Little Egg Harbor Township School District

The Little Egg Harbor Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade from Little Egg Harbor Township School, in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States.

Little Egg Harbor Township School District
307 Frog Pond Road
Little Egg Harbor, NJ 08087
District information
GradesPreK-6
SuperintendentDr. Melissa McCooley
Business administratorNicholas Brown
Schools3
Students and staff
Enrollment1,570 (as of 2017-18)[1]
Faculty145.3 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio10.8:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupB
Websitehttps://www.lehsd.org/
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-6
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$18,69035$18,891−1.1%
1Budgetary Cost13,4071813,649−1.8%
2Classroom Instruction8,464238,3661.2%
6Support Services2,508382,16116.1%
8Administrative Cost1,402221,467−4.4%
10Operations & Maintenance1,01421,552−34.7%
13Extracurricular Activities5439−87.2%
16Median Teacher Salary61,9724357,437
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-6 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=59

As of the 2017-18 school year, the district and its three schools had an enrollment of 1,570 students and 145.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.8:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "B", the second-lowest 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 seventh through twelfth grades attend the schools of the Pinelands Regional School District, which also serves students from Bass River Township, Eagleswood Township and Tuckerton Borough.[4][5][6][7] Schools in the district (with 2017-18 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[8]) are Pinelands Regional Junior High School[9] with 802 students in grades 7-9 and Pinelands Regional High School[10] with 815 students in grades 10-12.[11][12][13] The district's board of education includes nine members directly elected by the residents of the constituent municipalities to three-year terms on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year.[14] Little Egg Harbor Township is allocated six of the nine seats.[15]

History

The district is composed of two elementary schools. The George J. Mitchell School opened in 1953 as the "Little Egg Harbor Elementary School", housing grades K-6. In 1989, a new school, the Frog Pond Elementary School opened as the "Little Egg Harbor Intermediate School", housing grades 3-6, while the Mitchell School housed grades K-2 from then on.

Starting with the 2009-10 school year, both schools were renovated and converted into K-6 schools, with the Intermediate School being renamed to its current name.

Strafing incident
Main article: Strafing of the Little Egg Harbor Intermediate School

On November 4, 2004, at around 9pm, an F-16 Fighting Falcon jet from the 113th Wing of the District of Columbia Air National Guard, based at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on a training mission at the Fort Dix United States Army installation in Warren Grove was climbing upward at 8,000 feet (2,400 m). The test was going pretty well, until a heavy gun from the left wing fired 25 rounds of 20mm ammunition up in the air, which fell to the ground, with eight striking the roof of the school, and the rest hitting the parking lot and the side of the building. No one was injured in the incident.

On November 1, 2006, the district and the United States Air Force announced that a settlement had been reached, whereby the district would be paid $519,070.70 to cover damage to the roof of the school caused in the incident. This is less than the $900,000 that the superintendent had indicated would be needed to cover the costs of replacing the roof damaged in the incident and in the process of evaluating the roof's condition after the incident.[16]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2017-18 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics.[17]) are:[18]

  • Robert C. Wood Sr. Early Childhood Center[19] with 278 students in pre-kindergarten (preschool opened for the 2012-13 school year)
    • Anne Flynn, Principal
  • George J. Mitchell Elementary School[20] with 591 students in kindergarten through third grade
    • Denise Guinan, Principal
  • Frog Pond Elementary School[21] with 703 students in grades 4 to 6
    • Troy Henderson, Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[22]

  • Dr. Melissa McCooley, Superintendent[23]
  • Nicholas Brown, Business Administrator / Board Secretary[24]

The district is governed by a directly elected board of education with seven members.[25]

References
  1. District information for Little Egg Harbor Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
  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 September 29, 2014.
  4. Pinelands Regional School District 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed January 22, 2020. "The Pinelands Regional School District is a regional school district located in southern Ocean County. The District consists of a Junior High School for grades 7-9 and a High School for grades 10-12. The communities of Bass River, Eagleswood, Little Egg Harbor, and Tuckerton are served by the District with approximately 1,700 students in grades 7-12."
  5. School Choice Pinelands Regional School District. Accessed January 22, 2020. "Pinelands Regional School District is comprised of a Junior High School and a High School. The District serves students in grades 7 through 12 living in the communities of: Bass River Township (Burlington County), Eagleswood Township, Little Egg Harbor Township, Tuckerton Borough"
  6. Staff. "Regional School Districts", Burlington County Times, April 26, 2015. Accessed June 1, 2016. "Pinelands Regional - Serves: Bass River in Burlington County; Eagleswood, Little Egg Harbor and Tuckerton in Ocean County"
  7. Greenfield, Dr. Bruce. "Ocean County Report On Consolidation and Regionalization", Report of the Executive County Superintendent, March 15, 2010. Accessed April 21, 2011. "Pinelands Regional - Eagleswood, Tuckerton, Bass River, Little Egg Harbor"
  8. School Data for the Pinelands Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 22, 2020.
  9. Junior High School, Pinelands Regional School District. Accessed January 22, 2020.
  10. Senior High School, Pinelands Regional School District. Accessed January 22, 2020.
  11. Contact Us, Pinelands Regional School District. Accessed January 22, 2020.
  12. Living & Learning in Ocean County - Public Schools Directory 2018-2019, Ocean County, New Jersey. Accessed January 22, 2020.
  13. New Jersey School Directory for the Pinelands Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  14. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the Pinelands Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2013. Accessed January 22, 2020. "The Pinelands Regional School District is a Type II district located in the County of Ocean, State of New Jersey. As a Type II district, the School District functions independently through a Board of Education. The Board is comprised of 9 members elected to three-year terms. These terms are staggered so that three members' terms expire each year."
  15. Board of Education: About Us, Pinelands Regional School District. Accessed January 22, 2020. "The Board of Education is composed of nine citizens elected to serve terms of three years each. Representatives are elected on the basis of constituent population - one from Bass River Township, one from Eagleswood Township, six from Little Egg Harbor Township, and one from the Borough of Tuckerton."
  16. Spahr, Rob. "Little Egg school shot by jet to get $519,000", The Press of Atlantic City, November 2, 2006. Accessed September 29, 2014. "Superintendent of Schools Frank Kasyan, along with Assemblyman Brian Rumpf, announced Wednesday that after a lengthy tort-claims process, the Air Force has agreed to pay the school board more than $500,000."
  17. School Data for the Little Egg Harbor Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 3, 2019.
  18. New Jersey School Directory for the Little Egg Harbor Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  19. Robert C. Wood Sr. Early Childhood Center, Little Egg Harbor School District. Accessed January 22, 2020.
  20. George J. Mitchell Elementary School, Little Egg Harbor School District. Accessed January 22, 2020.
  21. Frog Pond Elementary School, Little Egg Harbor School District. Accessed January 22, 2020.
  22. New Jersey School Directory for Ocean County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  23. Superintendent, Little Egg Harbor School District. Accessed January 22, 2020.
  24. Business Administration, Little Egg Harbor School District. Accessed January 22, 2020.
  25. Board of Education, Little Egg Harbor School District. Accessed January 22, 2020. "The Little Egg Harbor Board of Education is an elected seven-member body comprised of township residents."

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