The Winslow Township School District is a comprehensive community
public school district that serves students in
pre-kindergarten
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through
twelfth grade from
Winslow Township, in
Camden County,
New Jersey, United States. The district operates four elementary schools (grades PreK-3), two upper elementary schools (grades 4-6), one middle school (grades 7-8) and one high school (grades 9-12).
As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising eight schools, had an enrollment of 4,650 students and 456.0 classroom teachers (on an
FTE basis), for a
student–teacher ratio
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of 10.2:1.
[District information for Winslow Township 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
The New Jersey Department of Education (NJ DOE) administers state and federal aid programs affecting more than 1.4 million public and non-public elementary and secondary school children in the state of New Jersey. The department is headquartered ...
as being in
District Factor Group "CD", the sixth-highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common
socioeconomic 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
Chesilhurst attend the district's schools as part of a
sending/receiving relationship with the
Chesilhurst Borough School District. The Chesilhurst district had served public school students in
kindergarten through
sixth grade at Shirley B. Foster Elementary School until the completion of the 2008-09 school year, after which the district was no longer operating any schools and began sending all of its students to the Winslow Township district as part of an expansion of the pre-existing sending/receiving relationship that commenced in the 2009-10 school year.
History
The district was formed in 1998, after voters approved a split from the
Lower Camden County Regional School District, creating the Edgewood (later renamed Winslow) middle and high schools in 2001 to accompany the previously existing K-6 operation.
Winslow Township High School gained national attention in 2006 because of a shooting plot which was to take place during a lunch period. A student became aware of the plot and alerted school officials who in turn notified the Winslow Township Police Department. The students involved were arrested before the plot could be carried out. The only subject to be sentenced at this point has received four years probation and must undergo counseling and psychological evaluations.
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the
National Center for Education Statistics
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) are:
;Elementary schools
*Winslow Township Elementary School No. 1 (with 350 students; in grades PreK-3)
**Sharon Thomas-Galloway, principal
*Winslow Township Elementary School No. 2 (349; PreK-3)
**Lori Kelly, principal
*Winslow Township Elementary School No. 3 (390; PreK-3)
**Tamika Gilbert-Floyd, principal
*Winslow Township Elementary School No. 4 (508; PreK-3)
**Sheresa Clement, principal
*Winslow Township Elementary School No. 5 (566; 4-6)
**Dr. Nython Carter, principal
*Winslow Township Elementary School No. 6 (483; 4-6)
**Glen M. Jackson Sr., principal
;Middle school
*Winslow Township Middle School (720; 7-8)
**Stella Nwanguma, principal
;High school
*
Winslow Township High School (1,180; 9-12)
**Kurtis Marella, principal
Administration
The superintendent is H. Major Poteat. The Board Secretary / Business Administrator is Tyra McCoy-Boyle.
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 ...
, with 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.
Board of Education
Winslow Township School District. Accessed May 19, 2020. "The Winslow Township Board of Education is nine community members, each elected to a three-year term."
References
External links
Winslow Township School District
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School Data for the Winslow Township School District
National Center for Education Statistics
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance ...
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Chesilhurst, New Jersey
Winslow Township, New Jersey
New Jersey District Factor Group CD
School districts in Camden County, New Jersey
School districts established in 1998