The Bordentown Regional School District is a comprehensive regional

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that serves students in

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through

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from communities in

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, United States. The district serves students from Bordentown City, Bordentown Township and Fieldsboro Borough. As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of five schools, had an enrollment of 2,373 students and 194.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 12.2:1.District information for Bordentown Regional School District

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. Accessed February 15, 2022. The district is classified by the

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as being in

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"DE", the fifth 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. The

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, consisting of non-military portions of New Hanover Township (including its

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area) and Wrightstown Borough, sends students to Bordentown Regional High School on a tuition basis for grades 9-12 as part of a

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that has been in place since the 1960s, with about 50 students from the New Hanover district being sent to the high school. As of 2011, the New Hanover district was considering expansion of its relationship to send students to Bordentown for middle school for grades 6-8.

History

In 1948, during

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, the district had a school for black children. - CITED: p. 85. The article erroneously states it is "Bordentown County". Edward Forsthoffer retired effective July 1, 2021, and was succeeded by Trudy Atkins.

Awards and recognition

Bordentown Regional High School was recognized by Governor Jim McGreevey in 2003 as one of 25 schools selected statewide for the First Annual Governor's School of Excellence award. For the 2005-06 school year, Peter Muschal School was one of 22 schools statewide selected as Governor's School of Excellence Winners, an award given to schools that have demonstrated significant academic improvement over the previous two academic years.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the

) are: ;Elementary schools *Clara Barton Elementary School with 235 students in grades K-2 (generally serves Bordentown City and the Holloway Meadows section of Bordentown Township) **Louisa Kenny, principal *Peter Muschal Elementary School with 522 students in grades PreK-5 (generally serves remainder of Bordentown Township and the Borough of Fieldsboro) **Megan Geibel, principal *MacFarland Intermediate School with 243 students in grades 3-5 **Daniel Riether, principal ;Middle school *Bordentown Regional Middle School with 576 students in grades 6-8 **Joseph F. Sprague, principal ;High school *

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with 766 students in grades 9-12 **Robert Walder, principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:Administrative Team
Bordentown Regional School District. Accessed February 7, 2020. *Dr. Trudy Atkins, superintendent *Chifonda Henry, 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. The board's nine seats are allocated based on the population of the constituent municipalities, with six seats assigned to Bordentown Township, two seats to Bordentown City and one seat to Fieldsboro; a tenth, non-voting seat is assigned to New Hanover Township.''Government That Works; Opportunities For Change: The Report of the Bordentown Regional School District''

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, September 1999. Accessed February 7, 2020. "The Bordentown Regional School District is composed of three municipalities, Bordentown Township (Township), Bordentown City (City) and Fieldsboro Borough (Borough). The school district is governed by a Board of Education consisting of five members from the Township, three from the City, and one from the Borough, and one non-voting member from the New Hanover Township District, which sends students in grades nine through twelve on a tuition basis."

References

External links

Bordentown Regional School District
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Data for the Bordentown Regional School District

Local Government Budget Review - Bordentown Regional School District: September 1999
{{Burlington County, New Jersey School Districts Bordentown, New Jersey Bordentown Township, New Jersey Fieldsboro, New Jersey New Jersey District Factor Group DE School districts in Burlington County, New Jersey