Millville Public Schools

Millville Public Schools is a school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten-twelfth grade from the city of Millville, in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States. The district is one of 31 former Abbott districts statewide,[3] which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority.[4][5]

Millville Public Schools
110 North Third Street Millville, NJ 08332
District information
Grades	PreK-12
Superintendent	Tony Trongone
Business administrator	Richard Davidson
Schools	9
Affiliation(s)	Former Abbott district
Students and staff
Enrollment	5,540 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Faculty	420.0 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	13.2:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	A
Website	millville.org
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-12 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $18,372 47 $18,891 −2.7% 1 Budgetary Cost 14,598 55 14,783 −1.3% 2 Classroom Instruction 8,197 30 8,763 −6.5% 6 Support Services 2,972 89 2,392 24.2% 8 Administrative Cost 1,535 68 1,485 3.4% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,683 56 1,783 −5.6% 13 Extracurricular Activities 202 33 268 −24.6% 16 Median Teacher Salary 59,496 26 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

As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising nine schools, had an enrollment of 5,540 students and 420.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.2:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "A", the lowest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From the lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.[6]

The district has high school sending/receiving relationships with Commercial Township, Lawrence Township and Maurice River Township.[7][8] Students from Woodbine had attended the district's high school programs until a July 2013 ruling by the New Jersey Department of Transportation under which Woodbine students would start attending Middle Township High School as of September 2014, while Woodbine students who had already started attendance in Millville would be allowed to graduate.[9]

History

R. D. Wood Elementary School, which opened in 1915, was closed at the end of the 2017-18 school year. The closure was estimated to result in savings of $1.8 million annually.[10]

As part of a project $137 million project begun in 2019 and funded by the New Jersey Schools Development Authority, Millville Senior High School has undergone a project that will add 82,000 square feet (7,600 m²) of space, which will allow all high school students to attend high school in a single building; when complete, the phased high school expansion project will add 230,000 square feet (21,000 m²) of new space at the high school, as well as extensive renovations to existing facilities in the building. Starting in the 1960s, grades 9-10 have been served in Memorial High School and grades 9-12 at Millville Senior High School.[11]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[12]) are:[13][14]

Preschool

• Child Family Center[15] with 614 students in PreK
  • JoAnn Burns, Principal

Primary schools

• R. M. Bacon Elementary School[16] with 296 students in grades K-5
  • Michael Coyle, Principal
• Holly Heights Elementary School[17] with 500 students in grades K-5
  • Stephen Saul, Principal
• Mt. Pleasant Elementary School[18] with 242 students in grades K-5
  • Arlene Jenkins, Principal
• Rieck Avenue Elementary School[19] with 470 students in grades K-5
  • Dr. Brian Robinson, Principal
• Silver Run Elementary School[20] with 518 students in grades K-5
  • Walter Kappeler, Principal

Middle schools

• Lakeside Middle School[21] with 1,074 students in grades 6-8
  • Spike Cook, Principal

High schools

• Memorial High School with 807 students in grades 9-10
  • Stephanie DeRose, Principal
• Millville Senior High School[22] with 887 students in grades 11-12

Alternative school

• Thunderbolt Academy[23] is a partnership between Millville Public Schools and Camelot Education. Camelot offers an alternative setting for students facing behavioral, emotional or academic challenges.

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[24][25]

• Tony Trongone, Superintendent
• Richard Davidson, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
• Pamela Moore, Assistant Superintendent - Curriculum & Instruction
• Donna Meyers, Assistant Superintendent - Human Resources & Student Services
• Stephen Matusz, Director of Special Services

Board of education

The district's board of education, with nine members, sets policy and oversees the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the day-to-day operation of the district.[26][27]

References

1. District information for Millville School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
3. Abbott School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 1, 2020.
4. What We Do, New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed March 1, 2020.
5. SDA Districts, New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed March 1, 2020.
6. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 18, 2015.
7. About Us, Maurice River Township School District. Accessed August 24, 2014. "The Maurice River Township School District consists of one elementary school and is a sending district to the Millville School District for its high school students.... Maurice River Township transports approximately 180 students to the Memorial and Senior High Schools in Millville."
8. Jones, Jean. "Sending districts Maurice River, Commercial, Lawrence, Woodbine suing Millville School District over tuition rates", The News of Cumberland County, April 13, 2009. Accessed August 24, 2014. "The suit, filed in the state Administrative Law Court, asks the commissioner of education to resolve a dispute about the method which the Millville school district is using to estimate and audit tuition for four sending districts. The four districts, Maurice River, Commercial, Lawrence and Woodbine, have joined in the suit with Maurice River as the lead agency."
9. D'Amico, Diane. "Woodbine students to begin attending Middle Township High School instead of Millville", The Press of Atlantic City, August 6, 2013. Accessed August 24, 2014. "Education Commissioner Chris Cerf has approved the petition by Woodbine in Cape May County to end its sending/receiving relationship with Millville High School and instead send its high school students to Middle Township, which is closer and in the same county."
10. Smith, Joseph P. "Millville closing R.D. Wood Elementary to save money", The Daily Journal, March 17, 2017. Accessed July 9, 2020. "The city school system is dropping a budget ax on its oldest institution — R.D. Wood Elementary School.... Gentile told The Daily Journal the district faces a 2017-18 budget gap of about $3 million based on its current anticipation of state aid. Closing Wood School would save a little more than $1.8 million, including transportation costs."
11. Lowe, Claire. "School officials celebrate as $137M Millville High School expansion underway", The Press of Atlantic City, February 8, 2019. Accessed July 9, 2020. "It’s been decades since the freshmen at Millville High School attended the same building as the juniors and seniors, but in a little more than two years, that will change.... The multiphase, $137.5 million project funded through the New Jersey Schools Development Authority will renovate and update the aging and overcrowded building, and bring unity to the high school, Gentile said. In all, the project will include 230,000 square feet of additions and 55,000 square feet of renovations, according to the SDA."
12. School Data for the Millville Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
13. Schools Directory, Millville Public Schools. Accessed August 24, 2014.
14. New Jersey School Directory for the Millville Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
15. Child Family Center, Millville Public Schools. Accessed July 8, 2020.
16. Bacon Elementary School, Millville Public Schools. Accessed July 8, 2020.
17. Holly Heights Elementary School, Millville Public Schools. Accessed July 8, 2020.
18. Mt. Pleasant Elementary School, Millville Public Schools. Accessed July 8, 2020.
19. Rieck Avenue Elementary School, Millville Public Schools. Accessed July 8, 2020.
20. Silver Run Elementary School, Millville Public Schools. Accessed July 8, 2020.
21. Lakeside Middle School, Millville Public Schools. Accessed July 8, 2020.
22. Millville High School, Millville Public Schools. Accessed July 8, 2020.
23. Thunderbolt Academy, Millville Public Schools. Accessed July 8, 2020.
24. District Administration, Millville Public Schools. Accessed July 8, 2020.
25. Business Office,. Accessed December 28, 2019.
26. New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election, New Jersey Department of Education, updated February 16, 2018. Accessed January 26, 2020.
27. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Millville School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2019. Accessed July 9, 2020. "The Millville Board of Education (hereafter referred to as the 'School District') is a Type II district located in the County of Cumberland, State of New Jersey. As a Type II district, the School District functions independently through a Board of Education. The Board is comprised of nine members elected to three-year terms. These terms are staggered so that three member's terms expire each year. The purpose of the School District is to educate students in grades preschool through twelfth at the School District's ten schools."

External links

• Millville Public Schools
• Millville Public Schools's 2015–16 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Millville Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics