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Moorestown Township Public Schools

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Grades
  
pre-K to 12

Enrollment
  
4,068 (as of 2011-12)

District Factor Group
  
I

Number of students
  
4,068

Business administrator
  
Lynn Shugars

Student-teacher ratio
  
12.85:1

Schools
  
6

Faculty
  
316.5

Superintendent
  
Carole Butler (Interim)

Profiles

The Moorestown Township Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Moorestown Township, in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States.

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Map of Moorestown Township Public Schools, Moorestown, NJ, USA

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's six schools had an enrollment of 4,068 students and 316.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.85:1.

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

Notably, the district was part of a lawsuit in 2003 called Hornstine v. Township of Moorestown over attempted policy changes made by Moorestown High School.

Awards and recognition

For the 1991-92 school year, George C. Baker Elementary School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon Award from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve. Moorestown High School was recognized as a Blue Ribbon School for the 1999-2000 school year.

Schools

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

  • George C. Baker Elementary School (grades K-3; 348 students)
  • Mary E. Roberts Elementary School (K-3; 309)
  • South Valley Elementary School (PreK-3; 425)
  • Moorestown Upper Elementary School (4-6; 928)
  • Middle school
  • William Allen Middle School (7-8; 674)
  • High school
  • Moorestown High School (9-12; 1,384)
  • Administration

    Core members of the district's administration are:[1]

  • Carole Butler, Interim Superintendent
  • Lynn Shugars, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
  • Gail Reicheg, Personnel Director
  • David Tate, Director of Special Education
  • Jeffrey Arey, Director of Technology
  • Board of Education members (where year represents when term ends) are;[2]

  • Kathy Goldenberg, Vice-President (2016)
  • David Weinstein, Vice-President (2015)
  • Matt Simeone, Board Member (2016)
  • Brandon Pugh, Board Member (2015)
  • Sheryl Sawin, Board Member (2015)
  • Albert Panzarella, Board Member (2016)
  • Caryn Shaw (2017)
  • Peter Palko (2017)
  • Ann Marie Reyher (2017)
  • References

    Moorestown Township Public Schools Wikipedia