Frenchtown School District

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Frenchtown School District
902 Harrison Street
Frenchtown, NJ 08825
District information
Grades K-8
Superintendent Daria Wasserbach
Business administrator Teresa Barna
Schools 1
Students and staff
Enrollment 163 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 15.3 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 10.65:1
Other information
District Factor Group FG
Website www.frenchtownschool.org
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-8
Average		  %± vs.
Average
1A Total Spending $19,928 43 $18,891 5.5%
1 Budgetary Cost 15,629 43 14,159 10.4%
2 Classroom Instruction 9,674 46 8,659 11.7%
6 Support Services 2,510 36 2,167 15.8%
8 Administrative Cost 1,365 10 1,547 -11.8%
10 Operations & Maintenance 1,841 41 1,612 14.2%
13 Extracurricular Activities 175 44 104 68.3%
16 Median Teacher Salary 54,770 20 61,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with up to 400 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=71

The Frenchtown School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through eighth grade from Frenchtown, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's one school had an enrollment of 163 students and 15.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.65:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "FG", the fourth-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]

Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend the Delaware Valley Regional High School in Frenchtown, which serves students in western Hunterdon County. Students from Alexandria, Holland and Kingwood Townships along with the boroughs of Frenchtown and Milford attend the high school, which is part of the Delaware Valley Regional High School District.[4][5][6]

School

Edith Ort Thomas Elementary School had an enrollment of 163 students in the 2011-12 school year.[7]

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:[8][9]

  • Daria Wasserbach, Superintendent
  • Teresa Barna, Business Administrator

Board of Education

The Frenchtown Elementary School Board of Education is a seven-member body, elected by the Frenchtown community, that establishes policies, approves personnel, adopts budgets, approves curriculum, awards bids and makes final decisions on educational issues. In February 2012, elections were shifted from April to the November General Election.[10]

Board members

Includes term expiration (3 yr. term).

  • Kate Nugent, (2013 President) - (2015)
  • Laura Buxton (2015)
  • Craig Eckel (2014)
  • Amy Musolino (2014)
  • Teresa Pearson (2014)
  • Jennifer Campbell (2016)
  • Laura Einhorn (2016)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 District information for Frenchtown School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed October 18, 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 18, 2014.
  4. ↑ Delaware Valley Regional School District 2014 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 19, 2015. "The Delaware Valley Regional High School District can be found in the heart of pastoral and beautiful Hunterdon County. The District serves students in grades nine through twelve who reside in the five municipalities that comprise our region: Alexandria Township, Frenchtown Borough, Holland Township, Kingwood Township, and Milford Borough."
  5. ↑ About Us, Delaware Valley Regional High School. Accessed October 18, 2014. "Our high school, established in 1958-1959 for students residing in Alexandria, Frenchtown, Holland, Kingwood, and Milford, offers students a comprehensive academic program in preparation for a successful future."
  6. ↑ Chief School Administrators/Sending Districts, Hunterdon County Superintendent of Schools. Accessed October 18, 2014.
  7. ↑ School Data for the Frenchtown School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed October 18, 2014.
  8. ↑ Staff, Frenchtown School District. Accessed October 18, 2014.
  9. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Hunterdon County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 18, 2014.
  10. ↑ Mustac, Frank. "Frenchtown school board votes to move elections to November", Independent Press, February 1, 2012. Accessed October 18, 2014. "The borough Board of Education unanimously decided to move the school election to November. This move would also eliminate the public vote on the school budget so long as it is under the state-mandated cap."

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