Jamesburg High School was a

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that operated in Jamesburg, Middlesex County,

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, United States, as the lone secondary school of the

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until its closure at the end of the 1978–79 school year. Prior to opening its own high school, students from Jamesburg would attend either

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.The Proud History of Jamesburg High School
Jamesburg.net. Accessed November 26, 2017. "In 1905, a group of interested Jamesburg citizens assembled to discuss their children’s continuing education. Although the Borough of Jamesburg had a fine elementary school, students wishing to pursue a secondary education had to board a train and travel to either Freehold or New Brunswick to attend high school. After much discussion and thoughtful reflection, it was decided that Jamesburg would open its own high school." The borough's first high school opened in 1906, with seven students in the district's elementary school sharing a common teacher with the eighth grade. In its early years, the school served students from the surrounding Middlesex and

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county communities of Cranbury,

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, Englishtown,

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, Monroe Township, Old Bridge Township and Spotswood. The high school relocated in 1912.Petersen, Tara
"Jamesburg to mark old high school site 25 years after it was closed, alumni are still singing its praises"
''Sentinel-EBS News'', June 10, 2004. Accessed November 26, 2017. "The school first opened in 1906 as the first high school in southern Middlesex County, and drew students from surrounding communities including Monroe, Spotswood, Cranbury, Old Bridge, East Brunswick, Helmetta, Englishtown, Madison and Manalapan. It was a single classroom at that time. The school moved across the street in 1912, then to its final location on Forsgate Drive in 1932." After multiple votes to create a new high school facility had failed, construction of a building to meet the expanding demand began in 1931 and the school opened in September 1932. Constructed at a cost of $165,000, the facility included 17 classrooms, an auditorium and a gymnasium. Students from South Brunswick had attended the district until 1960, when South Brunswick High School was opened as the Jamesburg district would no longer accept students from the township after the 1959–60 school year. The

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voted in May 1979 to shut down the high school, which with an enrollment of 182 students was the smallest in the state. Starting with the 1979–80 school year, Jamesburg began sending students to

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as part of a

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with the

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. Students from

had been attending Jamesburg High School under a sending/receiving agreement, and switched its students to Spotswood High School. By the time the school closed, there were 4,100 graduates. The first building to house the high school was eventually demolished and replaced by the current Grace M. Breckwedel Middle School building. The second building that housed the high school was turned into an office complex, which is still there today and known as Forsgate Commons. It is located on the intersection of Forsgate Drive and Davison Ave, right behind the district's John F. Kennedy Elementary School.

Athletics

The baseball team won the Central Jersey Group I state sectional title in 1960 and 1961. The boys' soccer team was won the Group I championship playoffs in 1961 (defeating

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in the tournament final), 1962 (vs. Blairstown), 1963 (declared as state champion), 1966 (as co-champion with

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), 1971 (vs. Harrison), 1972 (as co-champion with Harrison) and 1973 (vs. Chatham Borough High School). A 2–1 overtime win against Blairstown in the Group I final gave the team a 14–2 record for the season. The team ran their record to 11–1 after winning the 1962 Group I state title with a 2–1 overtime win against Blairstown in the championship game played at

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. The 1966 team finished the season at 12–0–4 after coming back to tie Harrison 1–1 in the Group I championship game. The 1972 team finished the season with a 15–0–1 record after being declared as the Group I title co-champion with Harrison following a 1–1 tie after double overtime in the tournament final played at

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Notable alumni

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(born 1960, class of 1978), politician who previously served in the

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from 1996 to 2018 representing the 15th Legislative District and is currently the mayor of Trenton.''Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey: 2004 Edition''
p. 265. Lawyers Diary and Manual, LLC. . Accessed November 26, 2017. "Assemblyman Gusciora was born March 27, 1960, in Passaic. He attended public schools in Jamesburg and graduated from Jamesburg High School in 1978."

References

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