Haledon School District

Haledon School District
Address
70 Church Street Haledon , Passaic County , New Jersey , 07508 United States
Coordinates	40°56′28″N74°10′57″W / 40.941064°N 74.18245°W / 40.941064; -74.18245
District information
Grades	PreK-8
Superintendent	Christopher Wacha
Business administrator	Lameka Augustin
Schools	1
Students and staff
Enrollment	1,035 (as of 2022–23) [1]
Faculty	96.5 FTEs [1]
Student–teacher ratio	10.7:1 [1]
Other information
District Factor Group	B
Website	www.haledon.org
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-8 average  %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $15,449 14 $18,891 −18.2% 1 Budgetary Cost 13,224 29 14,159 −6.6% 2 Classroom Instruction 8,650 46 8,659 −0.1% 6 Support Services 1,891 27 2,167 −12.7% 8 Administrative Cost 1,420 27 1,547 −8.2% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,144 8 1,612 −29.0% 13 Extracurricular Activities 102 48 104 −1.9% 16 Median Teacher Salary 56,020 14 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 Haledon School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Haledon, in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. ^{[3] [4]}

As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 1,035 students and 96.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.7:1. ^[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "B", the second-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. ^[5]

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend Manchester Regional High School, located in Haledon, which also serves students from North Haledon, and Prospect Park. ^{[6] [7]} The Manchester district participates in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program, which allows non-resident students to attend the district's schools without cost to their parents, with tuition paid by the state. Available slots are announced annually by grade. ^[8] As of the 2021–22 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 748 students and 65.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.4:1. ^[9]

School

Schools in the district are: ^{[10] [11]}

• Haledon Public School, which had an enrollment of 1,048 students in the 2021–22 school year. ^[12]
  • Christopher Wacha, principal ^[13]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: ^{[13] [14]}

• Christopher Wacha, superintendent. Hernandez serves as a joint superintendent with the Manchester Regional High School District. ^[15]
• Lameka Augustin, business administrator and board secretary ^[16]

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 2013) 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. In 2018, George Guzman, Jr. made history by becoming the first minority to serve as Board President. Initially elected in 2015, he was re-elected in 2020 with the highest number of votes ever recorded in Haledon. He was re-elected once again in 2023, and as of 2024, George Guzman, Jr. continues to serve as an active board member. ^{[17] [18] [19]}

References

1. District information for Haledon Public 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. Haledon Board of Education Bylaw 0110 - Identification, Haledon School District. Accessed December 28, 2022. "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 Haledon School District. Composition: The Haledon School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Haledon."
4. School Performance Reports for the Haledon Public School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
5. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 7, 2014.
6. Passaic County-Manchester Regional High School 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 30, 2016. "Manchester Regional High School (MRHS) serves 903 students from the Passaic County boroughs of Haledon, North Haledon and Prospect Park. It is also one of only two Interdistrict Public Choice Schools in the county providing a quality college preparatory curriculum to students outside the district who want to avail themselves of this program. One hundred four students from Essex, Bergen and Passaic Counties are enrolled at the school."
7. Staff. "Diversity ruling halts school maneuver, Justices said a borough's money-saving bid to leave a district would remove too many white students.", The Philadelphia Inquirer , August 12, 2004. Accessed May 1, 2011. "The state Supreme Court ruled yesterday that a Passaic County school district cannot withdraw its students from a regional high school because it would take away too many white students, resulting in a racially imbalanced enrollment. The 6-0 decision said North Haledon students must continue to attend Manchester Regional High School in Haledon because the state constitution requires education officials to prevent segregation in public schools."
8. Interdistrict Public School Choice: Approved Choice Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 1, 2011.
9. School data for Passaic County-Manchester Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.
10. Passaic County 2022–23 Public School Directory, Passaic County, New Jersey. Accessed June 1, 2023.
11. New Jersey School Directory for the Haledon School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
12. School Data for the Haledon Public School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.
13. Administration, Haledon School District. Accessed December 28, 2022.
14. New Jersey School Directory for Passaic County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
15. Chief School Administrators Office, Haledon School District. Accessed December 28, 2022.
16. Business Office, Haledon School District. Accessed December 28, 2022.
17. 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.
18. Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Haledon Borough School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2023. Accessed April 12, 2024. "The Board of Education ('Board') of the Borough of Haledon School District ('District') is an instrumentality of the State of New Jersey, established to function as an educational institution. The Borough of Haledon School District is a Type II district located in the County of Passaic, 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 K-8. A superintendent is appointed by the Board and is responsible for the administrative control of the District."
19. Board of Education, Haledon School District. Accessed December 28, 2022.

External links

• Haledon Public School
• School Performance Report for Haledon Public School , New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Haledon Public School, National Center for Education Statistics
• Manchester Regional High School