Bordentown Regional School District

The Bordentown Regional School District is a comprehensive regional public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from communities in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. The district serves students from Bordentown City, Bordentown Township and Fieldsboro Borough.[3][4]

Bordentown Regional School District
Address
48 Dunns Mill Road
Bordentown, NJ 08505
United States
Coordinates40.132598°N 74.721203°W / 40.132598; -74.721203
District information
GradesPreK-12
SuperintendentDr. Edward Forsthoffer
Business administratorChifonda Henry
Schools5
Students and staff
Enrollment2,528 (as of 2017-18)[1]
Faculty182.8 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio13.8:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupDE
WebsiteDistrict website
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-12
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$16,94323$18,891−10.3%
1Budgetary Cost12,3751314,783−16.3%
2Classroom Instruction6,78058,763−22.6%
6Support Services2,125422,392−11.2%
8Administrative Cost1,25481,485−15.6%
10Operations & Maintenance1,738451,783−2.5%
13Extracurricular Activities3632826835.4%
16Median Teacher Salary58,2141464,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with 1,800-3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=68

As of the 2017-18 school year, the district, comprising five schools, had an enrollment of 2,528 students and 182.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.8:1.[1]

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.[5]

The New Hanover Township School District, consisting of New Hanover Township (including its Cookstown area) and Wrightstown Borough, sends students to Bordentown Regional High School on a tuition basis for grades 9-12 as part of a sending/receiving relationship that has been in place since the 1960s, with about 50 students from the New Hanover district being sent to the high school.[6][7] As of 2011, the New Hanover district was considering expansion of its relationship to send students to Bordentown for middle school for grades 6-8.[8]

Awards and recognition

Bordentown Regional High School was recognized by Governor Jim McGreevey in 2003 as one of 25 schools selected statewide for the First Annual Governor's School of Excellence award.[9]

For the 2005-06 school year, Peter Muschal School was one of 22 schools statewide selected as Governor's School of Excellence Winners, an award given to schools that have demonstrated significant academic improvement over the previous two academic years.[10]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2017-18 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[11]) are:[12][13]

Elementary schools
  • Clara Barton Elementary School[14] with 235 students in grades K-3 (generally serves Bordentown City and the Holloway Meadows section of Bordentown Township)
    • Louisa Kenny, Principal[15]
  • Peter Muschal Elementary School[16] with 512 students in grades PreK-3 (generally serves remainder of Bordentown Township and the Borough of Fieldsboro)
    • Megan Geibel, Principal[15]
    • Sam Tola, Assistant Principal[15]
  • MacFarland Intermediate School[17] with 391 students in grades 4-5
    • Daniel Riether, Principal[15]
Middle school
  • Bordentown Regional Middle School[18] with 623 students in grades 6-8
    • Joseph F. Sprague, Principal[15]
    • Robert Shurtz, Assistant Principal[15]
High school

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[15][20]

  • Dr. Edward Forsthoffer, Superintendent
  • Chifonda Henry, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

The district's board of education has nine members who set policy and oversee 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.[21][22][23] The board's nine seats are allocated based on the population of the constituent municipalities, with five seats assigned to Bordentown Township, three seats to Bordentown City and one seat to Fieldsboro.[24]

