Waterford Township School District Explained
The Waterford Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade from Waterford Township, in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[1]
As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising three schools, had an enrollment of 819 students and 78.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.4:1.[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]
For seventh through twelfth grades, public school students attend the Hammonton Public Schools in Hammonton, as part of a sending/receiving relationship, alongside students from Folsom who attend for grades 9-12 as part of an agreement with the Folsom Borough School District.[4] [5] [6] Schools in the Hammonton district attended by Waterford Township students (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are Hammonton Middle School[8] with 879 students in grades 6-8 and Hammonton High School[9] with 1,393 students in grade 9-12.[10]
In the wake of the dissolution of the Lower Camden County Regional School District, the Hammonton board of education voted in 1999 to begin accepting an estimated 800 students from Waterford Township for grades 7-12 starting as soon as 2002, with the tuition paid by students from Waterford helping to lower overall costs to Hammonton taxpayers and the New Jersey Department of Education approved the agreement.[11] [12]
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[13]) are:[14] [15] [16]
- Thomas Richards Early Childhood Center[17] with 221 students in grades 2-3 (now PreK-K)
- Atco Elementary School[18] with 193 students in grades K-1 (now grades 1-2)
- Waterford Elementary School[19] with 400 students in grades 4-6
Administration
The superintendent is Michael Nolan[20] and the assistant superintendent for business is Daniel J. Fox.[21] [22]
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.[23] [24] [25]
In 1997 the district conducted a survey of 700 households on whether it should adopt school uniforms. 383 persons who responded indicated that they favored uniforms while 166 indicated opposition. At the time there were some members of the school board who formed a faction favoring school uniforms, while another faction opposed them.[26]
External links
Notes and References
- https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=1844bfa223e7438eb29819f74aec7621 Waterford Township Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification
- https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3417250&DistrictID=3417250 District information for Waterford Township 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.nj.gov/education/pr/1415/narrative/01/1960/000.html Hammonton Public Schools 2015 Report Card Narrative
- https://www.townofhammonton.org/schools/ Schools
- Puko, Timothy. "Sending Towns Feeling Pinched by Hammonton", The Press of Atlantic City, March 13, 2007. Accessed June 6, 2016. "The two school districts that send students to Hammonton are disputing tuition adjustments that would allow Hammonton School District to avoid a tax hike this year but cause large tax hikes in the sending districts. The school budgets for Hammonton and its sending districts Waterford and Folsom could hang in limbo well past next month's school board elections, and Waterford and Folsom could be left with budget fights and massive cuts, sending district superintendents said."
- https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3406570 School Data for the Hammonton Public Schools
- https://www.hammontonschools.org/administrators/Middle-School-Administration Hammonton Middle School
- https://www.hammontonschools.org/administrators/High-School-Administration Hammonton High School
- https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/1960 New Jersey School Directory for the Hammonton Public Schools
- Arnold, Stephanie L. "Hammonton Board Decides To Accept Waterford Students More Money For An Improved Curriculum Is Expected Once The 800 Junior And Senior High Pupils Arrive.", The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 25, 1999. Accessed December 15, 2014. "The school board has been mulling the issue since the Waterford Board of Education, in Camden County, decided in September that it wanted to send its 800 junior high and high school students to the Atlantic County school district. Last year, five of seven towns that make up the Lower Camden County Regional School District voted to dissolve it within three years, leaving each town responsible for educating its students."
- https://www.nj.gov/education/legal/commissioner/2000/2-00.pdf Board of Education of the Town of Hammonton, Atlantic County, petitioner
- https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3417250 School Data for the Waterford Township School District
- https://www.wtsd.org/Content2/64 About Us
- https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/07/5560 School Performance Reports for the Waterford Township School District
- https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/5560 New Jersey School Directory for the Waterford Township School District
- https://www.wtsd.org/2/Home Thomas Richards Early Childhood Center
- https://www.wtsd.org/1/Home Atco Elementary School
- https://www.wtsd.org/3/Home Waterford Elementary School
- https://www.wtsd.org/quick-liinks/superintendents-message Superintendent's Message
- https://www.wtsd.org/district_staff.aspx?action=search&location=0&department=18 Business Office - Staff Directory
- https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district/county/camden New Jersey School Directory for Camden County
- 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/22/5560.pdf#page=43 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Waterford Township School District
- https://www.wtsd.org/board-of-education Board of Education
- Thevenot, Brian. "District-wide Uniform Policy: The Rules Would Be Among The First Of Their Kind In New Jersey. But Serious Questions Remain.", (Archive), Philadelphia Inquirer, June 11, 1997. Accessed November 29, 2015.
