South Bergen Jointure Commission | |
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Address | |
500 Route 17 South United StatesHasbrouck Heights, NJ 07604 | |
Coordinates | 40°52′09″N74°03′56″W / 40.8692127°N 74.0654183°W |
District information | |
Grades | Special services |
Superintendent | Michael Kuchar |
Business administrator | Susan Cucciniello |
Schools | 3 |
Students and staff | |
Enrollment | 311 (as of 2014-15) [1] |
Faculty | 53.6 FTEs [1] |
Student–teacher ratio | 5.8:1 [1] |
Other information | |
District Factor Group | NA |
Website | https://www.njsbjc.org |
The South Bergen Jointure Commission is a special education public school district based in Hasbrouck Heights on New Jersey Route 17 South in Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey near Teterboro Airport, serving the educational needs of classified students ages 3 to 21 who are autistic or multiply handicapped from southern Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [2]
As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its three schools had an enrollment of 311 students and 53.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 5.8:1. [1]
District Superintendent Dawn Fidanza resigned in October 2017 after the Office of Fiscal Accountability and Compliance of the New Jersey Department of Education found that she had transferred her daughter and created a new job position without the authorization of the district's board and had covered security cameras to conceal her daughter's actions in the district office. Described by The Record as "one of New Jersey's highest paid school superintendents", Fidanza had been paid an annual salary of $236,000. [3] [4]
Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics. [5] ) are: [6]
Core members of the district's administration are: [9]
The district's board of education is comprised of representatives from the participating school districts: [12]
Route 17 is a state highway in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, that provides a major route from the George Washington Bridge, Lincoln Tunnel and other northeast New Jersey points to the New York State Thruway at Suffern, New York. It runs 27.20 mi (43.77 km) from an intersection with Route 7 and County Route 507 (CR 507) in North Arlington north to the New York border along Interstate 287 (I-287) in Mahwah, where New York State Route 17 (NY 17) continues into New York. Between Route 7 and Route 3 in Rutherford, Route 17 serves as a local road. From Route 3 north to the junction with U.S. Route 46 (US 46) in Hasbrouck Heights, the road is an arterial road with jughandles. The portion of Route 17 from US 46 to I-287 near the state line in Mahwah is an expressway with all cross traffic handled by interchanges, and many driveways and side streets accessed from right-in/right-out ramps from the right lane. For three miles (5 km) north of Route 4, well over a hundred retail stores and several large shopping malls line the route in the borough of Paramus. The remainder of this portion of Route 17 features lighter suburban development. The northernmost portion of Route 17 in Mahwah runs concurrently with I-287 to the New York border.
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