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Jackson School District (New Jersey)

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Grades
  
K-12

Business administrator
  
Michelle D. Richardson

Student-teacher ratio
  
14.00:1

Number of schools
  
10

Faculty
  
677

Superintendent
  
Dr. Stephen Genco

Enrollment
  
9,477 (as of 2011-12)

District Factor Group
  
DE

Number of students
  
9,477

The Jackson School District is a comprehensive community public school district, serving students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Jackson Township, in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. The district operates six elementary schools serving grades K-5, two middle schools and two high schools. In January 2015, the Jackson Board of Education voted to implement full-day kindergarten, which is scheduled to begin in September 2015.

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Map of Jackson School District, Jackson, NJ, USA

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's 10 schools had an enrollment of 9,477 students and 677.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.00:1.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth-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.

Awards and recognition

For the 2001-02 school year, Christa McAuliffe Middle School was recognized with the National Blue Ribbon Award from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.

Civil Rights Case

On May 8, 2010, it was announced that the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights found probable cause against the Jackson school district for violating the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination by allowing a hostile environment to prevail against former Jackson Memorial High School student Daniel Jacobson. Jacobson, who is gay and Honduran, alleges he was repeatedly harassed and threatened because of his sexual orientation and national origin. The case will likely go to trial by the end of the year.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:

Elementary schools
  • Crawford-Rodriguez Elementary School (800 students; in grades PreK-5)
  • Adriann Jean-Denis - Principal
  • Elms Elementary School (759; K-5)
  • Michael Burgos - Principal
  • Lucy N. Holman Elementary School (690; K-5)
  • Richard Karas - Principal
  • Howard C. Johnson Elementary School (607; K-5)
  • Dr. Michael Raymond - Principal
  • Sylvia Rosenauer Elementary School (335; K-5)
  • Ronald Polakowski - Principal
  • Switlik Elementary School (871; K-5)
  • Kathleen McKiernan - Principal
  • Middle school
  • Carl W. Goetz Middle School (1,280; 6-8)
  • Dr. Faith Lessig - Principal
  • Christa McAuliffe Middle School (1,027; 6-8)
  • Debra Phillips - Principal
  • High school
  • Jackson Liberty High School (1,346; 9-12)
  • Maureen Butler - Principal
  • Jackson Memorial High School (1,762; 9-12)
  • Kevin DiEugenio - Principal
  • Administration

    Core members of the district's administration are:

  • Dr. Stephen Genco, Superintendent
  • Michelle D. Richardson, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
  • References

    Jackson School District (New Jersey) Wikipedia