Swedesboro-Woolwich School District Explained
The Swedesboro-Woolwich School District is a consolidated public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade from Swedesboro and Woolwich Township, two communities in Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[1]
As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprising four schools, had an enrollment of 1,495 students and 138.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.8:1.[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]
Public school students in seventh through twelfth grades from both communities are educated by the Kingsway Regional School District, which also serves students from East Greenwich Township and South Harrison Township, with the addition of students from Logan Township who attend as part of a sending/receiving relationship in which tuition is paid on a per-pupil basis by the Logan Township School District.[4] [5] As of the 2020–21 school year, the high school district, comprising two schools, had an enrollment of 2,868 students and 207.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.8:1.[6] The schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are Kingsway Regional Middle School[8] with 1,023 students in grades 7-8 and Kingsway Regional High School[9] with 1,802 students in grades 9-12.[10] [11] Under a 2011 proposal, Kingsway would merge with its constituent member's K-6 districts to become a full K-12 district, with various options for including Logan Township as part of the consolidated district.[12]
History
For a 40-year period from 1923 to 1963, the district had operated Swedesboro High School.[13] The school closed after Kingsway Regional High School opened in September 1963. Designed to accommodate an enrollment of 1,000 and constructed at a cost of $1.75 million, the school opened in for students in grades 7-12, including students in grades 9-12 who had previously attended Swedesboro High School.[14] Prior to the regional high school's opening, students had attended either Sweedesboro High School or Woodstown High School.[15]
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[16]) are:[17] [18] [19] [20]
- Margaret C. Clifford School[21] with 230 students in grades PreK-K (located in Swedesboro)
- Governor Charles C. Stratton School[22] with 402 students in grades 1-2 (Woolwich Township)
- General Charles G. Harker School[23] with 653 students in Grades 3-5 (Woolwich Township)
- Carolynne Sandy, principal
- Walter H. Hill School[24] with 210 students in Grade 6 (Swedesboro)
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:[25] [26]
- Kristin Kellogg, superintendent
- Robert Miles, business administrator and board secretary
Board of education
The district's board of education is comprised of nine members. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by the voters of the constituent municipalities 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.[27] [28] [29]
External links
Notes and References
- https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=5162d45fd7364431872106fa5ab3cd5c Swedesboro-Woolwich Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification
- https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3415990&DistrictID=3415990 District information for Swedesboro-Woolwich School District
- http://www.state.nj.us/education/finance/rda/dfg.shtml NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts
- http://www.nj.gov/education/pr/1415/narrative/15/2440/000.html Kingsway Regional School District 2015 Report Card Narrative
- https://www.krsd.org/Page/485 Student Enrollment
- https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3407980&DistrictID=3407980 District information for Kingsway Regional School District
- http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3407980 School Data for the Kingsway Regional School District
- https://www.krsd.org/Domain/9 Kingsway Regional Middle School
- https://www.krsd.org/Domain/8 Kingsway Regional High School
- https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/15/2440 School Performance Reports for the Kingsway Regional School District
- https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/2440 New Jersey School Directory for the Kingsway Regional School District
- Forand, Rebecca. "Kingsway districts may see change", Gloucester County Times, April 7, 2011. Accessed December 9, 2014. "A study is being planned to evaluate the fiscal feasibility of the regionalization of the school districts associated with the Kingsway Regional district, and the impact of continuing or severing the current relationship the district has with Logan Township. Woolwich township, Swedesboro, East Greenwich Township and South Harrison Township all currently feed their elementary students to the Kingsway Regional district for middle and high school, with Logan Township sending students to the high school on a tuition basis. The study will address the fiscal feasibility of regionalizing Kingsway, East Greenwich, South Harrison and Swedesboro-Woolwich."
- Forand, Rebecca. "Swedesboro High School's last graduating class holds 50 year class reunion", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, June 7, 2013. Accessed April 28, 2023. "Swedesboro High School was open from 1923 until 1963 and educated students from the Swedesboro-Woolwich area, as well as those who were sent from Logan and East Greenwich townships. Now, kids from those areas, as well as those from South Harrison, meet at Kingsway High School, where the most recent graduating class was one of more than 340. Swedesboro’s final graduating class was one of 68 students who studied things like agriculture alongside their regular curriculum to fit in with the farming community they lived in."
- https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/180151268/ "Kingsway School Will Open Sept. 5"
- https://www.krsd.org/Page/428 History
- https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3415990 School Data for the Swedesboro-Woolwich School District
- https://www.swedesboro-woolwich.com/domain/302 School Locations
- https://www.gloucestercountynj.gov/DocumentCenter/View/12267/GCPSD-revisions-for-2023-2024 2023-2024 Gloucester County Office of Education Public School Directory
- https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/15/5120 School Performance Reports for the Swedesboro-Woolwich School District
- https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/5120 New Jersey School Directory for the Swedesboro-Woolwich School District
- https://www.swedesboro-woolwich.com/Domain/174 Margaret C. Clifford School
- https://www.swedesboro-woolwich.com/Domain/108 Governor Charles C. Stratton School
- https://www.swedesboro-woolwich.com/Domain/210 General Charles G. Harker School
- https://www.swedesboro-woolwich.com/Domain/72 Walter H. Hill School
- https://www.swedesboro-woolwich.com/board-of-education/administration-contacts Administrative Contact Information
- https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district/county/gloucester New Jersey School Directory for Gloucester County
- https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/cafr/search/20/5120.pdf#page=48 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the Swedesboro-Woolwich Consolidated School District
- https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/dwb/DistrictByTypeList2018.pdf New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election
- https://www.swedesboro-woolwich.com/domain/15 Board of Education Members
