Kenilworth Public Schools

Kenilworth Public Schools
Address
426 Boulevard Kenilworth , Union County , New Jersey , 07033 United States
Coordinates	40°40′34″N74°17′43″W / 40.6761°N 74.2954°W / 40.6761; -74.2954
District information
Grades	PreK-12
Superintendent	Jeremy Davies
Business administrator	Vincent A. Gonnella
Schools	2
Students and staff
Enrollment	1,473 (as of 2022–23) [1]
Faculty	135.3 FTEs [1]
Student–teacher ratio	10.9:1 [1]
Other information
District Factor Group	DE
Website	www.kenilworthschools.com
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-12 average  %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $17,375 20 $18,891 −8.0% 1 Budgetary Cost 13,535 22 14,783 −8.4% 2 Classroom Instruction 8,489 28 8,763 −3.1% 6 Support Services 1,844 14 2,392 −22.9% 8 Administrative Cost 1,400 7 1,485 −5.7% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,333 9 1,783 −25.2% 13 Extracurricular Activities 443 29 268 65.3% 16 Median Teacher Salary 65,218 38 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 Kenilworth Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from the borough of Kenilworth, in Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of two schools, had an enrollment of 1,473 students and 135.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.9:1. ^[1]

The district participates in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program at David Brearley High School, having been approved on November 2, 1999, as one of the first ten districts statewide to participate in the program. ^{[3] [4]} Seats in the program for non-resident students are specified by the district and are allocated by lottery, with tuition paid for participating students by the New Jersey Department of Education. ^[5] Each school year, slots are made available by grade and a lottery is used to select attendees if there are more applicants than available slots. Prospective Choice participants must be residents of Union County eligible for placement in grades 7-10 who were enrolled in a public school during the full year prior to entry to the Kenilworth Public Schools. ^[6]

Students from Winfield Township attend David Brearley High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Winfield Township School District. ^[7]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth-highest 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. ^[8]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2022–23 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics ^[9] ) are: ^{[10] [11] [12]}

Elementary school

• Warren G. Harding Elementary School ^[13] with 681 students in grades PreK-6
  • Ronald Bubnowski, principal

Middle/high school

• David Brearley Middle School ^[14] / David Brearley High School ^[15] with 774 students in grades 7-12
  • John Perillo, principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: ^{[16] [17]}

• Jeremy Davies, superintendent of schools
• Vincent A. Gonnella, business administrator and board secretary

Former superintendent Thomas Tramaglini resigned from his position effective September 2018, after he had been arrested for an incident in which he had been charged with defecating at the athletic fields at Holmdel High School. Marilyn Birnbaum was hired to serve as superintendent, acting on an interim basis until Kyle Arlington took over on a permanent basis in February 2019. ^[18]

Board of education

The district's board of education, composed 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 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. ^{[19] [20] [21]}

References

1. District information for Kenilworth 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. Interdistrict Public School Choice Program: Approved Choice Districts - Union County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed August 26, 2024.
4. Interdistrict Choice Program, Kenilworth Public Schools. Accessed August 26, 2024.
5. Interdistrict Public School Choice Program, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed August 26, 2024.
6. 2024–25 Choice District Profile, Kenilworth Public Schools. Accessed August 26, 2024.
7. David Brearly Middle/High School 2016 School Report Card Archived August 8, 2017, at the Wayback Machine , New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed August 7, 2017. "David Brearley Middle-High School serves students in Grades 7-12 from Kenilworth, Winfield, and surrounding communities that who participate in the School Choice Program."
8. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 3, 2015.
9. School Data for the Kenilworth Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
10. Schools, Kenilworth Public Schools. Accessed August 26, 2024.
11. School Performance Reports for the Kenilworth Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
12. New Jersey School Directory for the Kenilworth Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
13. Warren G. Harding Elementary School, Kenilworth Public Schools. Accessed August 26, 2024.
14. David Brearley Middle School, Kenilworth Public Schools. Accessed October 17, 2024.
15. David Brearley High School, Kenilworth Public Schools. Accessed October 17, 2024.
16. District Administrators, Kenilworth Public Schools. Accessed August 26, 2024.
17. New Jersey School Directory for Union County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
18. O'Donnell, Chuck. "Kenilworth appoints successor to ‘super pooper’", Union News Daily, December 30, 2018. Accessed June 2, 2020. "The Kenilworth school board has appointed an administrator from Millburn to succeed Thomas Tramaglini, the 'super pooper' who resigned as superintendent after he was charged with defecating near the track and football field at Holmdel High School. Kyle Arlington, who was unanimously approved at a special meeting on Dec. 17, will start in mid-February, according to a statement released by the Board of Education.... Tramaglini, who was living in Matawan, about 4.4 miles from the Holmdel athletic field, was charged May 1, with lewdness, littering and defecating in public.... Tramaglini took a paid leave starting in May. The school board voted unanimously in August to accept his resignation effective Sept. 30."
19. 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.
20. Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Kenilworth School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2023. Accessed April 14, 2024. "The Kenilworth School District is a Type II district located in the County of Union, 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 PreK-12." See "Roster of Officials" on page 19.
21. Board of Education, Kenilworth Public Schools. Accessed June 2, 2020.

External links

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