Pennsauken Public Schools

Pennsauken Public Schools
Address
1695 Hylton Road Pennsauken Township , Camden County , New Jersey , 08110 United States
Coordinates	39°58′59″N75°01′43″W / 39.983177°N 75.028535°W / 39.983177; -75.028535
District information
Grades	PreK to 12
Superintendent	Ronnie Tarchichi
Business administrator	John Ogunkanmi
Schools	9
Students and staff
Enrollment	4,819 (as of 2019–20) [1]
Faculty	396.5 FTEs [1]
Student–teacher ratio	12.2:1 [1]
Other information
District Factor Group	CD
Website	www.pennsauken.net
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-12 average  %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $18,644 55 $18,891 −1.3% 1 Budgetary Cost 14,178 46 14,783 −4.1% 2 Classroom Instruction 8,565 46 8,763 −2.3% 6 Support Services 1,790 19 2,392 −25.2% 8 Administrative Cost 1,459 55 1,485 −1.8% 10 Operations & Maintenance 2,019 84 1,783 13.2% 13 Extracurricular Activities 224 43 268 −16.4% 16 Median Teacher Salary 75,154 89 64,043 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 Pennsauken Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district serving students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Pennsauken Township, in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. ^[3]

As of the 2019–20 school year, the district, comprised of nine schools, had an enrollment of 4,819 students and 396.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.2:1. ^[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "CD", the sixth-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. ^[4]

Students from Merchantville had attended the high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship that began in 1972, when the borough's high school was closed. ^[5] For years, the Merchantville district had sought to end the relationship with the Pennsauken district. ^[6] In the wake of a 2015 decision by the New Jersey Department of Education, Merchantville students began attending Haddon Heights High School starting in the 2015–2016 school year, as part of a transition that will be fully in place in the 2018–2019 school year. ^{[7] [8]}

Governance

In 1996 the district stated that a parent survey on school uniforms showed 68% of respondents favoring them. ^[9]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2019–20 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics ^[10] ) are: ^{[11] [12] [13]}

Preschool

• Baldwin Early Childhood Learning Center ^[14] (107 students in grade PreK)
  • Dana Gery, principal

Elementary schools

• Alfred E. Burling Elementary School ^{[15] [upper-alpha 1]} (N/A; K-5)
  • Ronnie Tarchichi, principal
• Delair Elementary School ^[16] (359; K-3)
  • Rosalyn Lawrence, principal
• George B. Fine Elementary School ^[17] (275; PreK-3)
  • Thomas Honeyman, principal
• Benjamin Franklin Elementary School ^[18] (397; PreK-3)
  • Susan Galloza, principal
• Carson Elementary School ^[19] (378; PreK-3)
  • Diane Joyce, principal

Middle schools

• Pennsauken Intermediate School ^[20] (683; 4–5)
  • Tanya Harmon, principal
• Howard M. Phifer Middle School ^[21] (1,113; 6–8)
  • Sandra Allen, principal

High schools

• Pennsauken High School ^[22] (1,351; 9–12)
  • Richard Bonkowski, principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: ^{[23] [24]}

• Ronnie Tarchichi, superintendent ^[25]
• John Ogunkanmi, business administrator and board secretary

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. ^{[26] [27] [28]}

References

1. District information for Pennsauken Township Board Of Education School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2021.
2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
3. Pennsauken Township Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Pennsauken Township Schools. Accessed May 3, 2020. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through twelve in the Pennsauken School District. Composition: The Pennsauken School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Pennsauken."
4. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 14, 2014.
5. Florio, Gwen. "Looking Beyond The School Decision Time To Make Up, Officials Say, After A Decade Of Fussing.", The Philadelphia Inquirer , September 21, 1992. Accessed July 10, 2008. "Ever since its own high school closed in 1972, the Borough of Merchantville has been sending its public school students to Pennsauken High School."
6. "Expert report on the Termination of the Sending-receiving Agreement Between the Merchantville School District and the Pennsauken Public Schools", Merchantville School District, March 2013. Accessed December 14, 2014.
7. Merchantville School District 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 1, 2016. "In the Spring of 2015, Merchantville School won a ruling to start a send/receive relationship with Haddon Heights. We continue to work closely with Haddon Heights High School to ensure that our students are well prepared to meet their expectations. We will continue to phase in one grade level at a time into Haddon Heights High School until all high school students are enrolled for the 2018-2019 school year."
8. Romalino, Carly Q. "Merchantville students head to Haddon Heights", Courier-Post , April 14, 2015. Accessed June 1, 2016. "An administrative law judge in March ruled in favor of Merchantville's request to end its student send-receive agreement with Pennsauken High School.... Hespe's signature, issued Friday, severs the relationship and allows for Merchantville to establish a five-year sending-receiving agreement with Haddon Heights School District."
9. Coulombis, Angela. "Survey Finds Pennsauken Parents Favor Mandatory School Uniforms Sixty-eight Percent Of Households With Elementary School Students Approved." (Archive), The Philadelphia Inquirer , October 11, 1996. Accessed November 29, 2015.
10. School Data for the Pennsauken Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2021.
11. About, Pennsauken Township Schools. Accessed May 3, 2020. "The Pennsauken Public School District serves over 5,000 students from Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12 in one early childhood center, four elementary schools, an intermediate school, a middle school, an alternative high school and a comprehensive high school."
12. School Performance Reports for the Pennsauken Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
13. New Jersey School Directory for the Pennsauken Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
14. Baldwin Early Childhood Learning Center, Pennsauken Public Schools. Accessed May 3, 2020.
15. Alfred E. Burling High School, Pennsauken Public Schools. Accessed May 3, 2020.
16. Delair Elementary School, Pennsauken Public Schools. Accessed May 3, 2020.
17. George B. Fine Elementary School, Pennsauken Public Schools. Accessed May 3, 2020.
18. Benjamin Franklin Elementary School, Pennsauken Public Schools. Accessed May 3, 2020.
19. Carson Elementary School, Pennsauken Public Schools. Accessed May 3, 2020.
20. Pennsauken Intermediate School, Pennsauken Public Schools. Accessed May 3, 2020.
21. Howard M. Phifer Middle School, Pennsauken Public Schools. Accessed May 3, 2020.
22. Pennsauken High School, Pennsauken Public Schools. Accessed May 3, 2020.
23. Staff, Pennsauken Public Schools. Accessed July 15, 2021.
24. New Jersey School Directory for Camden County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
25. Superintendent, Pennsauken Public Schools. Accessed May 3, 2020.
26. New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election, New Jersey Department of Education, updated February 16, 2018. Accessed January 26, 2020.
27. Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Pennsauken Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2023. Accessed May 6, 2024. "The School District is a Type II district located in the County of Camden, State of New Jersey. As a Type II district, the School District functions independently through a Board of Education (the 'Board'). The Board is comprised of nine members elected to three-year terms. These terms are staggered so that three member's terms expire each year. The Superintendent is appointed by the Board to act as executive officer of the School District. The purpose of the School District is to educate students in grades Pre-K through 12 at its ten schools." See "Roster of Officials" on page 14.
28. Board Members, Pennsauken Public Schools. Accessed May 3, 2020.

Notes

1. After numerous years as an elementary school, Burling was reorganized as a high school for two consecutive years. The original building is re-opening as an elementary school for the 2021-2022 school year.

External links

• Pennsauken Public Schools
• School Performance Reports for the Pennsauken Public Schools , New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Pennsauken Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics