Millville Public Schools is a
school district
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that serves students in
pre-kindergarten
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-
twelfth grade
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from the city of
Millville, in
Cumberland County Cumberland County may refer to:
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Canada
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,
New Jersey
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, United States. The district is one of 31 former
Abbott district
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s statewide that were established pursuant to the decision by the
New Jersey Supreme Court
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in ''Abbott v. Burke'' which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the
New Jersey Schools Development Authority
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.
As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of nine schools, had an enrollment of 5,540 students and 420.0 classroom teachers (on an
FTE basis), for a
student–teacher ratio
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of 13.2:1.
[District information for Millville School District]
National Center for Education Statistics
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. Accessed April 1, 2020.
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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"A", the 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 the lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.
The district has high school
sending/receiving relationship
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s with
Commercial Township,
Lawrence Township and
Maurice River Township
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. Students from
Woodbine had attended the district's high school programs until a July 2013 ruling by the
New Jersey Department of Transportation
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under which Woodbine students would start attending
Middle Township High School
Middle Township High School is a four-year public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Middle Township in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Middle Township Public Schools. In ...
as of September 2014, while Woodbine students who had already started attendance in Millville would be allowed to graduate.
History
In 2013
Woodbine School District chose to change its receiving high school district from Millville district to
Middle Township School District
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, which meant it would begin sending high school students to
Middle Township High School
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instead of the Millville high schools. Lynda Anderson-Towns, superintendent of the Woodbine district, cited the closer proximity and smaller size of Middle Township High.
Millville is away from Woodbine while Middle Township High is from Woodbine.
As part of a project $137 million project begun in 2019 and funded by the
New Jersey Schools Development Authority
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, Millville Senior High School has undergone a project that will add of space, which will allow all high school students to attend high school in a single building; when complete, the phased high school expansion project will add of new space at the high school, as well as extensive renovations to existing facilities in the building. Starting in the 1960s, grades 9-10 have been served in Memorial High School and grades 9-12 at Millville Senior High School.
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the
National Center for Education Statistics
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) are:
;Preschool
*Child Family Center with 614 students in PreK
**JoAnn Burns, Principal
;Primary schools
*R. M. Bacon Elementary School with 296 students in grades K-5
**Dr Spike Cook, Principal
*Holly Heights Elementary School with 500 students in grades K-5
**Stephen Saul, Principal
*Mt. Pleasant Elementary School with 242 students in grades K-5
**Harry Drew, Principal
*Rieck Avenue Elementary School with 470 students in grades K-5
**Mike Coyle, Principal
*Silver Run Elementary School with 518 students in grades K-5
**Eric Reissek, Principal
;Middle schools
*Lakeside Middle School with 1,074 students in grades 6-8
**Amanda Gauntt, Principal
;High schools
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Memorial High School Memorial High School may refer to:
United States As ''Memorial High School'' alone
*Memorial High School (Millville, New Jersey)
*Memorial High School (West New York, New Jersey)
*Memorial High School (St. Marys, Ohio)
* Memorial High School (Tul ...
with 807 students in grades 9-10
**Jamie Sutton, Principal
*
Millville Senior High School
Millville Senior High School is a comprehensive community public high school located in Millville, in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in eleventh grade and twelfth grade as part of the Millville Public Schools. ...
with 887 students in grades 11-12
;Alternative school
*Thunderbolt Academy is a partnership between Millville Public Schools and Camelot Education. Camelot offers an alternative setting for students facing behavioral, emotional or academic challenges.
**At one time it used leased space at the ex-St. Mary Magdalen Regional School building, but in 2017 the district announced it would move it into the former Wood elementary building, which meant the district would spend $50,000 fewer each year.
[Smith, Joseph P]
"Millville closing R.D. Wood Elementary to save money"
'' The Daily Journal'', March 17, 2017. Accessed July 9, 2020. "The city school system is dropping a budget ax on its oldest institution — R.D. Wood Elementary School.... Gentile told ''The Daily Journal'' the district faces a 2017-18 budget gap of about $3 million based on its current anticipation of state aid. Closing Wood School would save a little more than $1.8 million, including transportation costs."
Former schools
R. D. Wood Elementary School, which opened in 1915 and therefore at the time was the oldest school in the district, was closed at the end of the 2017-18 school year. The closure was estimated to result in savings of $1.8 million annually.
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Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:
*Tony Trongone, Superintendent
*Richard Davidson, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
Board of education
The district's board of education
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The elected council determines the educational policy in a small regional are ...
, 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.
Student body
In 2008 the district had about 6,400 students, including 60 high school students from Woodbine. In 2013 the district had a total of 1,900 students at the high school level, with its high school facilities being overcrowded.[
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References
External links
Millville Public Schools
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School Data for the Millville Public Schools
National Center for Education Statistics
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Millville, New Jersey
New Jersey Abbott Districts
New Jersey District Factor Group A
School districts in Cumberland County, New Jersey