Mercer County Technical Schools

Mercer County Technical Schools
1085 Old Trenton Road West Windsor , Mercer County , New Jersey , 08690
District information
Motto	Magic Happens Here
Grades	9-12 (Academy) 11-12 (Shared-Time)
Superintendent	Matthew C. Carey
Business administrator	Deborah Donnelly
Schools	2
Students and staff
Enrollment	275 (as of 2020-21) [1]
Faculty	134
Student–teacher ratio	6.14:1
District mascot	Wizards
Other information
Website	www.mcts.edu
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) Vocational average  %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $25,210 18 $18,891 33.4% 1 Budgetary Cost 20,295 18 17,296 17.3% 2 Classroom Instruction 9,150 12 9,045 1.2% 6 Support Services 2,794 18 2,269 23.1% 8 Administrative Cost 3,557 19 2,353 51.2% 10 Operations & Maintenance 4,585 21 3,014 52.1% 16 Median Teacher Salary 59,657 8 65,035 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending. [2] *Of Vocational districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=21

Mercer County Technical Schools (MCTS), also known as the Area Vocational Technical Schools of Mercer County, is a countywide vocational public school district based in Trenton and Pennington. Serving the high school-aged population of Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The district's programs are offered on a shared-time basis whereby a student is enrolled in their home school for academic and other educational activities and then attends a technical school on a half-day basis. The district also offers full-time academies for those in high school that caters to specific academic areas of study.

The superintendent for the district is also the superintendent for the Mercer County Special Services School District.

Full-time schools

Schools in the district (with 2020-21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics ^[3] ) are: ^{[4] [5]}

School	Grades	Number of students	Location
Health Sciences Academy	9-12	98	Assunpink Center 1085 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, NJ 08690
STEM Academy		113	Arthur R. Sypek Center 129 Bull Run Road, Hopewell Township, NJ 08534
Culinary Arts Academy		61

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: ^{[6] [7]}

• Matthew C. Carey, superintendent
• Deborah Donnelly, school business administrator
• Lisa Flynn, assistant school business administrator / board secretary
• Alan Munford, principal, Assunpink Center
• Jared Warren, principal, Sypek Center
• Ryan Haimer, principal, adult evening programs

Board of education

The district's board of education sets policy and oversee the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. The board is comprised of seven members, the county superintendent of schools, who serves on an ex officio basis, and six members who are appointed by the Mercer County Executive to three-year terms of office on a staggered basis with the approvaal of Mercer County Board of County Commissioners, with two member terms up for reappointment and expiring each year. 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. ^{[8] [9]}

References

1. District information for Mercer County Vocational School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 27, 2018.
2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
3. ""Mercer County Technical Schools" - Search Results". nces.ed.gov. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
4. School Performance Reports for the Mercer County Vocational School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
5. New Jersey School Directory for the Mercer County Vocational School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
6. District Leadership, Mercer County Technical Schools. Accessed September 27, 2018.
7. New Jersey School Directory for Mercer County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
8. Mercer County Special Services School District Board, Mercer County, New jersey. Accessed April 19, 2024."The Board of Education of the Mercer County Special Services School District is composed of seven members, six of whom are appointed by the County Executive and approved by the Board of Chosen Freeholders. The County Superintendent of Schools serves as the seventh member of the Board of Education."
9. Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the Mercer County Special Services School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2023. Accessed April 19, 2024. "The District is an instrumentality of the State of New Jersey, established to function as an educational institution. The Board consists of appointed officials and is responsible for the fiscal control of the District. The Board is comprised of six members appointed to three-year terms as well as the Executive County Superintendent of Schools. The purpose of the School District is to provide programs adapted to each student’s unique needs and abilities, in grades pre-K through 12." See "Roster of Officials" on page 13.

External links

• District website
• School Performance Reports for the Mercer County Technical Schools , New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Mercer County Technical Schools, National Center for Education Statistics