References
  1. District information for Bordentown Regional 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. Bordentown Regional School District 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 27, 2017. "Bordentown Regional School District is a vibrant learning community, proudly serving the communities of Fieldsboro, Bordentown City and Bordentown Township.... In addition to the three aforementioned communities, Bordentown Regional High School also welcomes students from New Hanover into its ninth-twelfth grade population."
  4. Staff. "Regional School Districts", Burlington County Times, April 26, 2015. Accessed November 27, 2017. "Bordentown Regional - Serves: Bordentown City, Bordentown Township, Fieldsboro, New Hanover"
  5. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 1, 2014.
  6. High School Sending Districts, Burlington County Library System, backed up by the Internet Archive as of September 27, 2006. Accessed October 1, 2014.
  7. Kuzminski, Dr. Charles; and Thomas W. "Study on Behalf of the New Hanover School District on the Feasibility of Extending the District's Send/Receive Relationship to Include Students in Grades 6 – 8, The Educational Information and Resource Center, November 2011. Accessed October 1, 2014. "The New Hanover Township School District has participated in a send/receive relationship with the Bordentown Regional District since approximately 1960. Each year 45-55 New Hanover School District students attend Bordentown Regional High School."
  8. Zimmaro, Mark. "New Hanover School to decide on middle school proposal", Burlington County Times, March 11, 2011. Accessed October 1, 2014. "New Hanover — The township's school district will decide on Wednesday whether to enter an agreement with the Bordentown Regional School District for a send-receive agreement for middle school children. The district which serves New Hanover and Wrightstown, already sends its high school students to Bordentown Regional High School and district officials are trying to determine whether sending sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders to Bordentown Regional Middle School would be a feasible idea."
  9. "McGreevey Celebrates Schools that are 'Getting it Right': Schools of Excellence Winners Demonstrate Effectiveness of Governor's Education Priorities" Archived 2012-10-18 at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Department of Education press release dated November 211, 2003. Accessed December 15, 2009.
  10. 22 Governor's Schools of Excellence Winners Recognized, New Jersey Department of Education press release dated November 22, 2005. Accessed April 15, 2008.
  11. School Data for the Bordentown Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  12. District Information, Bordentown Regional School District. Accessed February 7, 2020. "Our district is comprised of the Township of Bordentown, the City of Bordentown and the Borough of Fieldsboro. New Hanover Township sends students on a tuition basis grades 9-12.... There are five schools in the school district. There are two elementary schools serving students in full day kindergarten through grade 3; Clara Barton is located in Bordentown City, and Peter Muschal is located in Bordentown Township. MacFarland Intermediate School, located in Bordentown City, serves grades 4 & 5, while Bordentown Regional Middle School, located in Bordentown Township, serves grades 6, 7 & 8 and Bordentown Regional High School serves grades 9-12 and is located in Bordentown Township."
  13. New Jersey School Directory for the Bordentown Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  14. Clara Barton Elementary School, Bordentown Regional School District. Accessed February 7, 2020.
  15. Administrative Team, Bordentown Regional School District. Accessed February 7, 2020.
  16. Peter Muschal Elementary School, Bordentown Regional School District. Accessed February 7, 2020.
  17. MacFarland Intermediate School, Bordentown Regional School District. Accessed February 7, 2020.
  18. Bordentown Regional Middle School, Bordentown Regional School District. Accessed February 7, 2020.
  19. Bordentown Regional High School, Bordentown Regional School District. Accessed February 7, 2020.
  20. New Jersey School Directory for Burlington County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  21. 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.
  22. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Bordentown Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2018. Accessed February 7, 2020. "The Bordentown Regional School District (hereafter referred to as the 'District') is a Type II district located in the County of Burlington, State of New Jersey. As a Type II district, the School District functions independently through a Board of Education. The Board is comprised of nine members elected to three-year terms. These terms are staggered so that three members’ terms expire each year. The purpose of the District is to educate students in grades kindergarten through twelfth at its five schools."
  23. Board Members, Bordentown Regional School District. Accessed February 7, 2020.
  24. Government That Works; Opportunities For Change: The Report of the Bordentown Regional School District, New Jersey Department of the Treasury, September 1999. Accessed February 7, 2020. "The Bordentown Regional School District is composed of three municipalities, Bordentown Township (Township), Bordentown City (City) and Fieldsboro Borough (Borough). The school district is governed by a Board of Education consisting of five members from the Township, three from the City, and one from the Borough, and one non-voting member from the New Hanover Township District, which sends students in grades nine through twelve on a tuition basis."
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