Ocean City School District Explained

Ocean City School District
Superintendent:Scott McCartney (interim)
Businessadmin:Timothy E. Kelley
Address:501 Atlantic Avenue
City:Ocean City
County:Cape May County
State:New Jersey
Zipcode:08226
Country:United States
Coordinates:39.2806°N -74.5675°W
Grades:PreK-12
Schools:3
Enrollment:2,056 (as of 2020–21)
Faculty:220.4 FTEs
Ratio:9.3:1
Free Label:District Factor Group
Free Text:DE

The Ocean City School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Ocean City, in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of three schools, had an enrollment of 2,056 students and 220.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.3:1.[1]

Public school students for all grade levels from the Sea Isle City School District, a non-operating school district (meaning it does not operate any schools) covering Sea Isle City, are sent to Ocean City School District.[2] Additionally, public school students from Corbin City, Longport, and Upper Township attend Ocean City High School for ninth through twelfth grades as part of sending/receiving relationships with their respective school districts.[3] [4]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth-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.[5]

History

By 1948, schools in Ocean City were racially integrated. At the time all teachers were white.[6]

Merger discussions with the Sea Isle City School District in 2008 ended after the Ocean City district indicated that it did want to accept Sea Isle City's tenured teachers, which it would be required to do under state law. Sea Isle City currently spends $35,000 per student and hoped to see savings through the merger, even after adding in transportation costs.[7] The Sea Isle City district graduated its last eighth grade class in June 2009 and with the 2010-11 school year, students from Sea Isle City started attending the Ocean City schools starting in fifth grade.[8] As of June 30, 2012, Sea Isle City School District no longer operates any schools, in the face of an order by the commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Education that was based on declining enrollment and budgetary issues. All students from Sea Isle City in public school for pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade attend Ocean City Public Schools.[9]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[10]) are:[11] [12] [13]

Elementary schools
High school

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[17] [18]

Board of education

The district's board of education is comprised of nine elected members, plus three appointed representatives from Upper Township, 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 nine trustees are elected directly by Ocean City's 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. Members from Upper Township and non-voting members from Longport and Sea Isle City are appointed by their districts to one-year terms of office. 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://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3411970&DistrictID=3411970 District information for Ocean City School District
  2. Web site: Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2016. Sea Isle City Board of Education. 2024-06-22. https://megalodon.jp/2021-0401-1225-39/https://www.nj.gov:443/education/finance/fp/cafr/search/16/4700.pdf. 2021-04-01. Megalodon.jp. 2 (PDF 10/117). Sea Isle is a sending district. Grades K-12 are sent to Ocean City Schools.[...]The Sea Isle City Public School District in 2012/2013 became a 100%[...].
  3. https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/09/3780/050.html Ocean City High School 2016 Report Card Narrative
  4. https://oceancityschools.org/uploads/1644942044OCSD.Superintendent%20profile%202.11.22.pdf Superintendent Profile
  5. http://www.state.nj.us/education/finance/rda/dfg.shtml NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts
  6. Jensen. Noma. A Survey of Segregation Practices in the New Jersey School System. The Journal of Negro Education. Winter 1948. 17. 1. 84–88. Journal of Negro Education. 2966093. - CITED: p. 86.
  7. Editorial. "Merging schools / Law makes it hard", The Press of Atlantic City, June 30, 2008.
  8. Ianieri, Brian. "Sea Isle sends off eight in city's last graduation", The Press of Atlantic City, June 19, 2009. Accessed August 4, 2011. "Facing declining enrollment and fewer children left in the seasonal city, the school board in March made a controversial decision to send fifth-grade to eighth-grade students to the Ocean City School District in the fall. Sea Isle's school will retain pre-Kindergarten through fourth-grade classes. The city's high school-age students have long attended Ocean City High School."
  9. Rudloff, Mary. "State orders Sea Isle City school to close; Sea Isle, Ocean City school boards vote not to stand in the way; students to come to Ocean City", Ocean City Sentinel, May 2, 2012. Accessed July 22, 2014. "By voting to not oppose the Order to Show Cause, both school districts agree to expand the send-receive relationship, sending Sea Isle's students in kindergarten through third grade to Ocean City beginning in September. Sea Isle's students in grades four through 12 already attend school in Ocean City."
  10. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3411970 School Data for the Ocean City School District
  11. https://oceancityschools.org/about/off About
  12. https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/09/3780 School Performance Reports for the Ocean City School District
  13. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/3780 New Jersey School Directory for Ocean City School District
  14. https://oceancityschools.org/primary/index Ocean City Primary School
  15. https://oceancityschools.org/intermediate/index Ocean City Intermediate School
  16. https://oceancityschools.org/highschool/index Ocean City High School
  17. https://oceancityschools.org/offices District Offices
  18. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district/county/cape%20may New Jersey School Directory for Cape May County
  19. Web site: Maddy . Vitale . Ocean City School Board Hires Interim Superintendent . OCNJ Daily . June 23, 2023 . September 19, 2023.
  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/21/3780.pdf#page=49 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Ocean City School District
  22. https://oceancityschools.org/boardofeducation Board of Education

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