Plumsted Township School District Explained

Plumsted Township School District
Superintendent:Michelle Halperin-Krain
Businessadmin:Sean Gately
Address:117 Evergreen Road
City:New Egypt
County:Ocean County
State:New Jersey
Zipcode:08533
Country:United States
Coordinates:40.0798°N -74.5321°W
Grades:PreK-12
Schools:3
Enrollment:1,216 (as of 2019–20)
Faculty:126.6 FTEs
Ratio:9.6:1
Free Label:District Factor Group
Free Text:DE

The Plumsted Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that educates students in kindergarten though twelfth grade (in addition to special education students in pre-kindergarten) from Plumsted Township, in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[1]

As of the 2019–20 school year, the district, comprised of three schools, had an enrollment of 1,216 students and 126.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.6:1.[2]

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.[3]

History

Plumsted Township voters approved a December 1997 referendum under which $16.5 million would be borrowed to build new school facilities, while the existing middle school would be converted for use as a high school.[4] Later that month, the commissioner of Education approved the withdrawal, as the feasibility study prepared showed no negative financial impact to either district and would not substantially impact the racial makeup of the students enrolled at Allentown High School.[5] The high school opened its doors in September 1999 and admitted 100 ninth-graders who would graduate in spring 2003, ending a sending/receiving relationship that had existed for more than 50 years with the Upper Freehold Regional School District under which students from the township attended Allentown High School.[6]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2019–20 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are:[8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

Elementary schools
Middle school
High school

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[16] [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 either two or 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

Notes and References

  1. https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=fdc62aca82fe4a22ba7b85e27998b2d7 Plumsted Township Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification
  2. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3413230&DistrictID=3413230 District information for Plumsted Township 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. Woodberry Jr., Warren. "Planning begins now that Plumsted High School has OK", Asbury Park Press, December 28, 1997. Accessed April 14, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "With the township's approval Dec. 16 of a $16.5 million bond referendum to convert the New Egypt Middle School on Evergreen Road into a high school, district officials are now developing plans for the kind of school they, parents and students want built..... For more than 50 years, high school students here have attended Allentown High School as part of a sending-receiving relationship with the Upper Freehold Regional School District. The state Department of Education must first approve the Plumsted school district's plan to withdraw 400 students from Allentown. The new school is planned to be operating by September 1999."
  5. https://www.nj.gov/education/legal/commissioner/1997/656-97.pdf Board of Education of the Township of Plumsted, Ocean County v. Board of Education of the Upper Freehold Regional School District
  6. Vosseller, Bob. "NHS receives high praise for curriculum", The New Egypt Press, September 14, 1999. Accessed August 12, 2014. "History will be made this week when 100 ninth-graders enter the New Egypt High School marking its inaugural class. Two years ago Plumsted Township voters in a strong majority vote withdrew from Allentown High School in the Upper Freehold Regional School District through a referendum vote."
  7. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3413230 School Data for the Plumsted Township School District
  8. https://www.newegypt.us/domain/453 Schools
  9. https://www.newegypt.us/domain/29 About Plumsted
  10. https://www.co.ocean.nj.us//WebContentFiles//d45de12b-013b-4f0e-9862-ba1738325d1e.pdf#page=55 Public Schools Directory 2023-2024; Living & Learning in Ocean County
  11. https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/29/4190 School Performance Reports for the Plumsted Township School District
  12. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/4190 New Jersey School Directory for the Plumsted Township School District
  13. https://www.newegypt.us/Domain/10 Dr. Gerald H. Woehr Elementary School
  14. https://www.newegypt.us/Domain/9 New Egypt Middle School
  15. https://www.newegypt.us/Domain/8 New Egypt High School
  16. https://www.newegypt.us/domain/98 Administration
  17. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district/county/ocean New Jersey School Directory for Ocean County
  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/23/4190.pdf#page=59 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Plumsted Township School District
  20. https://www.newegypt.us/Page/30 Board of Education Members

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