The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District is a regional

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serving students from two communities in Union County,

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, United States. The district serves students in

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through

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, who come from the Township of Scotch Plains and the Borough of Fanwood. The district has five elementary schools (PreK-Grade 4), two middle schools (Grades 5-8) and a comprehensive high school (Grades 9-12). As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising eight schools, had an enrollment of 5,649 students and 438.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 12.9:1.District information for Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District

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

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as being in District Factor Group "I", the second-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.

Schools

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

) are: ;Elementary schools *Howard B. Brunner Elementary School with 414 students in grades PreK-4 **Scott Bortnick, Principal *J. Ackerman Coles School with 552 students in grades PreK-4 **Sandra Burghgraef-Fehte, Principal *Evergreen School with 402 students in grades PreK-4 **Colleen Haubert, Principal *William J. McGinn School with 512 students in grades K-4 **Dr. Sasha Slocum, Principal *School One with 401 students in grades PreK-4 **Justin Fiory, Principal ;Middle schools *Malcolm E. Nettingham Middle School with 909 students in grades 5-8. The school, formerly known as Park Middle School, was renamed in 2021 to honor Nettingham, who had served with the

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. **Dr. Jocelyn Dumaresq, Principal **Kristie Morano, Assistant Principal *Terrill Middle School with 811 students in grades 5-8 **Dr. Kevin Holloway, Principal **Raffaele Gerace, Assistant Principal ;High school * Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School with 1,574 students in grades 9-12 **Dr. David Heisey, Principal **Timothy Donahue, Assistant Principal **Brooke Esposito, Assistant Principal **Ryan Miller, Assistant Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: *Dr. Joan Mast, Superintendent of Schools *Christopher Jones, Business Administrator and 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. 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. Seats on the board of education are allocated based on the population of the constituent districts, with seven seats assigned to Scotch Plains and two to Fanwood.Wilkes-Edrington, Lindsay
"School Board Candidates to State Their Cases Tonight"
Scotch Plains-Fanwood, NJ Patch, April 6, 2019. Accessed May 27, 2020. "Scotch Plains-Fanwood has nine total Board of Education members, split geographically based on population – seven from Scotch Plains and two from Fanwood."

References

External links

Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District
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School Data for the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District

{{Union County, New Jersey School Districts Fanwood, New Jersey Scotch Plains, New Jersey New Jersey District Factor Group I School districts in Union County, New Jersey