Grades PreK-6 Enrollment 2,831 (as of 2014-15) Student-teacher ratio 17.8:1 Number of students 2,831 | Superintendent Melissa McCooley Faculty 159.0 FTEs Founded 2014 Schools 3 | |
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The Little Egg Harbor Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade from Little Egg Harbor Township School, in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States.
Contents
- Map of Little Egg Harbor Township School District Little Egg Harbor Township NJ USA
- History
- Strafing incident
- Schools
- Administration
- References
Map of Little Egg Harbor Township School District, Little Egg Harbor Township, NJ, USA
As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its three schools had an enrollment of 2,831 students and 159.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 17.8:1.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "B", the second-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.
Public school students in seventh through twelfth grades attend the schools of the Pinelands Regional School District, which also serves students from Bass River Township, Eagleswood Township and Tuckerton Borough. The township has six members serving on the district's nine-member Board of Education. Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are Pinelands Regional Junior High School with 802 students in grades 7-9 and Pinelands Regional High School with 815 students in grades 10-12.
History
The district is composed of two elementary schools. The George J. Mitchell School opened in 1953 as the "Little Egg Harbor Elementary School", housing grades K-6. In 1989, a new school, the Frog Pond Elementary School opened as the "Little Egg Harbor Intermediate School", housing grades 3-6, while the Mitchell School housed grades K-2 from then on.
Starting with the 2009-10 school year, both schools were renovated and converted into K-6 schools, with the Intermediate School being renamed to its current name.
Strafing incident
On November 4, 2004, at around 9pm, an F-16 Fighting Falcon jet from the 113th Wing of the District of Columbia Air National Guard, based at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on a training mission at the Fort Dix United States Army installation in Warren Grove was climbing upward at 8,000 feet (2,400 m). The test was going pretty well, until a heavy gun from the left wing fired 25 rounds of 20mm ammunition up in the air, which fell to the ground, with eight striking the roof of the school, and the rest hitting the parking lot and the side of the building. No one was injured in the incident.
On November 1, 2006, the district and the United States Air Force announced that a settlement had been reached, whereby the district would be paid $519,070.70 to cover damage to the roof of the school caused in the incident. This is less than the $900,000 that the superintendent had indicated would be needed to cover the costs of replacing the roof damaged in the incident and in the process of evaluating the roof's condition after the incident.
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics.) are:
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are: