Fairview Public Schools

Fairview Public Schools
Address
130 Hamilton Avenue Fairview , Bergen County , New Jersey , 07022 United States
Coordinates	40°48′46″N73°59′50″W / 40.812835°N 73.997229°W / 40.812835; -73.997229
District information
Grades	PreK to 8
Superintendent	David Sleppin
Business administrator	John Bussanich
Schools	3
Students and staff
Enrollment	1,557 (as of 2021–22) [1]
Faculty	104.5 FTEs [1]
Student–teacher ratio	14.9:1 [1]
Other information
District Factor Group	A
Website	fairviewps.org
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-8 average  %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $14,030 4 $18,891 −25.7% 1 Budgetary Cost 8,590 1 14,159 −39.3% 2 Classroom Instruction 4,768 1 8,659 −44.9% 6 Support Services 985 1 2,167 −54.5% 8 Administrative Cost 1,454 29 1,547 −6.0% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,185 12 1,612 −26.5% 13 Extracurricular Activities 37 9 104 −64.4% 16 Median Teacher Salary 53,175 7 61,136 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending. [2] *Of K-8 districts with more than 750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=84

The Fairview Public Schools are a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade in Fairview, in Bergen 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 1,557 students and 104.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.9:1. ^[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "A", the lowest 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. ^[4]

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students from Fairview attend Cliffside Park High School in Cliffside Park as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Cliffside Park School District. ^{[5] [6]} As of the 2021–22 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,192 students and 93.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.8:1. ^[7] The Fairview Board of Education appoints a representative to serve on the Board of the Cliffside Park district. ^{[8] [9]}

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics ^[10] ) are: ^{[11] [12] [13]}

Elementary schools

• Lincoln School Annex ^[14] with 253 students in grades PreK-K
  • Veronica Scerbo, principal
• Number 3 School ^[15] (constructed in 1908) / Number Three School Annex ^[16] with 680 students in grades 1-4
  • Maria Kushi, principal of Number Three School (Grades 2-4)
  • Lucille Juliano, principal of Number Three School Annex (1st Grade)

Middle school

• Lincoln School ^[17] with 596 students in grades 5-8 (constructed in 1911)
  • Betty Puente, principal

Administration

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

• David Sleppin, superintendent of schools ^[20]
• John Bussanich, board secretary and business administrator ^[21]

Board of education

The district's board of education is comprised of nine members who set policy and oversee the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. ^[18] 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 in April; the district is one of 12 districts, out of more than 600 statewide, that still hold school elections in April. 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] Of the nearly 600 school districts statewide, Fairview is one of 12 districts with school elections in April, in which voters also decide on passage of the annual school budget. ^{[23] [24]}

References

1. District information for Fairview 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. Fairview Board of Education District Bylaw 0110 - Identification, Fairview Public Schools. Accessed January 30, 2024. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through eight in the Fairview School District. Composition: The Fairview School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of the Borough of Fairview."
4. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 4, 2014.
5. Home Page, Fairview Public Schools. Accessed January 30, 2024. "The current elementary population is approximately 1600 children and is expected to continue to rise before leveling off later in the decade. In addition, there are approximately 550 Fairview high school students attending Cliffside Park High School."
6. About Our Schools, Cliffside Park School District. Accessed January 30, 2024. "The Cliffside Park School System is composed of a high school, grades 9-12 and four elementary schools, two housing grades K-6, one housing grades Pre-K - 6, and one housing grades K-8.... Cliffside Park is a receiving district for high school students from Fairview."
7. School data for Cliffside Park High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.
8. Board of Education Members, Cliffside Park School District. Accessed January 30, 2024.
9. Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Cliffside Park School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2023. Accessed January 30, 2024. "The Board of Education ('Board') of the Borough of Cliffside Park School District ('District') is an instrumentality of the State of New Jersey, established to function as an educational institution. The Borough of Cliffside Park School District is a Type II district located in the County of Bergen, 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 and a Borough of Fairview Representative, all elected to three-year terms"
10. School Data for the Fairview Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.
11. Schools, Fairview Public Schools. Accessed January 30, 2024. "The Fairview Public School District is a Pre-Kindergarten through Grade Eight district operating in four buildings. They are Lincoln Elementary School (grades 5 to 8) located on Anderson and Day Avenues and Number Three School (grades 2 to 4) located on Cliff Street. The Lincoln School Annex is home to grades pre-kindergarten and kindergarten, and the School Three Annex, Located on Fourth Street is home to students in grade one."
12. School Performance Reports for the Fairview Public School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed January 30, 2024.
13. New Jersey School Directory for the Fairview Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
14. Lincoln School Annex, Fairview Public Schools. Accessed January 30, 2024.
15. Number 3 School, Fairview Public Schools. Accessed January 30, 2024.
16. Number Three School Annex, Fairview Public Schools. Accessed January 30, 2024.
17. Lincoln School, Fairview Public Schools. Accessed January 30, 2024.
18. Board of Education, Fairview Public Schools. Accessed August 20, 2020.
19. New Jersey School Directory for Bergen County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
20. Central Office Administration, Fairview Public School District. Accessed January 30, 2024.
21. Business and Board Office, Fairview Public School District. Accessed January 30, 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. Sportelli, Albina. "Your guide to North Jersey spring school board elections", The Record , April 14, 2023. Accessed March 15, 2024. "Of New Jersey's almost 600 school districts, only 12 have elections in April, the rest have opted to hold theirs in November.... Schools that have kept elections in the spring, or switched back after moving them to November, are: Cliffside Park, Fairview, Passaic, Totowa, Fredon, Montague, Irvington, Newark, North Bergen, Weehawken, West New York and New Brunswick."
24. Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Fairview School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2023. Accessed January 30, 2024. "The Fairview Board of Education (the 'Board' or the 'District') is an instrumentality of the State of New Jersey, established to function as an educational institution. The Fairview Board of Education is a Type II district located in the County of Bergen, 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. The purpose of the District is to educate students in grades Pre-K through grade eight (8). A superintendent is appointed by the Board and is responsible for the administrative control of the District. A school business administrator and board secretary are also appointed by the Board and oversee the business functions of the District."

External links

• District web site
• School Performance Reports for the Fairview Public Schools , New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Fairview Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics