Little Egg Harbor Township School District

Little Egg Harbor Township School District
307 Frog Pond Road
Little Egg Harbor, NJ 08087
District information
Grades K-6
Superintendent Melissa McCooley
Schools 2
Students and staff
Enrollment 1,781 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 144.5 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 12.33:1
Other information
District Factor Group B
Website http://www.lehsd.k12.nj.us
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending 		Rank
(*) 		K-6
Average		 %± vs.
Average
1ATotal Spending$18,69035$18,891-1.1%
1Budgetary Cost13,4071813,649-1.8%
2Classroom Instruction8,464238,3661.2%
6Support Services2,508382,16116.1%
8Administrative Cost1,402221,467-4.4%
10Operations & Maintenance1,01421,552-34.7%
13Extracurricular Activities5439-87.2%
16Median Teacher Salary61,9724357,437
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-6 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=59

The Little Egg Harbor Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through sixth grade from Little Egg Harbor Township School, in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 1,781 students and 144.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.33:1.[1]

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.[3]

Public school students in seventh through twelfth grades attend the schools of the Pinelands Regional School District, which also serves students from Bass River Township, Eagleswood Township and Tuckerton Borough.[4][5][6] Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are Pinelands Regional Junior High School (866 students in grades 7-9) and Pinelands Regional High School (882 students in grades 10-12).[8]

History

The district is composed of two elementary schools. The George J. Mitchell School opened in 1953 as the "Little Egg Harbor Elementary School", housing grades K-6. In 1989, a new school, the Frog Pond Elementary School opened as the "Little Egg Harbor Intermediate School", housing grades 3-6, while the Mitchell School housed grades K-2 from then on.

Starting with the 2009-2010 school year, both schools were renovated and converted into K-6 schools, with the Intermediate School being renamed to its current name.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics.[9]) are:[10]

Strafing incident

On November 4, 2004, at around 9pm, an F-16 Fighting Falcon jet from the 113th Wing of the District of Columbia Air National Guard, based at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on a training mission at the Fort Dix United States Army installation in Warren Grove was climbing upward at 8,000 feet. The test was going pretty well, until a heavy gun from the left wing fired 25 rounds of 20mm ammunition up in the air, which fell to the ground, with eight striking the roof of the school, and the rest hitting the parking lot, and the side of the building. No one was injured in the incident.

On November 1, 2006, the district and the United States Air Force announced that a settlement had been reached, whereby the district would be paid $519,070.70 to cover damage to the roof of the school caused in the incident. This is less than the $900,000 that the superintendent had indicated would be needed to cover the costs of replacing the roof damaged in the incident and in the process of evaluating the roof's condition after the incident.[17]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[18][19]

References

  1. 1 2 District information for Little Egg Harbor Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 29, 2014.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 29, 2014.
  4. ↑ Pinelands Regional School District 2014 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 20, 2015. "The Pinelands Regional School District is a limited-purpose regional school district located in southern Ocean County. The District consists of a Junior High School for grades 7-9, a High School for grades 10-12 and an Alternative High School for at-risk students in grades 9-12. The communities of Bass River, Eagleswood, Little Egg Harbor, and Tuckerton are served by the District with approximately 1,700 students in grades 7-12."
  5. ↑ Weaver, Donna. "Pinelands Board of Education passes its budget for 2008–09", The Press of Atlantic City, March 29, 2008. Accessed September 29, 2014. "The Pinelands Regional Board of Education passed its 2008–09 budget unanimously Thursday evening. The $32,488,006 regional budget is for Bass River Township, Tuckerton, Little Egg Harbor Township and Eagleswood Township. The budget comes with a 7.5 percent increase from the $30,230,088 it was in 2007–08."
  6. ↑ Esposito, Martha. "Regional School Districts", Burlington County Times, last updated January 20, 2014. Accessed September 29, 2014. "PINELANDS REGIONAL - Serves: Bass River in Burlington County; Eagleswood, Little Egg Harbor and Tuckerton in Ocean County"
  7. ↑ School Data for the Pinelands Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 29, 2014.
  8. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Pinelands Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 29, 2014.
  9. ↑ School Data for the Little Egg Harbor Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 29, 2014.
  10. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Little Egg Harbor Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 29, 2014.
  11. ↑ Robert C. Wood Sr. Early Childhood Center, Little Egg Harbor Township School District. Accessed September 29, 2014.
  12. ↑ Principal, Robert C. Wood, Sr. Early Childhood Center. Accessed September 29, 2014.
  13. ↑ Frog Pond Elementary School, Little Egg Harbor Township School District. Accessed September 29, 2014.
  14. ↑ Principal, Frog Pond Elementary School. Accessed September 29, 2014.
  15. ↑ George J. Mitchell Elementary School, Little Egg Harbor Township School District. Accessed September 29, 2014.
  16. ↑ Principal, George J. Mitchell Elementary School. Accessed September 29, 2014.
  17. ↑ Spahr, Rob. "Little Egg school shot by jet to get $519,000", The Press of Atlantic City, November 2, 2006. Accessed September 29, 2014. "Superintendent of Schools Frank Kasyan, along with Assemblyman Brian Rumpf, announced Wednesday that after a lengthy tort-claims process, the Air Force has agreed to pay the school board more than $500,000."
  18. ↑ Board of Education, Little Egg Harbor Township School District. Accessed September 29, 2014.
  19. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Ocean County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 29, 2014.

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