Business administrator Kerry Sevilis Faculty 94.7 FTEs Founded 2014 | Superintendent Dr. Louis Muenker Enrollment 961 (as of 2014-15) Student-teacher ratio 10.1:1 Schools 4 | |
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South Hunterdon Regional School District is a regional public school district serving students in pre-kindergarten though twelfth grades from three communities in southern Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. The district was established for the 2014-15 school year by consolidating the K-6 districts for Lambertville, Stockton and West Amwell Township together with South Hunterdon Regional High School to create a K-12 district.
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- Sweeney on the newly regionalized south hunterdon regional school district
- Map of South Hunterdon Regional NJ USA
- History
- Schools
- Administration
- References
Map of South Hunterdon Regional, NJ, USA
As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its four schools had an enrollment of 961 students and 94.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.1:1.
History
In a special election held in September 2013, voters from Lambertville, Stockton and West Amwell Township passed referenda to dissolve the South Hunterdon Regional High School District and to combine the three existing school districts from each municipality (Lambertville City School District, Stockton Borough School District and West Amwell Township School District), with majorities in each community passing both ballot items. A single combined regional district was created, serving students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade, in which property taxes are levied under a formula in which 57% is based on property values and 43% on the number of students. The executive county superintendent appointed an interim board of education for the new regional district, which was responsible for implementing the merger.
A study commissioned by the district prepared by McKissick Associates looked at options for using, modifying and expanding school facilities in the district, in light of long-term trends indicating a decline in the number of school-aged children in the three municipalities. In a February 2016, a presentation prepared for the Board of Education outlined various scenarios, which could involve options ranging from retaining all existing facilities to consolidating all schools at a single site. After reviewing a matrix of all 10 options and weighing each on several factors identified as relevant, committee members ranked the choices; based on committee votes, the three preferred choices were 1) to keep K-5 students in Lambertville and West Amwell, while moving 6th grade to the high school complex, 2) keeping all facilities at their present locations with equity additions as needed and 3) a consolidated K-12 at a single site.
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: