Upper Freehold Regional School District

The Upper Freehold Regional School District is a regional public school district in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, which provides educational services to students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Allentown Borough and Upper Freehold Township.[3] Millstone Township sends students to the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Millstone Township Schools.[4]

Upper Freehold Regional School District
Address
27 High Street Allentown, NJ 08501 United States
Coordinates	40.174416°N 74.587791°W
District information
Grades	PreK-12
Superintendent	Mark Guterl
Business administrator	Patrick Pisano
Schools	3
Students and staff
Enrollment	2,300 (as of 2017–18)[1]
Faculty	196.1 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	11.7:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	GH
Website	District website
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-12 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $18,158 35 $18,891 −3.9% 1 Budgetary Cost 13,485 30 14,783 −8.8% 2 Classroom Instruction 7,927 27 8,763 −9.5% 6 Support Services 2,330 47 2,392 −2.6% 8 Administrative Cost 1,298 12 1,485 −12.6% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,554 29 1,783 −12.8% 13 Extracurricular Activities 377 30 268 40.7% Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-12 districts with 1,800-3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=68

As of the 2017–18 school year, the district, comprising three schools, had an enrollment of 2,300 students and 196.1 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 "GH", the third-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.[5]

The district participates in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program at Allentown High School, having been approved on November 2, 1999, as one of the first ten districts statewide to participate in the program.[6] Seats in the program for non-resident students are specified by the district and are allocated by lottery, with tuition paid for participating students by the New Jersey Department of Education.[7]

History

Students from Plumsted Township had attended the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Plumsted Township School District prior to the passage of a referendum under which New Egypt High School was opened in September 2001 with an initial class of 100 students in ninth grade.[8]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2017–18 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[9]) are:[10][11][12]

• Newell Elementary School[13] with 513 students in pre-kindergarten through 4th grade
  • Kelly Huggins, Principal
  • Tara Silva, Vice Principal
• Stone Bridge Middle School[14] with 518 students in grades 5 - 8
  • Stefanie Negro, Principal
  • Brian Myslinski, Vice Principal
• Allentown High School[15] with 1,245 students in grades 9 - 12
  • Constance DeNicola Embley, Principal
  • Brandon Crosby, Vice Principal
  • Lynn Folino, Vice Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[12][16]

• Mark Guterl, Superintendent
• Patrick Pisano, 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.[17] The nine seats are allocated to the two constituent municipalities based on population, with five assigned to Upper Freehold Township and four to Allentown.[18] A tenth member is appointed by Millstone Township to represent that district on the Upper Freehold Board of Education.[19][20]

References

1. District information for Upper Freehold Regional 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. Upper Freehold Regional Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Upper Freehold Regional School District. Accessed March 17, 2020. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades kindergarten through twelfth in the Upper Freehold Regional School District. Composition: The Upper Freehold Regional School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of the Borough of Allentown and Upper Freehold Township."
4. Upper Freehold Regional School District 2016 School Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 17, 2020. "The students served by the UFRSD attend three different schools. Students in pre-kindergarten through grade 4 attend Newell Elementary School (NES), students in grades 5-8 attend the state-of-the-art Stone Bridge Middle School, (SBMS) and Allentown High School (AHS) welcomes students from Allentown, Upper Freehold, and Millstone."
5. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 17, 2015.
6. Interdistrict Public School Choice Program: Approved Choice Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 19, 2008.
7. Interdistrict Public School Choice Program: Introduction Archived 2010-01-04 at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 19, 2008.
8. Vosseller, Bob. "NHS receives high praise for curriculum", The New Egypt Press, September 14, 1999. Accessed August 12, 2014. "History will be made this week when 100 ninth-graders enter the New Egypt high School marking its inaugural class. Two years ago Plumsted Township voters in a strong majority vote withdrew from Allentown High School in the Upper Freehold Regional School District through a referendum vote."
9. Data for the Upper Freehold Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
10. Schools, Upper Freehold Regional School District. Accessed March 17, 2020.
11. New Jersey School Directory for the Upper Freehold Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
12. Administration Team, Upper Freehold Regional School District. Accessed March 17, 2020.
13. Newell Elementary School, Upper Freehold Regional School District. Accessed March 17, 2020.
14. Stone Bridge Middle School, Upper Freehold Regional School District. Accessed March 17, 2020.
15. Allentown High School, Upper Freehold Regional School District. Accessed March 17, 2020.
16. New Jersey School Directory for Monmouth County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
17. 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.
18. Upper Freehold Regional Board of Education District Policy 0141.2 - Board Member And Term - Receiving District, Upper Freehold Regional School District. Accessed March 17, 2020. "The Board of Education shall consist of 10 members (4 Allentown Borough, 5 Upper Freehold Township, 1 member shall represent the Millstone community as an AHS representative). The term shall be 3 years for each of the Allentown and Upper Freehold representatives. The Millstone Board member is selected by the Millstone Board of Education."
19. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Upper Freehold Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2018. Accessed March 1, 2020. "The Board of Education, comprised of ten members, nine are elected to three-year terms and one is appointed by the Millstone Board of Education annually."
20. Board of Education Members, Upper Freehold Regional School District. Accessed March 17, 2020.

External links

• Upper Freehold Regional School District
• Upper Freehold Regional School District's 2015–16 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• Data for the Upper Freehold Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics