Delsea Regional School District

Delsea Regional School District
Address
Fries Mill Road Franklinville , Gloucester County , New Jersey , 08322 United States
Coordinates	39°39′18″N75°03′19″W / 39.655002°N 75.055384°W / 39.655002; -75.055384
District information
Grades	7-12
Superintendent	Piera Gravenor
Business administrator	Joseph Collins
Schools	2
Students and staff
Enrollment	1,631 (as of 2022–23) [1]
Faculty	137.3 FTEs [1]
Student–teacher ratio	11.9:1 [1]
Other information
District Factor Group	CD
Website	delsearegional.us
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) 7-12 average  %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $18,540 8 $18,891 −1.9% 1 Budgetary Cost 12,652 4 14,586 −13.3% 2 Classroom Instruction 6,970 3 8,339 −16.4% 6 Support Services 2,112 17 2,114 −0.1% 8 Administrative Cost 1,165 1 1,561 −25.4% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,642 10 1,798 −8.7% 13 Extracurricular Activities 444 2 673 −34.0% 16 Median Teacher Salary 70,939 30 65,769 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending. [2] *Of 7-12 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=47

The Delsea Regional School District is a regional public school district serving students in seventh through twelfth grades from Elk Township and Franklin Township, two constituent communities in Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. ^{[3] [4]} Students from Newfield attend the district's schools as part of a sending/receiving relationship begun in September 2010 after Newfield ended its prior relationship with the Buena Regional School District. ^[5]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of two schools, had an enrollment of 1,631 students and 137.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.9:1. ^[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "CD." 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

The Delsea Regional District was established and the high school opened in October 1960, before which high school students from Elk and Franklin townships had attended Clayton High School as part of sending/receiving relationships with the Clayton Public Schools. ^{[7] [8]} The district celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2010. ^[9]

The New Jersey Department of Education considered a vote by the Franklin Township Board of Education in June 2010 requesting that the district withdraw from the Delsea Regional School District, which would require that the Delsea region be dissolved as about 80% of the regional district's students come from Franklin. With the withdrawal of Franklin Township, two options being considered were to either have Franklin and Elk Townships create a new regional district with Newfield students attending on a send-receive basis, or having Franklin Township establish its own PreK-12 district which would receive students from both Elk Township and Newfield. ^{[10] [11]}

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2022–23 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics ^[12] ) are: ^{[13] [14] [15]}

• Delsea Regional Middle School ^[16] with 518 students in grades 7 and 8
  • John Bertolino, principal ^[17]
• Delsea Regional High School ^[18] with 1,074 students in grades 9 - 12
  • Fran Ciociola, principal ^[17]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: ^{[17] [19]}

• Piera Gravenor, superintendent
• Joseph Collins, business administrator and board secretary

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. 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 2014) 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. ^[20] The seats on the board of education are allocated to the constituent municipalities based on population, with seven seats assigned to Franklin Township and two to Elk Township. ^{[21] [22]}

References

1. District information for Delsea Regional High School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
3. Delsea Regional Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Delsea Regional School District. Accessed March 10, 2024. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades 7 through 12 in the Delsea Regional High School District. Composition: The Delsea Regional High School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Elk Township and Franklin Township."
4. Community, Delsea Regional School District. Accessed March 10, 2024. "Sending Districts: Aura Elementary School, Franklin Township Schools"
5. Romalino, Carly Q. "Newfield's 'no' could hurt other districts", Courier-Post , November 4, 2015. Accessed February 1, 2017. "In 2012, Newfield ended its send-receive agreement with Buena schools in Atlantic County, instead sending its 400 elementary and 120 high school students to districts in neighboring Franklin Township. The send-receive agreement with Franklin Township Public Schools and Delsea Regional School District — which also educated Elk Township high schoolers — was touted as cheaper tuition than Buena."
6. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 24, 2014.
7. "Delsea Regional High Will Open Tomorrow To Begin First Year", The Daily Journal , October 3, 1960. Accessed March 10, 2024, via Newspapers.com. "Delsea Regional High School will open its doors for the first time at 8:05 tomorrow morning. A staff of 54 teachers will be present to greet pupils from Elk and Franklin Townships."
8. Shamlin, William S. "A sprawling rural township", Courier-Post , October 19, 2006. Accessed March 10, 2024, via Newspapers.com. "1960: Delsea Regional High School opens accepting students from Franklin and Elk townships. Prior to that children attend high school in Clayton."
9. Kephart, Bill and Mary. "A history of education in Gloucester County", Gloucester County Voices, September 12, 2010. Accessed March 10, 2024. "By the 1960s regional high schools were built. Clearview Regional High School was the first regional high school to open. The opening of Delsea Regional High School soon followed. This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the opening of both Clearview Regional High School and Delsea Regional High School."
10. Bumpus, Robert L. "Report of the Interim Executive County Superintendent of Schools on the Withdrawal of Franklin Township School District from Delsea Regional School District, a Limited Purpose Regional School District ^{[ permanent dead link ]}, New Jersey Department of Education, March 30, 2012. Accessed September 8, 2013.
11. Cooney, Joe. "Vote could end Delsea district; Franklin board seeks K-12 system", Asbury Park Press , July 13, 2012. Accessed December 24, 2014. "Franklin — The township's school board is seeking approval for a referendum that could lead to dissolution of the Delsea Regional School District. Franklin and Elk currently make up the regional district for students in grades 7 to 12. If a vote takes place, residents in those communities would decide on whether to create a new district for both municipalities' students in prekindergarten through 12th grade.... Newfield, which previously sent its kids to Buena Regional schools, now sends its students to Franklin and Delsea."
12. School Data for the Delsea Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
13. 2023-24 Gloucester County Office of Education Public School Directory, Gloucester County, New Jersey. Accessed February 1, 2024.
14. School Performance Reports for the Delsea Regional High School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
15. New Jersey School Directory for the Delsea Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
16. Delsea Regional Middle School, Delsea Regional School District. Accessed March 10, 2024.
17. Administrative Office, Delsea Regional School District. Accessed March 10, 2024.
18. Delsea High Middle School, Delsea Regional School District. Accessed March 10, 2024.
19. New Jersey School Directory for Gloucester County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
20. 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.
21. Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Delsea Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2023. Accessed April 10, 2024. "Delsea Regional is comprised of two buildings on an attractive 85 acre campus. The high school, constructed in 1960, houses students in grades nine through twelve, and the middle school, built in 1989, accommodates the seventh and eighth grade populations.... The nine-member board of education is an elected body consisting of seven representatives from Franklin Township and two from Elk Township.... The Delsea Regional High School District is a Type II School District located in the County of Gloucester, State of New Jersey. The Delsea Regional High School District is a Type II School District located in the County of Gloucester, State of New Jersey. As a Type II School 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 School District is to educate students in grades seven through twelfth."
22. Board of Education, Delsea Regional School District. Accessed March 10, 2024.

External links

• Delsea Regional School District
• School Performance Reports for the Delsea Regional School District , New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Delsea Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics