Phillipsburg School District Explained
The Phillipsburg School District is a comprehensive public school district in Phillipsburg, in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[1] The district serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from a population of 16,000 people and an area of 3.2sqmi in Phillipsburg and other neighboring communities along the Delaware River. The district is one of 31 former Abbott districts statewide that were established pursuant to the decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court in Abbott v. Burke[2] which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority.[3] [4]
As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of five schools, had an enrollment of 3,989 students and 354.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.3:1.[5]
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "B", the second-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.[6]
The district's high school serves students from the Town of Phillipsburg and from five sending communities at the secondary level: Alpha, Bloomsbury (in Hunterdon County), Greenwich Township, Lopatcong Township and Pohatcong Township, as part of sending/receiving relationships with the respective school districts.[7] [8]
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2022–23 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[9]) are:[10] [11] [12]
- Early childhood
- Early Childhood Learning Center[13] with 446 students in grades PreK-K
- Natalie Steckel, principal[14]
- Elementary schools
- Phillipsburg Primary School[15] with 397 students in grades 1-2
- Raffaele LaForgia, principal[16]
- Phillipsburg Elementary School[17] with 595 students in grades 3-5
- Darlene M. Noel, principal[18]
- Middle school
- Phillipsburg Middle School[19] with 664 students in grades 6-8
- Raffaele LaForgia, principal[20]
- High schools
See main article: Phillipsburg High School (New Jersey).
- Phillipsburg High School[21] with 1,794 students in grades 9-12. The Phillipsburg High School Stateliners have an athletic rivalry with neighboring Easton, Pennsylvania's Easton Area High School, which celebrated its 100th anniversary game on Thanksgiving Day 2006.[22] The teams from the 1993 Easton-Phillipsburg game, which ended in a 7–7 tie, faced off again in 2009 in the Gatorade Replay series to resolve the game, with more than 13,000 fans watching as Phillipsburg won by a score of 27–12.[23]
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:[25] [26]
- Gregory Troxell, superintendent[27]
- Staci Horne, business administrator and board secretary[28]
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.[29] [30] Greenwich, Lopatcong and Pohatcong townships each have an appointed representative serving on the school board.[31] [32]
External links
Notes and References
- https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=20223e8f0c7c411baeff704e72125359 Phillipsburg Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification
- https://www.njsda.gov/About/WhatWeDo#History What We Do: History
- https://www.njsda.gov/About/WhatWeDo What We Do
- https://www.njsda.gov/Content/FactSheets/31_SDA_Districts.pdf SDA Districts
- https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3412960&DistrictID=3412960 District information for Phillipsburg School District
- http://www.state.nj.us/education/finance/rda/dfg.shtml NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts
- https://www.pburgsd.net/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=1201400&type=d&pREC_ID=1440845 About PSD
- https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/41/4100/050.html Phillipsburg High School 2016 Report Card Narrative
- https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3412960 School Data for the Phillipsburg School District
- https://www.warrencountynj.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/7559/638308166139700000#page=26 2023–2024 Public School Directory
- https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/41/4100 School Performance Reports for the Phillipsburg School District
- https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/4100 New Jersey School Directory for the Phillipsburg School District
- https://eclc.pburgsd.net/ Early Childhood Learning Center
- https://eclc.pburgsd.net/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=3251118&type=d&pREC_ID=2367016 Administration Office
- https://pps.pburgsd.net/ Phillipsburg Primary School
- https://pps.pburgsd.net/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=1195951&type=d&pREC_ID=2366925 Faculty and Staff
- https://pes.pburgsd.net/ Phillipsburg Elementary School
- https://pes.pburgsd.net/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=2266230&type=d&pREC_ID=2205240 Principal's Page
- https://pms.pburgsd.net/ Phillipsburg Middle School
- https://4.files.edl.io/304d/08/15/23/173607-bd6f77b0-356d-479b-9790-3ab30d673739.pdf Principal's Page
- https://phs.pburgsd.net/ Phillipsburg High School
- Patrick, Dick. "High school rivals are like family", USA Today, September 21, 2005. Accessed August 17, 2012. "Phillipsburg (N.J.)-Easton (Pa.): The game, played on Thanksgiving morning at Lafayette College in Easton, will celebrate 100 years in 2006."
- Conover, Allan. "Phillipsburg beats Easton in Gatorade Replay football", Warren Reporter, April 29, 2009. Accessed August 17, 2012. "For almost three toasty hours earlier in the day, however, Wargo had been among the most prominent Phillipsburg football players in Lafayette College's Fisher Stadium and was a key performer in the Stateliners' 27-12 triumph over Easton as 13,350 sun-baked spectators looked on. Wargo, a tackle, was selected as the game's 'Outstanding Defensive Player,' an honor he never gave a thought to while helping the 'Exliners' win the rematch of the 1993 Thanksgiving Day battle which ended in a 7-7 stalemate."
- https://phs.pburgsd.net/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=1190746&type=d&pREC_ID=2491137 Student / Parent Welcome Letter 2023-2024
- https://www.pburgsd.net/apps/staff/ Staff Directory
- https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district/county/warren New Jersey School Directory for Warren County
- https://www.pburgsd.net/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=1278926&type=d&pREC_ID=2341612 A Message from the Superintendent
- https://www.pburgsd.net/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=4182287&type=d&pREC_ID=2503822 Business Staff Directory
- 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/23/4100.pdf#page=43 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Philipsburg School District
- https://www.pburgsd.net/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=2927733&type=d&pREC_ID=2337156 Board of Education Information
- https://www.pburgsd.net/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=2927733&type=d&pREC_ID=2334034 Board of Education Members
