Washington Township School District (Burlington County, New Jersey)

Washington Township School District
Address
2434 County Route 563 Egg Harbor, NJ 08215 United States
Coordinates	39°31′57″N74°37′14″W / 39.532468°N 74.620656°W / 39.532468; -74.620656 Coordinates: 39°31′57″N74°37′14″W / 39.532468°N 74.620656°W / 39.532468; -74.620656
District information
Grades	PreK-8
Superintendent	Dr. Thomas Baruffi (interim)
Business administrator	Karen Gfroehrer
Schools	1
Students and staff
Enrollment	107 (as of 2014-15) [1]
Faculty	4.4 FTEs [1]
Student–teacher ratio	24.2:1 [1]
Other information
District Factor Group	A
Website	www.wtgreenbank.k12.nj.us
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-8 average  %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $20,465 46 $18,891 8.3% 1 Budgetary Cost 23,206 67 14,159 63.9% 2 Classroom Instruction 12,698 67 8,659 46.6% 6 Support Services 3,655 60 2,167 68.7% 8 Administrative Cost 1,819 52 1,547 17.6% 10 Operations & Maintenance 4,840 70 1,612 200.2% 16 Median Teacher Salary 37,660 1 61,136 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending. [2] *Of K-8 districts with up to 400 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=71

The Washington Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Washington Township, in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its one school had an enrollment of 107 students and 4.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 24.2:1. ^[1]

Since the 2007-08 school year, as part of an agreement with the Mullica Township Schools, Washington Township receives additional teaching support from the Mullica district and shares its superintendent and business administrator. Washington Township students in grades five through eight attend Mullica Township Middle School as part of a program that has expanded since it was initiated in the 2007-08 school year. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

The district participates in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program at Green Bank Elementary School, having been approved on November 2, 1999, as one of the first ten districts statewide to participate in the program. ^[7] 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. ^[8]

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. ^[9]

Students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Cedar Creek High School, which is located in the northern section of Egg Harbor City and opened to students in September 2010. ^[10] The school is one of three high schools operated as part of the Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District, which includes the constituent municipalities of Egg Harbor City, Galloway Township, Hamilton Township, and Mullica Township, and participates in sending/receiving relationships with Port Republic and Washington Township. ^{[11] [12]} Cedar Creek High School is zoned to serve students from Egg Harbor City, Mullica Township, Port Republic and Washington Township, while students in portions of Galloway and Hamilton townships have the can attend Cedar Creek as an option or to participate in magnet programs at the school. ^{[13] [14]} Prior to the opening of Cedar Creek, students from Washington Township had attended Oakcrest High School, together with students from Hamilton Township, Mullica Township and Port Republic. ^[15] As of the 2014-15 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 910 students and 66.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.7:1. ^[16]

History

Circa 2016 a feasibility study was done over whether the district should close its school and send the elementary school students to the Mullica Township school system. ^[17]

School

Green Bank Elementary School had an enrollment of 41 students during the 2014-15 school year. ^[18] The current school building opened in September 2006. ^[19]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: ^{[20] [21]}

• Dr. Thomas Baruffi, Interim Superintendent
• Karen Gfroehrer, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

1. District information for Washington Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
3. Washington Township School District 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed August 7, 2017. "The Washington Township School District is a small, single school district in Burlington Country that consists of a single school building in the town of Green Bank. Green Bank School serves children from Pre-K/K through grade 4. Students in grades 5-8 attend the Mullica Township School District in Atlantic County as part of a shared serve agreement and complete their grade school education by attending Cedar Creek High School, also in Atlantic County, for grades 9-12."
4. Mullica Township School District 2014 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 23, 2015. "For the past decade, Mullica Township has embraced the opportunity to embark in a shared service agreement with the Washington Township School District in Burlington County. Washington Township consists of a single school (Green Bank) which services approximately 40 students in Pre-Kindergarten to Grade Four. Students in grades 5 through 8 attend Mullica through a send-receive relationship, providing Green Bank students with a more well-rounded middle school experience."
5. Procida, Lee. "Washington Township's Green Bank Elementary School fights to survive funding cut", The Press of Atlantic City , November 20, 2010. Accessed October 30, 2014. "Washington Township currently shares its superintendent, Brenda Harring-Marro, as well as several teachers and staff, with Mullica. This year, the 23 students from sixth, seventh and eighth grades started going to Mullica's middle school, six miles south across the Mullica River."
6. Shared Services, Mullica Township School District. Accessed October 30, 2014. "During the 2010-2011 school year we embarked on a new level of shared services in that the sixth thru eighth (6-8) grade students from Green Bank attend Mullica's middle school. The transition allows the students from Green Bank to experience a larger school setting prior to entering high school."
7. Interdistrict Public School Choice Program: Approved Choice Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 19, 2008.
8. Interdistrict Public School Choice Program: Introduction Archived 2010-01-04 at the Wayback Machine , New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 19, 2008.
9. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 30, 2014.
10. Cedar Creek High School 2013 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 11, 2015. "Cedar Creek High School opened its doors for the first time September 7, 2010 with only 9th and 10th grade students. For the 2011/2012 school year, we grew to include grades 9 through 11. Serving students from six communities within the Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District, Cedar Creek will function fully as a four-year, comprehensive high school for the 2012/2013 school year."
11. Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 6, 2017. "The Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District serves the communities of Galloway Township, Hamilton Township, Egg Harbor City, Mullica Township and participates in receiving relationships with Port Republic and Washington Township. The geographic area of the district is the largest in the state, covering 324 square miles. The student body of each of the district's three comprehensive high schools, Absegami High School, Cedar Creek High School, and Oakcrest High School, reflects the socioeconomic and ethnic diversity of this geographic area."
12. High School Sending Districts, Burlington County Library System, backed up by the Internet Archive as of September 27, 2006. Accessed October 30, 2014.
13. Student Population, Cedar Creek High School. Accessed October 30, 2014. "We will serve as the high school for the communities of Mullica Township, Egg Harbor City, Port Republic, and the Green Bank area of Washington Township. Students from specific geographic areas of Galloway and Hamilton Townships (School of Choice Program) and the entirety of Galloway and Hamilton Townships through the Magnet Programs (Engineering and Environmental Sciences) will have the option of attending CCHS."
14. Policy 5120 Assignment of Pupils, Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District. Accessed October 30, 2014. "Pupils shall attend the school located in the attendance area of their residence. The attendance areas for the Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District shall be as follows: 1. Pupils who reside in Egg Harbor City shall attend Cedar Creek High School. 2. Pupils who reside in Galloway Township shall attend Absegami High School. 3. Pupils who reside in Hamilton Township shall attend Oakcrest High School 4. Pupils who reside in Mullica Township shall attend Cedar Creek High School 5. Pupils who reside in Port Republic and Washington Township shall attend Cedar Creek High School."
15. Oakcrest High School 2010 report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education, backed up by the Internet Archive as of June 14, 2012. Accessed October 30, 2014. "Oakcrest is a comprehensive high school located in Mays Landing that provides a secondary school education to four sending districts including Greenbank, Hamilton Township, Mullica Township, and Port Republic."
16. School data for Cedar Creek High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 12, 2016.
17. Grote, Dan (2016-01-09). "Confusing math: Fewer students equal higher costs". Press of Atlantic City . Retrieved 2021-06-13.
18. Data for Green Bank Elementary School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed August 7, 2017.
19. Green Bank School Opening, copy of article from The Press of Atlantic City , September 19, 2006.
20. District Office, Green Bank School. Accessed October 30, 2014.
21. New Jersey School Directory for Burlington County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.

External links

• District website
• Green Bank Elementary School's 2015–16 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• Data for Green Bank Elementary School, National Center for Education Statistics
• Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District