Butler Public Schools

Butler Public Schools
Address
38 Bartholdi Avenue Butler , Morris County , New Jersey , 07405
Coordinates	40°59′50″N74°20′26″W / 40.997173°N 74.340576°W / 40.997173; -74.340576
District information
Grades	K-12
Superintendent	Daniel Johnson
Business administrator	Pamela Vargas
Schools	3
Students and staff
Enrollment	1,156 (as of 2021–22) [1]
Faculty	109.7 FTEs [1]
Student–teacher ratio	10.5:1 [1]
Other information
District Factor Group	DE
Website	www.butlerboe.org
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-12 average  %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $20,152 37 $18,891 6.7% 1 Budgetary Cost 16,138 41 14,783 9.2% 2 Classroom Instruction 8,661 32 8,763 −1.2% 6 Support Services 3,031 43 2,392 26.7% 8 Administrative Cost 1,924 42 1,485 29.6% 10 Operations & Maintenance 2,015 40 1,783 13.0% 13 Extracurricular Activities 505 33 268 88.4% 16 Median Teacher Salary 65,260 39 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

The Butler Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from Butler, in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. ^[3]

As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of three schools, had an enrollment of 1,156 students and 109.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.5:1. ^[1]

Students from Bloomingdale attend Butler High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Bloomingdale School District. ^[4] In the 2021-22 school year, more than 40% of high school students were from Bloomingdale. ^[5]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth-highest of eight groups. 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. ^[6]

History

Students from Butler attended high school in Paterson, New Jersey until Butler High School was opened in 1903. From the time the school opened, the school served students from much of Morris County, along with those from Bloomingdale, Ringwood, Wanaque and West Milford in Passaic County until they built their own schools or established alternate arrangements with other school districts. ^[7] In September 1954, the Butler district notified its eight sending communities that growing enrollment of borough residents would mean that there would be no space available at Butler High School and that the local districts serving students from Passaic County communities and Pequannock Township would have to make alternate arrangements by 1958. ^[8] While Pequannock, Ringwood and Wanaque met the 1958 deadline, West Milford left four years later and Jefferson Township, Kinnelon and Riverdale ended their sending relationship in 1964. ^[9]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics ^[10] ) are: ^{[11] [12]}

Elementary school

• Aaron Decker School ^[13] with 379 students in grades K-4
  • James Manco, principal ^[14]

Middle school

• Richard Butler School ^[15] with 299 students in grades 5-8
  • Michelle Papa, principal ^[14]

High school

• Butler High School ^[16] with 455 students in grades 9-12
  • Rory Fitzgerald, principal ^[14]

The Academy for Law and Public Safety is a full-time, four-year high school program located at Butler High School. The Academy focuses on Law, Government and Public Affairs with concentrations in Law, Criminal Justice, Technology, Humanities and Law Enforcement. The academy was founded in September 2000, as a collaborative effort of the Morris County Vocational School District, the Butler Public Schools and the Morris County Board of County Commissioners. ^[17]

Administration

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

• Daniel Johnson, superintendent ^[20]
• Pamela Vargas, business administrator and board secretary ^[21]

Board of education

The district's board of education, comprised of nine members, sets policy and oversees the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. The Bloomingdale district sends a non-voting representative to the board. 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. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district. ^{[22] [5] [23]}

References

1. District information for Butler Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.
2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
3. Butler Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Butler Public Schools. Accessed January 4, 2023. "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 Butler School District. Composition: The Butler School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Butler."
4. Butler Public School District 2016 Report Card Narrative Archived September 14, 2017, at the Wayback Machine , New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed July 12, 2017. "The district also engages in several Shared Service agreements with the Bloomingdale school district, beyond the send-receive high school experience, including sharing of school Library oversight, Special Education and sharing the services of the Student Assistance Counselor."
5. Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the Butler Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2023. Accessed May 5, 2024. "Butler Borough School District is governed by a ten-member Board of Education, nine members of which are elected by District constituents to serve alternating 3-year terms, and one member from its sending district, Bloomingdale, who is appointed on an annual basis by the Bloomingdale Board of Education. The District provides a full range of educational services and programs appropriate to grade levels preschool handicapped/K through 12.... The District received high school students from Bloomingdale, in Passaic County, on a tuition basis. These students comprised 44.3% of the high school enrollment in the 2020 - 2021 school year." See "Roster of Officials" on page 16.
6. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 3, 2015.
7. Fagan, Matt. "Butler High School's Hall of Honor accepting nominations", The Record , September 12, 2017. Accessed September 13, 2017. "However, between 1906 and early 1960s, Butler was the high school for vast portions of Morris County and northwestern Passaic County and even portions of Sussex County, Wall said.... At one time the high school served as the regional high school for Bloomingdale, Jefferson, Kinnelon, Pequannock, Ringwood, Riverdale, Wanaque and West Milford. Before 1903, when Butler High School first opened its doors, graduates of the Butler Grammar School attended Paterson High School, Butler school board officials said."
8. Staff. "Enrollments Tax Schools In Bergen; Auxiliary Rooms Are Being Converted for Classes and Construction Is Pushed", The New York Times , September 5, 1954. Accessed September 13, 2017. "Butler, in near-by Morris County, is taking drastic action to relieve congestion in its high school... Four of these 'sending districts' -- Riverdale, Jefferson Township, Kinnelon and Pequannock Township -- are in Morris County. The others -- Wanaque, Ringwood, West Milford and Bloomingdale -- are in Passaic County. Butler has given Pequannock Township and the four districts in Passaic until 1958 to complete withdrawal of their students."
9. History of BHS, Butler High School. Accessed September 13, 2017. "Until 1903, graduates of the Butler Grammar School attended Paterson High School. In 1903, the district’s supervising principal, Mr. Clarence J. Howell, oversaw the establishment of Butler High School.... Ringwood, Wanaque and Pequannock withdrew in 1958, following by West Milford in 1962, and Kinnelon, Riverdale and Jefferson in 1964."
10. School Data for the Butler Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.
11. School Performance Reports for the Butler Public School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
12. New Jersey School Directory for the Butler Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
13. Aaron Decker School, Butler Public Schools. Accessed January 4, 2023.
14. Staff Directory - Principal, Butler Public Schools. Accessed May 5, 2024.
15. Richard Butler School, Butler Public Schools. Accessed January 4, 2023.
16. Butler High School, Butler Public Schools. Accessed January 4, 2023.
17. Academy for Law & Public Safety, Morris County Vocational School District. Accessed January 19, 2020.
18. Staff Directory: District, Butler Public Schools. Accessed May 5, 2024.
19. New Jersey School Directory for Morris County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
20. Our Superintendent, Butler Public Schools. Accessed May 5, 2024.
21. Business Office, Butler Public Schools. Accessed May 5, 2024.
22. 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.
23. Board Members, Butler Public Schools. Accessed May 5, 2024.

External links

• Butler Public Schools
• School Performance Reports for the Butler Public Schools , New Jersey Department of Education
• Butler Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics