Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District Explained

Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional
Superintendent:	Zenaida Cobián
Businessadmin:	Kenneth H. Verrill
Address:	100 Iona Avenue
City:	Penns Grove
County:	Salem County
State:	New Jersey
Zipcode:	08069
Country:	United States
Coordinates:	39.7211°N -75.4677°W
Grades:	PreK to 12
Schools:	5
Enrollment:	2,185 (as of 2018–19)
Faculty:	182.0 FTEs
Ratio:	12.0:1
Free Label:	District Factor Group
Free Text:	A

The Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District is a comprehensive regional public school district serving students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Carneys Point Township and Penns Grove, two communities in Salem County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.^[1] A majority of students in grades 9-12 from Oldmans Township attend the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Oldmans Township School District, with the balance attending Woodstown High School in the Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District.^{[2] [3]}

As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of five schools, had an enrollment of 2,185 students and 182.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.0:1.^[4]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "A", the lowest 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]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics^[6]) are:^{[7] [8]}

Elementary schools

• Lafayette-Pershing School^[9] with 331 students in grades Pre-K to Kindergarten
  • Candy Shockley, interim principal
• Field Street School^[10] with 480 students in grades 1 - 3
  • Mary Kwiatkowski, principal
• Paul W. Carleton School^[11] with 355 students in grades 4 - 5
  • Cameron Baynes, principal

Middle school

• Penns Grove Middle School^[12] with 465 students in grades 6 - 8
  • Tara Allen, principal

High school

• Penns Grove High School^[13] with 508 students in grades 9 - 12
  • Lory O'Brien, principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:^{[14] [15]}

• Zenaida Cobián, superintendent^[16]
• Christopher DeStratis, school business administrator and board secretary^[17]

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 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.^{[18] [19] [20]}

External links

• Penns Grove - Carneys Point Regional School District
  • School Data for the Penns Grove - Carneys Point Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics

Notes and References

1. https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=f61837b6209d4727b7c6e5e75202b1e2 Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification
2. Bumpus, Robert L. "Salem County Report on Consolidation and Regionalization, Office of the Executive County Superintendent of Salem County, March 15, 2010, available at the website of the Asbury Park Press. Accessed July 5, 2011. "A contiguous elementary district, Oldmans Township, sends its students primarily to Penns Grove High School and a smaller number of students to Woodstown High School."
3. https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/33/3860/000.html Oldmans Township School District 2016 Report Card Narrative
4. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3412840&DistrictID=3412840 District information for Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District
5. http://www.state.nj.us/education/finance/rda/dfg.shtml NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts
6. http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3412840 School Data for the Penns Grove - Carneys Point Regional School District
7. https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/33/4070 School Performance Reports for the Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District
8. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/4070 New Jersey School Directory for the Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District
9. http://pgcpschools.org/pgcp/LP/ Lafayette-Pershing School
10. http://pgcpschools.org/pgcp/Field/ Field Street School
11. http://pgcpschools.org/pgcp/Carleton/ Paul W. Carleton School
12. http://pgcpschools.org/pgcp/PGMS/ Penns Grove Middle School
13. http://pgcpschools.org/pgcp/PGHS/ Penns Grove High School
14. http://pgcpschools.org/pgcp/District/Administration/ Administration
15. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district/county/salem New Jersey School Directory for Salem County
16. http://pgcpschools.org/pgcp/District/Superintendent/ Superintendent
17. http://pgcpschools.org/pgcp/Business%20Office/Business%20Office%20Staff/ Business Office Staff
18. https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/dwb/DistrictByTypeList2018.pdf New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election
19. https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/acfr/search/23/4070.pdf#page=47 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District
20. http://pgcpschools.org/pgcp/BOE/Board%20Members/ Board Members