Pennsauken Public Schools Explained

Pennsauken Public Schools
Superintendent:Ronnie Tarchichi
Businessadmin:John Ogunkanmi
Address:1695 Hylton Road
City:Pennsauken Township
County:Camden County
State:New Jersey
Zipcode:08110
Country:United States
Coordinates:39.9832°N -75.0285°W
Grades:PreK to 12
Schools:9
Enrollment:4,819 (as of 2019–20)
Faculty:396.5 FTEs
Ratio:12.2:1
Free Label:District Factor Group
Free Text:CD

The Pennsauken Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district serving students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Pennsauken Township, in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[1]

As of the 2019–20 school year, the district, comprised of nine schools, had an enrollment of 4,819 students and 396.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.2:1.[2]

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.[3]

Students from Merchantville had attended the high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship that began in 1972, when the borough's high school was closed.[4] For years, the Merchantville district had sought to end the relationship with the Pennsauken district.[5] In the wake of a 2015 decision by the New Jersey Department of Education, Merchantville students began attending Haddon Heights High School starting in the 2015–2016 school year, as part of a transition that will be fully in place in the 2018–2019 school year.[6] [7]

Governance

In 1996 the district stated that a parent survey on school uniforms showed 68% of respondents favoring them.[8]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2019–20 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[9]) are:[10] [11] [12]

Preschool
Elementary schools
Middle schools
High schools

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[22] [23]

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.[25] [26] [27]

Notes

  1. https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=93e71e8e5c584a6da8ca4b965053759e Pennsauken Township Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification
  2. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3412870&DistrictID=3412870 District information for Pennsauken Township Board Of Education 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. Florio, Gwen. "Looking Beyond The School Decision Time To Make Up, Officials Say, After A Decade Of Fussing.", The Philadelphia Inquirer, September 21, 1992. Accessed July 10, 2008. "Ever since its own high school closed in 1972, the Borough of Merchantville has been sending its public school students to Pennsauken High School."
  5. http://www.merchantvilleschool.org/ourpages/auto/2013/2/13/52098422/Expert%20Report%20on%20Send-Receive%20March%202013.pdf "Expert report on the Termination of the Sending-receiving Agreement Between the Merchantville School District and the Pennsauken Public Schools"
  6. http://www.nj.gov/education/pr/1415/narrative/07/3110/000.html Merchantville School District 2015 Report Card Narrative
  7. Romalino, Carly Q. "Merchantville students head to Haddon Heights", Courier-Post, April 14, 2015. Accessed June 1, 2016. "An administrative law judge in March ruled in favor of Merchantville's request to end its student send-receive agreement with Pennsauken High School.... Hespe's signature, issued Friday, severs the relationship and allows for Merchantville to establish a five-year sending-receiving agreement with Haddon Heights School District."
  8. Coulombis, Angela. "Survey Finds Pennsauken Parents Favor Mandatory School Uniforms Sixty-eight Percent Of Households With Elementary School Students Approved." (Archive), The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 11, 1996. Accessed November 29, 2015.
  9. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3412870 School Data for the Pennsauken Public Schools
  10. https://www.pennsauken.net/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=366549&type=d About
  11. https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/07/4060 School Performance Reports for the Pennsauken Public Schools
  12. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/4060 New Jersey School Directory for the Pennsauken Public Schools
  13. https://baldwin.pennsauken.net/ Baldwin Early Childhood Learning Center
  14. https://burling.pennsauken.net/ Alfred E. Burling High School
  15. https://delair.pennsauken.net/ Delair Elementary School
  16. https://fine.pennsauken.net/ George B. Fine Elementary School
  17. https://franklin.pennsauken.net/ Benjamin Franklin Elementary School
  18. https://carson.pennsauken.net/ Carson Elementary School
  19. https://intermediate.pennsauken.net/ Pennsauken Intermediate School
  20. https://phifer.pennsauken.net/ Howard M. Phifer Middle School
  21. https://high.pennsauken.net/ Pennsauken High School
  22. https://www.pennsauken.net/apps/staff/ Staff
  23. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district/county/camden New Jersey School Directory for Camden County
  24. https://pennsauken.net/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=399066&type=d Superintendent
  25. https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/dwb/DistrictByTypeList2018.pdf New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election
  26. https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/acfr/search/23/4060.pdf#page=40 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Pennsauken Township School District
  27. https://www.pennsauken.net/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=366556&type=d Board Members

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