The Bergen County Special Services School District is a

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based in

Paramus Paramus ( Waggoner, Walter H ''The New York Times'', February 16, 1966. Accessed October 16, 2018. "Paramus – pronounced puh-RAHM-us, with the accent on the second syllable – may have taken its name from 'perremus' or 'perymus,' Indian for ...

, serving the educational needs of classified students ages 3 to 21 from

Bergen County Bergen County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of New Jersey.New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...

, United States. Established in 1971, it was the first of eight special services districts established in the state. As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of six schools, had an enrollment of NA students and 201.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

student–teacher ratio Student–teacher ratio or student–faculty ratio is the number of students who attend a school or university divided by the number of teachers in the institution. For example, a student–teacher ratio of 10:1 indicates that there are 10 students ...

of NA:1.District information for Bergen County Special Services School District

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. Accessed December 1, 2022.

History

The

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passed an act in 1971 that created the school district. In 1995 the administrations of this district and

Bergen County Technical Schools Bergen County Technical Schools (BCTS) is a county technical school district that serves as the vocational / technical education arm of all the school districts within the 70 municipalities in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The primar ...

(BCTS) combined with BCTS's administration team prevailing.

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: *Dr. Howard Lerner, Superintendent *John Susino, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

Schools and programs

Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the

) are: * Norman A. Bleshman Regional Day School (Paramus) - School for multiply impaired (with 71 students; grades 9-12) ; Programs at other campuses * Bogota Program (at

Bogota Junior/Senior High School Bogota High School (formally known as Bogota Jr./Sr. High School) is a comprehensive public high school that serves students in seventh through twelfth grade from Bogota, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone seco ...

) * Visions Becton (at Henry P. Becton Regional High School) * Visions Paramus Elementary (at Parkway School) * Visions Middle School Paramus (at Westbrook Middle School) * Visions Paramus High School (at

Paramus High School Paramus High School is an American four-year comprehensive public high school, located in Paramus, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as the lone secondary school of the Paramus Public ...

)

References

External links

Bergen County Special Services School District
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Data for the Bergen County Special Services School District

{{Bergen County, New Jersey School Districts 1971 establishments in New Jersey Paramus, New Jersey School districts in Bergen County, New Jersey School districts established in 1971