Middletown Township Public School District

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Middletown Township Public School District
Address
834 Leonardville Road
, Monmouth County , New Jersey , 07748
United States
Coordinates 40°24′47″N74°03′33″W / 40.412970°N 74.059242°W / 40.412970; -74.059242
District information
Grades PreK-12
SuperintendentJessica Alfone
Business administratorAmy P. Doherty
Schools16
Students and staff
Enrollment9,150 (as of 2021–22) [1]
Faculty794.3 FTEs [1]
Student–teacher ratio11.5:1 [1]
Other information
District Factor Group GH
Website www.middletownk12.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending
Rank
(*)
K-12
average
 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$17,15929$18,891−9.2%
1Budgetary Cost13,1152714,783−11.3%
2Classroom Instruction8,611518,763−1.7%
6Support Services1,614102,392−32.5%
8Administrative Cost1,216171,485−18.1%
10Operations & Maintenance1,438281,783−19.3%
13Extracurricular Activities23147268−13.8%
16Median Teacher Salary72,1308564,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending. [2]
*Of K-12 districts with more than 3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=103

The Middletown Township Public School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students from pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Middletown Township in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [3] [4]

Contents

As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprising 16 schools, had an enrollment of 9,150 students and 794.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.5:1. [1]

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

History

In 1948, the schools were racially integrated and all of the teachers were white. [6]

The Middletown Township Education Association (MTEA) is the Middletown Township teachers' union. The organization is Middletown's local NEA, NJEA MCEA office. The Middletown School District received national attention in the fall of 2001 when its teachers and secretaries went on strike for the second time in three years. The strike disrupted classes from November 30 to December 7, 2001, and 228 teachers and secretaries were jailed in alphabetical order for violating a court back-to-work order. [7] After the strike, members of the MTEA successfully lobbied to change the state law to prohibit school boards from imposing a contract on their employees (signed into law July 10, 2003). The union, with over 1,200 members, had elected Diane Swaim president since 1983, and re-elected her in May 2007. Swaim retired on January 1, 2008, and was replaced by the first vice-president, Linda McLaughlin There has not been a strike since 2001. The union and board of education amicably settled the next contract (July 1, 2004 – June 30, 2007) in April 2004, months before the expiration of the old contract. The union and board reached a new contract settlement without acrimony for 2007–2010.

In October 2006, the board of education voted to implement a random drug testing procedure that would require all students in extracurricular activities or with a parking space at either high school to submit their name to a pool for random selection. [8]

On May 31, 2022, following the mass shooting in Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, the school board unanimously voted to have a police officer in each school at the hourly rate of $50 until the end of the 2021–2022 school year. For the 2022–2023 school year, a Class III special law enforcement officer would be at every school in the district, at an hourly rate not to exceed $35. [9] [10]

Schools

The district consists of twelve K-5 elementary schools, three middle schools for grades 6–8, and two four-year high schools. Four elementary schools feed into each of the three middle schools. The facilities vary in age, architecture, size, and student population. Schools in the district (with 2021-22 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics [11] ) are: [12] [13] [14] [15]

Elementary schools
Middle schools
High schools

Administration

Core district administrators are: [33] [34]

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. [35] [36] [37]

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  2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. About Our District, Middletown Township School District. Accessed January 25, 2024. "The Middletown Township Public School District is a comprehensive pre-kindergarten through Grade 12 learning community comprised of more than 9,000 students and 1,600 staff members situated throughout 16 schools."
  4. Middletown Township Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Middletown Township Public School District. Accessed January 25, 2024. "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 Middletown Township School District. Composition: The Middletown Township School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Middletown Township, including the Middletown section of Sandy Hook."
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  37. Board of Education Members, Middletown Township Public School District. Accessed January 25, 2024.