Pleasantville Public Schools

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Pleasantville Public Schools
Address
801 Mill Road
, Atlantic County, New Jersey , New Jersey , 08232
United States
Coordinates 39°24′49″N74°31′24″W / 39.413626°N 74.523349°W / 39.413626; -74.523349
District information
Grades PreK-12
SuperintendentMarilyn Martinez
Business administratorDaile Dixon-White
Schools6
Affiliation(s)Former Abbott district
Students and staff
Enrollment3,743 (as of 2021–22) [1]
Faculty316.4 FTEs [1]
Student–teacher ratio11.8:1 [1]
Other information
District Factor Group A
Website www.pps-nj.us/pps/
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending
Rank
(*)
K-12
average
 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$20,52681$18,8918.7%
1Budgetary Cost17,8289814,78320.6%
2Classroom Instruction10,399958,76318.7%
6Support Services2,728822,39214.0%
8Administrative Cost1,834981,48523.5%
10Operations & Maintenance2,383911,78333.7%
13Extracurricular Activities284662686.0%
16Median Teacher Salary56,001864,043
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 Pleasantville Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from the City of Pleasantville, in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [3] The district is one of 31 former Abbott districts statewide that were established pursuant to the decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court in Abbott v. Burke [4] which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority. [5] [6]

Contents

As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprising six schools, had an enrollment of 3,743 students and 316.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.8:1. [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. [7]

Students from Absecon attend the district's high school for ninth through twelfth grades as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Absecon Public School District. [8] Absecon has sought to end its agreement with Pleasantville and send its students to Absegami High School under a new sending/receiving relationship with the Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District that Absecon argues would give its students a better education at a lower cost, without negatively impacting the demographics in Pleasantville High School. About 10% of Absecon's graduating students have been choosing to attend Pleasantville High School, for which the Absecon district has been paying $18,000 per student each year. [9]

History

In 1948, during de jure educational segregation in the United States, the district had a school for black children. [10]

In September 2007, The FBI arrested five members of the Pleasantville school board as part of a federal corruption case that included several state lawmakers and other public officials. Included in the sweep were the arrests of Assemblymen Mims Hackett and Alfred E. Steele, and Passaic Mayor Samuel Rivera. [11] Indictments were filed against four sitting members of the board of education charging that they had accepted bribes to steer insurance or roofing business from the district. Charged were Jayson Adams (accused of accepting $15,000 in bribes), James McCormick ($3,500), James Pressley ($32,200) and Rafael Velez ($14,000). Former board member Maurice 'Pete' Callaway, a current Pleasantville councilmember, was accused of accepting $13,000 in bribes as part of the scheme and was sentenced to 12 months in federal prison for his role as bagman in the scheme. [12]

The dissolution of some charter schools was a factor in an increase in the student population around 2014, despite a decline in casino jobs. [13]

Awards and recognition

For the 2005-06 school year, Washington Avenue Elementary School was one of 22 schools statewide selected as Governor's School of Excellence Winners, an award given to schools that demonstrated significant improvement over the previous two academic years. [14]

In March 2007, the commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Education appointed a monitor to supervise and address a series of issues raised regarding the district's financial practices and "to ensure that state school aid is spent efficiently and effectively". [15]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics [16] ) are: [17] [18] [19] [20]

Early childhood
Elementary schools
Middle school

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: [34] [35]

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 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. [36] [37] [38]

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