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The Lower Township School District is a comprehensive community
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that serves students in
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through
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from Lower Township, in
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, United States. As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of four schools, had an enrollment of 1,519 students and 149.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a
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of 10.2:1.District information for Lower Township Elementary School District
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. Accessed February 15, 2022.
The district is classified by the
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as being in
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"B", the second lowest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common
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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. The Lower Township School District participates in the
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, which allows non-resident students to attend the district's schools without cost to their parents, with tuition paid by the state. Seats in the program for non-resident students are specified by the district and are allocated by lottery. For
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s, public school students attend the schools of the
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, which also serves students from Cape May City and West Cape May, along with students from Cape May Point who attend the district as part of a
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. Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the
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) are Richard M. Teitelman Middle School with 480 students in grades 7-8 and
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with 750 students in grades 9-12.


History

In 1931, Cape May Point School District closed its only school and began sending students to Lower Township schools. Currently Cape May Point sends to Cape May City Elementary School.


Awards and recognition

Maud Abrams School was recognized by Governor
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in 2003 as one of 25 schools selected statewide for the First Annual Governor's School of Excellence award.


Schools and facilities

Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the
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) are: *David C. Douglass Veterans Memorial School with 312 students in grades PreK-K **The school is in the
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The area was identical as of the
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Memorial School is in the CDP.
Its building capacity is 529.Johnson, Virgil; and Kirtland, James L
"A Feasibility Study to Reconfigure the Lower Cape May Regional School District"
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**Christopher Shivers, Principal *Carl T. Mitnick School with 440 students in grades 1-2 **The school is in the Cold Spring community. Its student capacity is 552. The district administration is on the school property, behind the main school building. Additionally the property houses the Lower Township Children's Memorial Garden, which is in honor of students who died. The school was named after Carl T. Mitnick, who donated land to the township. He developed Tranquility Park and did development in
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. **Christina Granero, Principal *Maud T. Abrams School with 355 students in grades 3-4 **The school is in the Cold Spring community. Groundbreaking occurred in 1966, and its cost was to be $595,000. Its building capacity is 616. **John King, Principal *Charles W. Sandman Consolidated School with 388 students in grades 5-6 **The school is in the Cold Spring community. Its building capacity is 518. **The Lower Township Consolidated School opened circa 1930. Articles described it as being in Cold Spring,
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or in Erma. In 1932 a fire destroyed the building, which was described as having ten, or eight rooms. The building was replaced, and in 1949 there were plans to convert a kitchen and an auditorium into classrooms. In 1986 it was renamed after
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after all members of the school board agreed to do so. **The district administration was formerly in the Sandman facility. It occupied what the district called a "brown Victorian structure". By 2017 this administration building was demolished. **Van Cathcart, Principal File:David C. Douglass Veterans Memorial School.jpg, David C. Douglass Memorial School in
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, which has preschool and kindergarten classes File:Maud Abrams School entrance sign.jpg, Maud Abrams School in Cold Spring, which houses grades 3-4 File:Charles W. Sandman Consolidated School C.jpg,
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Consolidated School in Cold Spring, which houses grades 5-6 (previously the administration building was next to it)


Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:Staff
Lower Township School District. Accessed February 11, 2020.
*Jeff Samaniego, Superintendent *Frank Onorato, Interim Business Administrator / Board Secretary


Board of education

The district's
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is comprised of nine members who set policy and oversee 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.Board of Education
Lower Township School District. Accessed August 4, 2022.


References


External links

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School Data for the Lower Township School District
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