Moorestown Township Public Schools

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Moorestown Township Public Schools
803 N. Stanwick Road
Moorestown, NJ 08057
District information
Grades pre-K to 12
Superintendent Carole Butler (Interim)
Business administrator Lynn Shugars
Schools 6
Students and staff
Enrollment 4,068 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 316.5 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 12.85:1
Other information
District Factor Group I
Website www.mtps.com
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-12
Average		  %± vs.
Average
1A Total Spending $17,902 42 $18,891 -5.2%
1 Budgetary Cost 14,175 45 14,783 -4.1%
2 Classroom Instruction 8,393 37 8,763 -4.2%
6 Support Services 2,569 72 2,392 7.4%
8 Administrative Cost 1,279 24 1,485 -13.9%
10 Operations & Maintenance 1,453 30 1,783 -18.5%
13 Extracurricular Activities 424 102 268 58.2%
16 Median Teacher Salary 59,610 27 64,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with more than 3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=103

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.

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.[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.[3]

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.[4]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics)[5] are:[6]

  • George C. Baker Elementary School[7] (grades K-3; 348 students)
  • Mary E. Roberts Elementary School[8] (K-3; 309)
  • South Valley Elementary School[9] (PreK-3; 425)
  • Moorestown Upper Elementary School[10] (4-6; 928)
Middle school
  • William Allen Middle School[11] (7-8; 674)
High school

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[13][14][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

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 District information for Moorestown Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed October 5, 2014.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 4, 2014.
  4. ↑ Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), United States Department of Education. Accessed May 11, 2006.
  5. ↑ School Data for the Moorestown Township Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed October 5, 2014.
  6. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Moorestown Township Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 5, 2014.
  7. ↑ George C. Baker Elementary School, Moorestown Township Public Schools. Accessed October 5, 2014.
  8. ↑ Mary E. Roberts Elementary School, Moorestown Township Public Schools. Accessed October 5, 2014.
  9. ↑ South Valley Elementary School, Moorestown Township Public Schools. Accessed October 5, 2014.
  10. ↑ Moorestown Upper Elementary School, Moorestown Township Public Schools. Accessed October 5, 2014.
  11. ↑ William Allen Middle School, Moorestown Township Public Schools. Accessed October 5, 2014.
  12. ↑ Moorestown High School, Moorestown Township Public Schools. Accessed October 5, 2014.
  13. ↑ Moorestown Township Public Schools Administration, Moorestown Township Public Schools. Accessed October 5, 2014.
  14. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Burlington County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 5, 2014.

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