Collingswood Public Schools

Collingswood Public Schools
200 Lees Avenue
Collingswood, NJ 08108
District information
Grades PreK to 12
Superintendent Dr. Scott A. Oswald
Business administrator Beth Ann Coleman
Schools 7
Students and staff
Enrollment 1,674 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty 175.7 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 9.5:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group FG
Website collingswood.k12.nj.us
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-12
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$18,64446$18,891-1.3%
1Budgetary Cost15,7115614,7836.3%
2Classroom Instruction9,178598,7634.7%
6Support Services2,415542,3921.0%
8Administrative Cost1,593471,4857.3%
10Operations & Maintenance1,981601,78311.1%
13Extracurricular Activities5316026898.1%
16Median Teacher Salary61,7502864,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with 1,800-3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=68

The Collingswood Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Collingswood, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its seven schools had an enrollment of 1,674 students and 175.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.5:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "FG", the fourth-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.[3]

Students in ninth through twelfth grades from Woodlynne attend Collingswood High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Woodlynne School District. Students in grades 10-12 from Oaklyn attend the high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Oaklyn Public School District.[4][5]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[6]) are:[7]

Elementary schools
  • James A. Garfield Elementary School[8] (grades K-5; 130 students)
  • Mark Newbie Elementary School[9] (K-5; 126)
  • Thomas Sharp Elementary School[10] (PreK-5; 165)
  • William P. Tatem Elementary School[11] (K-5; 225)
  • Zane North Elementary School[12] (PreK-5; 172)
Middle school
  • Collingswood Middle School[13] for grades 6-8 (340)
High school

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[15][16]

  • Dr. Scott A. Oswald, Superintendent
  • Beth Ann Coleman, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

Programs

On November 15, 1994, the International Educational Systems (IES) Language Foundation was scheduled to begin an afterschool language program for students of the Collingswood district in the 2nd through 6th grades. For a $36 ($59.44 according to inflation) monthly fee students could take Spanish or French classes. They were to be held for one hour once per week.[17]

Controversy

The school district gained national and international media attention for calling the police on a 3rd grader, who allegedly made inappropriate remarks about brownies served at an end-of-year school party. The incident has brought attention to a school district policy of involving armed law enforcement officers to deal with all school discipline matters including name calling, resulting in up to five police visits a day according to Superintendent Scott Oswald. According to media reports, students are denied access to their parents and legal counsel during law enforcement interrogations, which take place within the school.[18]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Collingswood Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 13, 2014.
  4. ↑ Collingswood High School, South Jersey magazine. Accessed December 13, 2014. "Collingswood High School serves about 850 students in grades nine through twelve from the Collingswood, Oaklyn, and Woodlynne school districts."
  5. ↑ Giordano, Rita. "N.J. puts pressure on schools to share Collingswood, Oaklyn, and Woodlynne are just three districts being pushed to combine services - or more.", The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 11, 2009. Accessed December 13, 2014. "Collingswood, Oaklyn, and Woodlynne, she said, are reasonable candidates for administrative sharing. Oaklyn Superintendent Tommy Stringer is due to retire in December, and Woodlynne has an interim superintendent, Walter Rudder. Collingswood Superintendent Scott Oswald is established and well-regarded. Oaklyn and Woodlynne students attend Collingswood High School."
  6. ↑ School Data for the Collingswood Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  7. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Collingswood Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  8. ↑ James A. Garfield Elementary School, Collingswood Public Schools. Accessed August 10, 2017.
  9. ↑ Mark Newbie Elementary School, Collingswood Public Schools. Accessed August 10, 2017.
  10. ↑ Thomas Sharp Elementary School, Collingswood Public Schools. Accessed August 10, 2017.
  11. ↑ William P. Tatem Elementary School, Collingswood Public Schools. Accessed August 10, 2017.
  12. ↑ Zane North Elementary School, Collingswood Public Schools. Accessed August 10, 2017.
  13. ↑ Collingswood Middle School, Collingswood Public Schools. Accessed August 10, 2017.
  14. ↑ Collingswood High School, Collingswood Public Schools. Accessed August 10, 2017.
  15. ↑ Administration, Collingswood Public Schools. Accessed August 10, 2017.
  16. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Camden County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  17. ↑ Hefler, Jan. "Collingswood Children Can Learn French And Spanish Through Fun Sharp School Is Offering It. It's $36 A Month For An Hour A Week. Songs, Games And Activities Will Be Used." Philadelphia Inquirer. October 23, 1994. Accessed May 16, 2014.
  18. ↑ Platoff, Emma (29 June 2016). "Why police were called to a South Jersey third-grade class party". Philly.com. Retrieved 30 June 2016.

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