Superintendent:Fredrick McDowell
Businessadmin:Beth Ann Coleman
Address:136 Kendall Boulevard
City:Oaklyn
County:Camden County
State:New Jersey
Zipcode:08107
Country:United States
Coordinates:39.9031°N -75.0886°W
Grades:PreK-5
Schools:1
Enrollment:282 (as of 2022–23)
Faculty:32.0 FTEs
Ratio:8.8:1
Free Label:District Factor Group
Free Text:CD

Oaklyn Public School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade from Oaklyn, in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[1] [2] [3] Prior to the 2018–19 school year Oaklyn Public School served students through ninth grade.[4] Oaklyn was the last district in New Jersey that used a Kindergarten through ninth grade format.[5]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 282 students and 32.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.8:1.[6]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "CD", the sixth-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.[7]

Students in sixth through twelfth grades from Oaklyn attend Collingswood Middle School and Collingswood High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[8] [9] As of the 2020–21 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 747 students and 67.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.1:1.[10]

History

In 1997, there was a proposal for the students to wear school uniforms, opposed by students, but plans were canceled.[11]

Oaklyn Public School had also served students in K-8 from Hi-Nella, a non-operating school district.[12] [13] With Hi-Nella ending its sending/receiving relationship under a phase-out that would see all Hi-Nella students out of Oaklyn's school by 2016-17, the district saw overall enrollment decline from 469 in 2011-12 to 384 in 2014-15.[14] The loss of Hi-Nella's students, and the tuition revenue that accounted for as much as 10% of Oaklyn's budget, have caused significant strain on the district's budget, which has seen a substantial decline in its fiscal balance.[15]

In 2017, the Oaklyn Board of Education and the Collingswood Board of Education finalized an agreement to expand the send-receive relationship to send Oaklyn students to Collingswood school in sixth grade starting with the 2018-2019 school year. Previously the agreement only included students in grades ten through twelve.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[16]) are:

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[18]

Board of education

The district's board of education, comprised of nine 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 2013) 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.[21] [22] [23]

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/792094/0110_Identification.pdf.pdf Oaklyn Board of Education District Bylaw 0110 - Identification
  2. https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/07/3770 School Performance Reports for the Oaklyn Public School District
  3. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/3770 New Jersey School Directory for the Oaklyn Public School District
  4. http://www.camdencounty.com/education/public-schools Public Schools
  5. Web site: Oaklyn Board of Education, 12/19/2017 Minutes.
  6. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3411940&DistrictID=3411940 District information for Oaklyn Public School District
  7. http://www.state.nj.us/education/finance/rda/dfg.shtml NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts
  8. Staff. "Collingswood High School", South Jersey magazine. Accessed November 17, 2014. "Collingswood High School serves about 850 students in grades nine through twelve from the Collingswood, Oaklyn, and Woodlynne school districts."
  9. Giordano, Rita. "N.J. puts pressure on schools to share Collingswood, Oaklyn, and Woodlynne are just three districts being pushed to combine services - or more.", The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 11, 2009. Accessed November 17, 2014. "Collingswood, Oaklyn, and Woodlynne, she said, are reasonable candidates for administrative sharing. Oaklyn Superintendent Tommy Stringer is due to retire in December, and Woodlynne has an interim superintendent, Walter Rudder. Collingswood Superintendent Scott Oswald is established and well-regarded. Oaklyn and Woodlynne students attend Collingswood High School."
  10. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3403420&ID=340342001474 School data for Collingswood High School
  11. Web site: Hefler. Jan. Uniform Dress Styles Don't Make The Grade For Oaklyn's Schools Students Would Have Had A Collection Of Clothing From Which To Choose. Opposition Was Strong.. Philadelphia Inquirer. 1997-07-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20150919190040/http://articles.philly.com/1997-07-09/news/25547564_1_dress-code-committee-uniform-policies-school-uniforms. 2021-03-07. 2015-09-19.
  12. http://www.nj.gov/education/pr/1314/narrative/07/3770/07-3770-050.html Oaklyn Public School 2014 Report Card Narrative
  13. http://www.state.nj.us/education/news/2009/0701nonops.htm 13 Non-Operating School Districts Eliminated
  14. http://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/cafr/search/15/3770.pdf#page=8 Oaklyn Board of Education Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2015
  15. Skoufalos, Matt. "Oaklyn School Searches for Answers Amid Budget Shortfall; Resolving the financial issues of the small district will require some creative problem-solving, says Superintendent Scott Oswald.", NJ Pen. Accessed February 5, 2017. "A longstanding receiving arrangement with the tiny borough of Hi-Nella, just six miles south, used to bring in as much as $800,000 to the Oaklyn district—about 10 percent of its annual budget, said Scott Oswald, joint superintendent of the Collingswood and Oaklyn school districts. But four years ago, Hi-Nella started pulling its students out of Oaklyn to send them to the neighboring Stratford school district. When they left, so did their tuition dollars."
  16. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3411940 School Data for the Oaklyn Public School District
  17. https://www.oaklynschool.org/o/oaklyn/page/administration--843 School Administration
  18. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district/county/camden New Jersey School Directory for Camden County
  19. https://www.oaklynschool.org/o/oaklyn/page/superintendent-s-office--74 Superintendent's Office
  20. https://www.oaklynschool.org/o/oaklyn/page/business-office--207 Business Office
  21. https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/dwb/DistrictByTypeList2018.pdf New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election
  22. https://www.oaklynschool.org/o/oaklyn/page/board-of-education--963 Board of Education
  23. https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/acfr/search/21/3770.pdf#page=39 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Oaklyn School District

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