Morris Plains Schools

The Morris Plains Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that educates students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Morris Plains, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.

Morris Plains Schools
Address
500 Speedwell Avenue Morris Plains, NJ 07950 United States
Coordinates	40.82556°N 74.480366°W
District information
Grades	pre-K to 8
Superintendent	Mark Maire
Business administrator	Catherine Jenisch
Schools	2
Students and staff
Enrollment	578 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Faculty	61.0 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	9.5:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	I
Website	www.morrisplainsschooldistrict.org
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-8 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $18,840 38 $18,891 −0.3% 1 Budgetary Cost 14,542 34 14,159 2.7% 2 Classroom Instruction 8,176 24 8,659 −5.6% 6 Support Services 2,415 39 2,167 11.4% 8 Administrative Cost 1,898 58 1,547 22.7% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,859 52 1,612 15.3% 13 Extracurricular Activities 177 47 104 70.2% 16 Median Teacher Salary 57,874 23 61,136 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-8 districts with 401-750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=64

As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising two schools, had an enrollment of 578 students and 61.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.5:1.[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.[3]

Students in public school for ninth through twelfth grades attend Morristown High School, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Morris School District, which also serves the communities of Morristown and Morris Township (for grades K-12).[4] As of the 2018–19 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,860 students and 133.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.0:1.[5]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[6]) are:[7]

• Mountain Way School[8] with 200 students in grades PreK-2
  • Christine Lion-Bailey, Principal
• Morris Plains Borough School[9] with 369 students in grades 3-8
  • Andrew Kramar, Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[10][11]

• Mark Maire, Superintendent of Schools
• Catherine Jenisch, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

Board of education

The district's board of education, with 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.[12][13][14]

References

1. District information for Morris Plains School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
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 February 3, 2015.
4. Morristown High School 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 18, 2020. "Comprised of 1,848 ethnically diverse students speaking more than 20 different languages, the educational program serves the students entrusted to the school by its communities: Morristown, Morris Township and Morris Plains."
5. School data for Morristown High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
6. School Data for the Morris Plains Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
7. New Jersey School Directory for the Morris Plains Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
8. Mountain Way School, Morris Plains Schools. Accessed May 18, 2020.
9. Morris Plains Borough School, Morris Plains Schools. Accessed May 18, 2020.
10. District Administration, Morris Plains Schools. Accessed May 18, 2020.
11. New Jersey School Directory for Morris County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
12. 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.
13. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Morris Plains School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2019. Accessed May 18, 2020. "The Board is an instrumentality of the State of New Jersey, established to function as an educational institution. The Board consists of elected officials and is responsible for the fiscal control of the District."
14. Board of Education Members, Morris Plains Schools. Accessed May 18, 2020.

External links

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