Boonton Public Schools

The Boonton Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Boonton, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.[3]

Boonton Public Schools
Address
434 Lathrop Avenue Boonton, NJ 07005 United States
Coordinates	40.901393°N 74.401667°W
District information
Grades	PreK-12
Superintendent	Robert Presuto
Business administrator	Steven Gardberg
Schools	3
Students and staff
Enrollment	1,415 (as of 2017-18)[1]
Faculty	127.9 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	11.1:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	I
Website	http://www.boontonschools.org/
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-12 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $22,386 42 $18,891 18.5% 1 Budgetary Cost 17,777 45 14,783 20.3% 2 Classroom Instruction 10,001 44 8,763 14.1% 6 Support Services 3,550 47 2,392 48.4% 8 Administrative Cost 1,735 32 1,485 16.8% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,696 33 1,783 −4.9% 13 Extracurricular Activities 795 48 268 196.6% 16 Median Teacher Salary 68,083 44 64,043 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

As of the 2017–2018 school year, the district, composed of three schools, had an enrollment of 1,415 students and 127.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.1:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "I", the second-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.[4]

The district's high school serves students from Boonton and also those from Lincoln Park, who attend as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Lincoln Park Public Schools, with Lincoln Park students accounting for a majority of students at the high school.[5] The two districts have sought to sever the more-than-50-year-old relationship, citing cost savings that could be achieved by both districts and complaints by Lincoln Park that it is granted only one seat on the Boonton Public Schools' Board of Education, less than the number of seats that would be allocated based on the percentage of students of population.[6] In April 2006, the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Education rejected the request.[7]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2017-18 enrollment statistics from the National Center for Education Statistics[8]) are:[9]

Elementary schools

• School Street School[10] (127 students in grades PreK-2)
  • Alison Schessler, Principal[11]
• John Hill School[12] (668 students in grades 3–8)
  • Sara Brogan, Principal for grades 6-8[11]
  • Thomas Valle, Principal for grades 3-5[11]

High school

• Boonton High School[13] (603 students in grades 9–12)
  • Jason Klebez, Principal[14]
  • Debra Ballway, Vice Principal[14]
  • Edward Forman, Vice Principal[14]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[15][16]

• Robert Presuto, Superintendent
• Steven Gardberg, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

Board of education

The district's board of education is composed of nine members who set policy and oversee the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration; an additional member represents Lincoln Park. 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.[17][18][19]

References

1. District information for Boonton Town School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
3. Boonton Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Boonton Public Schools. Accessed March 20, 2020. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Kindergarten through twelve in the Town of Boonton School District. Composition: The Town of Boonton School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of the Town of Boonton."
4. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 4, 2014.
5. Lincoln Park School District 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed July 19, 2016. "Lincoln Park participates in a sending-receiving relationship with Boonton High School, which offers a comprehensive educational program for children in grades 9 through 12. The Lincoln Park School District sends approximately 295 students to Boonton High School. Approximately 55 high school age students attend The Academies of Morris County."
6. English v. Board Of Educ. Of Town Of Boonton, 161 F. Supp. 2d 344 (D.N.J. 2001), Justia, decided August 21, 2001. Accessed January 15, 2020. "As described in greater detail in this Court's March 26, 2001 Opinion, the town of Lincoln Park maintains its own elementary school system, but entered into a sending-receiving relationship with the town of Boonton over 50 years ago for education of its high school students at Boonton High School. N.J.S.A. 18A:38-8 provides that Lincoln Park, the sending district, shall have one seat on Boonton's Board of Education, irrespective of the relative populations of the two towns.... Thus, pursuant to the Commissioner's proposal, Lincoln Park would be given three seats on the Boonton Board comprised of twelve total members, representing 25% of the total board vote on issues within the purview of section 8.1."
7. Commissioner of Education Decision, New Jersey Department of Education, April 25, 2006. Accessed March 21, 2011.
8. School Data for the Boonton Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed August 3, 2014.
9. New Jersey School Directory for the Boonton Town School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 4, 2014.
10. School Street School, Boonton Public Schools. Accessed January 15, 2020.
11. School Administration, School Street School. Accessed January 15, 2020.
12. John Hill School, Boonton Public Schools. Accessed January 15, 2020.
13. Boonton High School, Boonton Public Schools. Accessed January 15, 2020.
14. BHS Administrative Team, Boonton High School. Accessed January 15, 2020.
15. Board of Education Members, Boonton Public Schools. Accessed January 15, 2020.
16. New Jersey School Directory for Morris County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
17. New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election, New Jersey Department of Education, updated February 16, 2018. Accessed January 26, 2020.
18. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Boonton Town School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2018. Accessed February 3, 2020. "The Town of Boonton School District (the "Board" or the "District") is an instrumentality of the State of New Jersey, established to function as an education institution. The Board consists of nine elected officials along with one representative from Lincoln Park and is responsible for the fiscal control of the District."
19. Board Members, Boonton Public Schools. Accessed February 7, 2020.

External links

• Boonton Public Schools
• Boonton Public Schools's 2015–16 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• Boonton Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics