Keansburg School District

Keansburg School District
100 Palmer Place
Keansburg, NJ 07734
District information
Grades K-12
Superintendent Gerald North
Business administrator Corey J. Lowell
Schools 4
Affiliation(s) Former Abbott district
Students and staff
Enrollment 1,656 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 198.1 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 8.36:1
Other information
District Factor Group A
Website www.keansburg.k12.nj.us
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending 		Rank
(*) 		K-12
Average		 %± vs.
Average
1ATotal Spending$30,48549$18,89161.4%
1Budgetary Cost19,7714814,78333.7%
2Classroom Instruction11,360488,76329.6%
6Support Services4,289492,39279.3%
8Administrative Cost1,494121,4850.6%
10Operations & Maintenance2,032431,78314.0%
13Extracurricular Activities54436268103.0%
16Median Teacher Salary57,4001664,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with up to 1,800 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=49

Keansburg School District is a public school district based in Keansburg, New Jersey. The district is one of 31 former Abbott districts statewide,[3] 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.[4][5]

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's four schools had an enrollment of 1,656 students and 198.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.36:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "A", the 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]

Controversy

In May 2008, Governor Jon Corzine attempted to reduce a $740,000 retirement payout to outgoing superintendent Barbara Trzeszkowski. The package included nearly $185,000 for some 250 unused sick and vacation days, plus $556,290 in severance pay. The severance package, negotiated in a 2003 contract, awarded Trzeszkowski a payout calculated by multiplying her monthly salary by the 38 years she worked in the Keansburg district. The $740,000 amount, to be paid over a five-year period, would be paid out on top of Trzeszkowski's estimated $120,000 annual pension.[7]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[8]) are:[9]

Primary schools
Middle school

Tim O'Halloran, Assistant Principal[11]

High school

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[11][15]

References

  1. 1 2 District information for Keansburg School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 1, 2014.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ Abbott Districts, New Jersey Department of Education, backed up by the Internet Archiveas of May 15, 2009. Accessed August 14, 2012.
  4. ↑ What are SDA Districts?, New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed August 14, 2012. "SDA Districts are 31 special-needs school districts throughout New Jersey. They were formerly known as Abbott Districts, based on the Abbott v. Burke case in which the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that the State must provide 100 percent funding for all school renovation and construction projects in special-needs school districts.... The districts were renamed after the elimination of the Abbott designation through passage of the state’s new School Funding Formula in January 2008."
  5. ↑ SDA Districts, New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed August 14, 2012.
  6. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 18, 2015.
  7. ↑ McNichol, Dunstan. "Corzine seeks to trim $740K deal for Keansburg schools chief", The Star-Ledger, May 22, 2008. Accessed July 21, 2008.
  8. ↑ School Data for the Keansburg School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 1, 2014.
  9. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Keansburg School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 1, 2014.
  10. ↑ Port Monmouth Road Intermediate School, Keansburg School District. Accessed September 1, 2014.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Chain of Command, Keansburg School District. Accessed September 1, 2014.
  12. ↑ Joseph C. Caruso Intermediate School, Keansburg School District. Accessed September 1, 2014.
  13. ↑ Joseph R. Bolger Middle School, Keansburg School District. Accessed September 1, 2014.
  14. ↑ Keansburg High School, Keansburg School District. Accessed September 1, 2014.
  15. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Monmouth County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 1, 2014.
  16. ↑ Office of the Superintendent, Keansburg School District. Accessed September 1, 2014.
  17. ↑ Business Office, Keansburg School District. Accessed September 1, 2014.

External links

Coordinates: 40°26′14″N 74°07′45″W / 40.43722°N 74.129132°W / 40.43722; -74.129132

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