Union Public School District

The Union Public School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Union Township, in Union County, New Jersey, United States.[3]

Union Public School District
Address
2369 Morris Avenue
Union, NJ 07083
United States
Coordinates40.701244°N 74.286202°W / 40.701244; -74.286202
District information
GradesPreK-12
SuperintendentGregory A. Tatum
Business administratorManuel Vieira
Schools10
Students and staff
Enrollment7,219 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Faculty614.7 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio11.7:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupDE
Websitewww.twpunionschools.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-12
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$17,08928$18,891−9.5%
1Budgetary Cost13,5013314,783−8.7%
2Classroom Instruction8,222318,763−6.2%
6Support Services2,037362,392−14.8%
8Administrative Cost1,394431,485−6.1%
10Operations & Maintenance1,598471,783−10.4%
13Extracurricular Activities17020268−36.6%
16Median Teacher Salary67,7077064,043
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 10 schools, had an enrollment of 7,219 students and 614.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.7:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth-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.[4]

Union was threatened with being the first town north of the Mason–Dixon line to suffer from penalties as a result of school segregation. The area of Vauxhall was primarily black and Jefferson Elementary School was disproportionately black compared to the rest of the town. Union avoided problems by converting Jefferson Elementary into a sixth-grade only school called Central 6 and bused all children in the district in 6th grade to Jefferson Elementary School. It was later renamed Central 5 housing all fifth-grade students because the two junior highs, Burnet and Kawameeh, became middle schools and took on sixth grade students.[5]

Schools

The schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[6]) are:[7][8]

Elementary schools
  • Battle Hill Elementary School[9] (391 students; in grades PreK-4)
    • Althea Bossard, Principal
  • Hannah Caldwell Elementary School[10] (508; PreK-4)
    • Kathryn DiGiovanni, Principal
  • Connecticut Farms Elementary School[11] (403; PreK-4)
    • Michelle C. Osborne-Warren, Principal
  • Franklin Elementary School[12] (417; PreK-4)
    • Dr. Latee Walton-McCleod, Principal
  • Livingston Elementary School[13] (424; PreK-4)
    • Benjamin Kloc, Principal
  • Washington Elementary School[14] (575; PreK-4)
    • Thomas O. Matthews, Principal
  • Jefferson Elementary School[15] (544; in grade 5)
    • Laura Damato, Principal
Middle schools
  • Burnet Middle School[16] (961; 6-8)
    • David Shaw, Principal
  • Kawameeh Middle School[17] (674; 6-8)
    • Jason Malanda, Principal
High school

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[19][20]

  • Gregory A. Tatum, Superintendent
  • Manuel Vieira, School Business Administrator / Board Secretary

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.[21][22][23]

References
  1. District information for Township Of Union 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. About Union, Union Public School District. Accessed May 18, 2020. "There are ten schools currently in operation: six kindergarten through grade four elementary schools; one elementary school which houses all of the district's grade five students; two middle schools, grades six through eight; and one comprehensive high school grades nine through twelve."
  4. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 8, 2014.
  5. Sullivan, Ronald. "Jersey Township Gets Busing Plan; Union School Board Adopts Integration Proposal", The New York Times, February 19, 1969. Accessed May 24, 2013.
  6. School Data for the Union Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  7. Our Schools, Union Public School District. Accessed May 18, 2020.
  8. New Jersey School Directory for the Union Public School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  9. Battle Hill Elementary School, Union Public School District. Accessed May 18, 2020.
  10. Hannah Caldwell Elementary School, Union Public School District. Accessed May 18, 2020.
  11. Connecticut Farms Elementary School, Union Public School District. Accessed May 18, 2020.
  12. Franklin Elementary School, Union Public School District. Accessed May 18, 2020.
  13. Livingston Elementary School, Union Public School District. Accessed May 18, 2020.
  14. Washington Elementary School, Union Public School District. May 18, 2020.
  15. Jefferson Elementary School, Union Public School District. Accessed May 18, 2020.
  16. Burnet Middle School, Union Public School District. Accessed May 18, 2020.
  17. Kawameeh Middle School, Union Public School District. Accessed May 18, 2020.
  18. Union High School, Union Public School District. Accessed May 18, 2020.
  19. Administration Office, Union Public School District. Accessed May 18, 2020.
  20. New Jersey School Directory for Union County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  21. 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.
  22. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Township of Union School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2018. Accessed May 1, 2020. "The Board is an instrumentality of the State of New Jersey, established to function as an educational institution. The Board consists of elected officials and is responsible for the fiscal control of the District."
  23. Board Of Education, Union Public School District. Accessed May 18, 2020. "The Township of Union Public Schools is a Type II school district. Our Board of Education is comprised of 9 volunteers who are elected into office to serve 3-year terms."
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