Pemberton Township School District is a comprehensive community

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headquartered in

Pemberton Township Pemberton Township is a township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the township's population was 26,903, a drop of 1,009 from the 2010 census count of 27,912, which reflected a decline of 779 (� ...

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, United States, serving students in

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through

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.District Overview
Pemberton Township School District. Accessed May 13, 2020. "Pemberton Township Schools serves approximately 5,000 students from Pemberton Township, Pemberton Borough and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. With a dedicated early childhood education center serving 3 and 4 year-old pre-kindergarten students, seven elementary schools (grades kindergarten through 5th), two middle schools (one for grade 6, another for grades 7 and 8), and high school (grades 9-12), Pemberton Township Schools provide a quality, comprehensive education for all students." The district is one of 31 former

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s statewide that were established pursuant to the decision by the

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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

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. The school district serves Pemberton Township (including the communities of Browns Mills, Country Lake Estates, Pemberton Heights and Presidential Lakes Estates and the Pemberton Township portion of

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) along with Pemberton Borough. As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of nine schools, had an enrollment of 4,443 students.District information for Pemberton Township School District

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. Accessed December 1, 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.

History

Previously the district had two high schools, and in 1989 had plans to expand space at High School No. 2. In 1991 the district began reducing access to interviewing students who were living on-post at Fort Dix and students of other Fort Dix families, stating that military parents wanted such access reduced. In 1996, legislation signed into law would allow the

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to sever its

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with the Pemberton Township School District and join the

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. Woodland Township had been sending about 30 students a year -- and nearly $300,000 in tuition payments -- to join the 1,350 students at Pemberton Township High School as part of a relationship that dated back to the 1920s. For years, the Pemberton district had refused Woodland Township's repeated requests to terminate the relationship. In May 1997, the Lenape district agreed to start accepting students from Woodland Township at Lenape High School starting with the 1997-98 school year and to add Woodland Township as the regional district's eight constituent municipality. In 1997 the district had almost 7,000 students, with about 700 living on

. That year there were plans to shift the Fort Dix students to North Hanover schools. Pemberton school officials were against that move.

Operations

the U.S. military directly pays the school district for education of students, since the district cannot collect property-based school taxes from families on military bases.

Attendance area

It is the singular school district for most of the township, except portions on

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, which is listed by the

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as having its own school district.
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(DoDEA) does not operate any schools on that base. Students on-post in the McGuire and Dix areas (

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and

) may attend one of the following in their grade levels, with all siblings in a family taking the same choice: Pemberton Township District,

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, and

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Awards and recognition

Pemberton High School was awarded AP District Honor Roll for simultaneously achieving increases in access to Advanced Placement courses for a broader number of students and also maintaining or improved rate at which the school's AP students earned scores of 3 or higher on an AP Exam. In the 2016–2017 school year, Helen Fort Newcomb Middle School, Howard Emmons School and Alexander Denbo School were recognized as State Schools of Character by the New Jersey Alliance for Social, Emotional, and Character Development. In the 2017–2018 school year, Samuel Busansky, Fort Dix, Harker-Wylie and Joseph Stackhouse elementary schools, along with Pemberton Early Childhood Education Center were recognized as State Schools of Character by the NEW Jersey Alliance for Social, Emotional, and Character Development.

Student body

In 1988 23% of the students in the Pemberton district were from military families.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the

) are: ;Preschool *Pemberton Early Childhood Education Center (with 416 students; PreK) **Deborah Ceplo, principal ;Elementary schools *Samuel T. Busansky Elementary School (281; 3–5) **Maureen DiBella, assistant director; Norman Adams, principal *Denbo-Crichton Elementary School (850; K–5) **Brett Thorp, principal *Howard L. Emmons Elementary School (293; K-2) **John Schmidt, principal *Fort Dix Elementary School (317; PreK-5) **Darvis Holley, principal *Joseph S. Stackhouse Elementary School (223; K-2) **Robin Blue, principal ;Middle schools *Marcus Newcomb Middle School (307; 6) **Ashley Walulak, principal *Helen A. Fort Middle School (661; 7–8) **Tami Strege, principal ;High school *

Pemberton Township High School Pemberton Township High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade from Pemberton Township, in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school ...

(1,029; 9–12) **Jermaine Blount, principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: * Jeff Havers, superintendent, * Marie Goodwin, interim school business administrator and board secretary

Board of education

The district's

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, 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.Board Members
Pemberton Township School District. Accessed January 1, 2023.

References

External links

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School Data for the Pemberton Township School District

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