The Monroe 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 Monroe Township, in Middlesex County,

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, United States. As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of eight schools, had an enrollment of 6,829 students and 533.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 12.8:1.District information for Monroe Township School District

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. Accessed April 1, 2020. The district is classified by the

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as being in

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"FG", the fourth highest 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. Students from Jamesburg attend Monroe Township High School as part of a

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with the

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established in 1980.

Awards and recognition

During the 1991–92 academic school year, Mill Lake Elementary School received the National Blue Ribbon Award of Excellence from the

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, the highest honor that an American school can achieve. This honor was followed during the 1998–99 academic school year at Barclay Brook Elementary School. Monroe Township could now boast that both their pre-K through third grade schools received the honor.

Curriculum

In 1996 the

revised the elementary school core curriculum to require foreign language classes. In mid-October 1999 the district sent a questionnaire to 13,000 houses regarding what language should be taught to elementary students. The district received 458 back. 271 of those questionnaires chose Spanish, 96 of the returned questionnaires indicated a preference for

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and the remaining 91 requested other languages that included Latin, Russian, and English itself. Stephen E. Derkoski, the assistant superintendent, stated that "We can't ignore" that the area houses had a preference of Spanish over Chinese on a 3 to 1 basis.Moroz, Jennifer
"Monroe Picks Spanish For Its Grade Schools A Panel Urged Chinese To Fulfill The Foreign-language Requirement. But Parents' Wishes Swayed The Board."
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''. November 17, 1999. Accessed May 16, 2014. In November 1999, the school board voted 7–1 to designate Spanish as the foreign language used in elementary schools.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the

) are: ;Elementary schools *Applegarth Elementary School with 439 students in grades 4-5 **Dawn Graziano, principal **Magdalena Fidura, vice principal *Barclay Brook Elementary School with 314 students in grades PreK-2 **Erinn Mahoney, principal *Brookside Elementary School with 400 students in grades 3-5 **Antonio Pepe, principal **Magdalena Fidura, vice principal *Mill Lake Elementary School with 544 students in grades PreK-2 **Kristen Mignoli, principal **Samantha McCloud, vice principal *Oak Tree Elementary School with 700 students in grades PreK-3 **Patricia Dinsmore, principal **Pamela Amendola, vice principal *Woodland Elementary School with 350 students in grades 3-5 **Adam Layman, principal **Samantha McCloud, vice principal ;Middle school *Monroe Township Middle School with 1,702 students in grades 6-8 **Chari Chanley, principal **James Higgins, vice principal **William Jacoutot, vice principal **Scott Sidler, vice principal ;High school *

Monroe Township High School Monroe Township High School is a comprehensive four-year public high school located in Monroe Township, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades part of the Monroe Township School Distr ...

with 2,330 students in grades 9-12 **Kevin Higgins, principal **Giuseppe Calella, vice principal **James Cernansky, vice principal **Michael Collins, vice principal **Terri Weiss, vice principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: *Chari Chanley, superintendent *Laura Allen, acting business administrator and board secretary

Board of education

The district's

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, comprised of nine elected 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; a tenth member is appointed by the Jamesburg district to represent its interests on the Monroe Township school board. 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.Board of Education
Monroe Township School District. Accessed October 7, 2020.

References

External links

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Data for the Monroe Township School District

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