Grades K-12 Business administrator Patricia Wilson Student-teacher ratio 11.2:1 Number of students 3,637 Faculty 325.5 | Superintendent Loretta L. Radulic Enrollment 3,637 (as of 2014-15) District Factor Group GH Schools 7 | |
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The Roxbury School District is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade in Roxbury Township, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.
Contents
- Map of Roxbury School District NJ USA
- Schools
- Administration
- School policies
- Discipline of board member
- Employee theft
- References
Map of Roxbury School District, NJ, USA
As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its seven schools had an enrollment of 3,637 students and 325.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.2:1.
The district's high school serves students from Roxbury, as well as those from Mount Arlington, who attend as part of a sending/receiving relationship.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third-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.
Schools
Schools in the district consists of the following (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:
School policies
The Roxbury School District Board of Education requires that all students stand while the Pledge of Allegiance is being recited. The school makes use of 'Moments of Silence'.
Discipline of board member
In April 2011, an administrative law judge ruled that the Roxbury Board of Education acted outside of its authority when it censured Maureen Castriotta, a school board member. Castriotta had differed with other school board members about spending priorities and had protested against a student protest organized by Superintendent Michael Rossi and High School Principal Jeffrey Swanson against funding cuts proposed by Governor Chris Christie. The ALJ vacated the censure, as the matter should have been decided by the School Ethics Commission, rather than by a school board that denied Castriotta's due process. At a June 2010 town hall meeting, Christie supported Castriotta's right to "speak up," and he asked the audience if school administrators would have allowed a student rally that was against the New Jersey Education Association, the state's largest teacher's union.
Employee theft
In April 2015, the lead mechanic for the Roxbury school district’s transportation department stole about 1,900 gallons of fuel from the district, used some for himself and sold some to others, according to authorities. The mechanic, Matthew Hofgesang, 47, admitted taking the fuel, valued at about $8,150 between June 2014 and March 7, said the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office. It said Hofgesang appeared before Superior Court Judge Stuart Minkowitz, who sentenced him to one year of probation, ordered he pay back the school district and directed that he forfeit his “public employment in the State of New Jersey.” Hofgesang had been charged with one count of theft, a disorderly person’s offense. His case came as part of an investigation into improprieties at the transportation department. On Monday, the director of that department, Thomas Cunningham, submitted his resignation to the Roxbury Board of Education.