The Central Regional School District is a regional
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school district
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in
Ocean County
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, United States, which serves students in
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through
twelfth grade
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Seaside Heights
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As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of two schools, had an enrollment of 2,414 students and 177.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a
student–teacher ratio
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. Accessed December 1, 2022.
The district is classified by the
New Jersey Department of Education
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as being in
District Factor Group
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"B", the second-lowest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common
socioeconomic
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characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.
History
The district was established in September 1954 with Berkeley Township, Island Heights, Lacey Township, Ocean Gate, Seaside Heights and Seaside Park as the constituent municipalities.
Students from the six constituent municipalities had previously attended the
Toms River Regional Schools
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, before the new district completed its school building that was constructed on a site covering at a cost of $1,430,000 (equivalent to $ million in ). The school opened to students in September 1956 as Central Regional Junior-Senior High School with students from the six constituent municipalities, along with students from Brick Township, who attended as part of a
sending/receiving relationship
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. The formal dedication was deferred to late February 1957 due to construction delays.
With the withdrawal of grades 7 and 8 starting in the 1980–81 school year and the opening of
Lacey Township High School
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in 1981, Lacey Township began dissolving its participation in the Central Regional district.
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the
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) are:
*Central Regional Middle School with 772 students in grades 7 and 8
**Joseph F. Firetto, Principal
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Central Regional High School
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with 1,619 students in grades 9 - 12
**Irene P. Marousis, Principal
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:''2021-2022 Student Handbook'' Central Regional School District. Accessed March 11, 2022.
*Douglas Corbett, Acting Superintendent
*Kevin O'Shea, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
A 14-year-old female student committed suicide in February 2023 after videos of her being physically attacked in a hallway of the school surfaced online. The student's father believes that public humiliation and continued online bullying after this event spurred his daughter to end her own life. Later that month, Superintendent Triantafillos Parlapanides resigned after it was reveled that he had disclosed private information about the student to a UK newspaper; the district named Douglas Corbett, an assistant superintendent and former principal, as acting superintendent.
Board of education
The district's
board of education
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, comprised of 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 district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district. Seats on the board of education are allocated based on the population of the constituent municipalities, with five seats assigned to Berkeley Township, and one each to Island Heights, Ocean Gate, Seaside Heights and Seaside Park.Board Members Central Regional School District. Accessed January 21, 2020.
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