Port Jervis City School District (PJCSD) is an American
school district
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North America United States
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headquartered in
Port Jervis, New York
Port Jervis is a city located at the confluence of the Neversink and Delaware rivers in western Orange County, New York, United States, north of the Delaware Water Gap. Its population was 8,775 at the 2020 census. The communities of Deerpark, ...
. The district runs four schools, 2 elementary schools, 1 middle school, and one high school. The district's students come from Port Jervis and sections of
Deerpark,
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Forestburgh is a town in Sullivan County, New York, United States. The population was 808 at the 2020 census. It is where the Neversink River enters the Neversink Gorge and flows over High Falls. The ZIP code of Forestburgh, New York is 12777.
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and Mamakating in Sullivan County.
History
In 2017, the school board decided to remove Tom Bongiovi as superintendent, with a severance of almost $299,262; Bongiovi left on July 25, 2017. By 2018, the school board had selected Mike Rydell as the new superintendent.
On July 19, 2022, Port Jervis City School District held a meeting where it named John Bell the new superintendent. Previously, Bell had served as the superintendent of the nearby Delaware Valley School District
The Delaware Valley School District is a midsized, rural, public school district located in Pike County, Pennsylvania. Delaware Valley School District encompasses 196.12 mi² (507.9 km²), covering the Boroughs of Matamoras and Milford and Del ...
from 2012 to 2022. He also graduated from Port Jervis High School, The High School run by the district, in 1985.
Demographics
From circa 1928, the Montague Township School District
The Montague Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Montague Township, in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2020–21 s ...
of Montague Township, New Jersey
Montague Township is a township in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States, in the New York City Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 3,847, reflecting an increase of 435 (+12.7%) from the 3,41 ...
sent its high school-aged students to Port Jervis High School
Port Jervis High School (PJHS or "Port") is a public high school in Deerpark, New York, with a Port Jervis postal address. A part of Port Jervis City School District, it is on U.S. Route 209, sharing a property with Anna S. Kuhl Elementary School ...
; the Montague district was the only New Jersey school district to send its students outside of New Jersey to complete certain grade levels.High Point Regional High School
High Point Regional High School is a comprehensive four-year public high school located in Wantage Township, New Jersey, United States (with a Sussex postal address), which is the sole high school in its school district.
The district educate ...
instead,[ effective September 2014. Some parents had sought to continue sending their children to Port Jervis High, so High Point officials were looking into possible agreements related to that.][ By 2017, all grade levels for high school students were to be sent to High Point.][Montague Township School District 2015 District Narrative]
New Jersey School Report Card
The New Jersey School Report Card is an annual report produced each year by the New Jersey Department of Education for all school districts and schools in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The current School Report Card presents thirty-five fields of ...
. Accessed June 7, 2016. "In September 2014, the district began to transition incoming ninth grade students from the Port Jervis City School District in Port Jervis New York into High Point Regional School District in Jew Jersey. The transition of high school students into High Point Regional School District will be complete by 2017." The Montague District also began housing middle school students at the Montague School.
As a result, the Port Jervis District was projected to lose $1,800,000 by 2018 towards lost tuition fees that were previously paid by Montague Township. The Port Jervis district planned to spread the impact of the tuition loss across several fiscal years.[
In 2013, the district had 128 students enrolled at the secondary level who were from Montague Township, New Jersey.][
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Schools
* Port Jervis High School
Port Jervis High School (PJHS or "Port") is a public high school in Deerpark, New York, with a Port Jervis postal address. A part of Port Jervis City School District, it is on U.S. Route 209, sharing a property with Anna S. Kuhl Elementary School ...
(Deerpark, with a Port Jervis postal address)
* Port Jervis Middle School (Port Jervis)
* Hamilton Bicentennial Elementary School (Cuddebackville
Cuddebackville is a hamlet in the town of Deerpark, located in Orange County, New York, United States. Taking US-209, Its location is about north of Port Jervis. Cuddebackville is home to Hamilton Bicentennial Elementary School which is run by ...
, Deerpark)
* Anna S. Kuhl Elementary School (Deerpark, with a Port Jervis postal address)
Anna S. Kuhl and Port Jervis High are on the same property.
References
External links
Port Jervis City School District
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School districts in New York (state)
Education in Orange County, New York
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Education in Sussex County, New Jersey