Barack Obama Green Charter High School

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Barack Obama Green Charter High School
Address
35 Watchung Avenue
Plainfield
, Union County , New Jersey , 07060
United States
Coordinates 40°37′14″N74°25′24″W / 40.620529°N 74.423280°W / 40.620529; -74.423280 Coordinates: 40°37′14″N74°25′24″W / 40.620529°N 74.423280°W / 40.620529; -74.423280
District information
Grades 9-12
SuperintendentErin Murphy-Richardson
Business administratorJoan Orimaco
Other information
Website www.barackobamagreencharterschool.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		Charter 9-12
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$15,62534$18,047−13.4%
1Budgetary Cost9,862713,238−25.5%
2Classroom Instruction5,753137,328−21.5%
6Support Services2,012601,66121.1%
8Administrative Cost1,814112,563−29.2%
10Operations & Maintenance8211,661−95.1%
Data from NJDoE 2013 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending. [1]
*Of Charter 9-12 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=77
Barack Obama Green Charter High School
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Barack Obama Green Charter High School
Information
Type Charter public high school
EstablishedSeptember 2010
NCES School ID340074003047 [2]
PrincipalErin Murphy-Richardson
Faculty23.0 FTEs [2]
Grades 9–12
Enrollment231 (as of 2021–22) [2]
Student to teacher ratio10.0:1 [2]
Color(s)  Green and
  yellow [3]
Team nameHornets [3]

Barack Obama Green Charter High School is a charter high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades in Plainfield, in Union County, New Jersey, United States, that focuses on education in the field of Sustainability and Leadership. The school operates on a charter granted by the New Jersey Department of Education. The charter for the school was approved in September 2009, as part of an announcement by Governor Jon Corzine of eight charter schools granted by the state in that cycle. [4] After receiving approval from city's Board of Adjustment, the school opened in September 2010. [5]

Contents

As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 231 students and 23.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.0:1. There were 121 students (52.4% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 17 (7.4% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch. [2]

Athletics

The Barack Obama Green Charter High School Hornets [3] play independently of any conference in play under the auspices of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). [6] With 192 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group I for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 75 to 476 students in that grade range. [7]

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are: [8] [9]

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References

  1. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 School data for The Barack Obama Green Charter High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 Barack Obama Green Charter High School [ permanent dead link ], New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  4. ↑ Staff. "New Jersey Dept. of Education approves 8 new charter schools, Corzine promises quick approval of more" Archived December 3, 2013, at the Wayback Machine , New Jersey Newsroom, September 23, 2009. Accessed May 21, 2013.
  5. ↑ Staff. "New Barack Obama Green Charter High School is coming to Plainfield", New Jersey Local News Service, April 11, 2010. Accessed May 21, 2013. "Plainfield will soon be home to the city's first charter high school after the zoning Board of Adjustment unanimously approved a variance this week for the educators to set up classrooms at the Plainfield YMCA. The 120-seat Barack Obama Green Charter High School is slated to open for ninth and tenth graders at the start of the new school year at 530 West Seventh St."
  6. ↑ League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2020-2021, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  7. ↑ NJSIAA General Public School Classifications 2019–2020, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020.
  8. ↑ Administration, Barack Obama Charter High School. Accessed February 17, 2020.
  9. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Union County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 12, 2016.
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