Middletown Township Public School District

Middletown Township Public School District
59 Tindall Road
Middletown, NJ 07748
District information
Grades PreK-12
Superintendent Dr. William O. George III
Business administrator Amy P. Gallagher
Schools 17
Students and staff
Enrollment 10,110 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty 706.2 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 14.32:1
Other information
District Factor Group GH
Website http://www.middletownk12.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-12
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$17,15929$18,891-9.2%
1Budgetary Cost13,1152714,783-11.3%
2Classroom Instruction8,611518,763-1.7%
6Support Services1,614102,392-32.5%
8Administrative Cost1,216171,485-18.1%
10Operations & Maintenance1,438281,783-19.3%
13Extracurricular Activities23147268-13.8%
16Median Teacher Salary72,1308564,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with more than 3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=103

The Middletown Township Public School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students from pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Middletown Township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's 17 schools had an enrollment of 10,110 students and 706.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.32:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third-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]

Schools

The district consists of twelve K-5 elementary schools, three middle schools for grades 6-8, and two four-year high schools. Four elementary schools feed into each of the three middle schools. The facilities vary in age, architecture, size, and student population. Schools in the district (with 2010-11 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[4]) are:[5]

Elementary schools[6]
  • Bayview Elementary School[7] (421 students in grades K-5)
    • Principal: Tara Raspanti
  • Fairview Elementary School[8] (339; K-5)
    • Principal: Michael Melando
  • Harmony Elementary School[9] (499; PreK-5)
    • Principal: Erik Paulson
  • Leonardo Elementary School[10] (239; K-5)
    • Principal: Peter Smith
  • Lincroft Elementary School[11] (532; K-5)
    • Principal: Steven Graziano
  • Middletown Village Elementary School[12] (447; K-5)
    • Principal: Karen Zupancic
  • Navesink Elementary School[13] (298; K-5)
    • Principal: James Altobello
  • New Monmouth Elementary School[14] (495; PreK-5)
    • Principal: Dr. John Andl
  • Nut Swamp Elementary School[15] (538; K-5)
    • Principal: Neil Leone
  • Ocean Avenue Elementary School[16] (289; K-5)
    • Principal: Cynthia C. Wilson
  • Port Monmouth Elementary School[17] (249; K-5)
    • Principal: Kathryne Katzgrau
  • River Plaza Elementary School[18] (319; K-5)
    • Principal: David Whitman
Middle schools[19]
High schools[23]

Drug testing

In October 2006, the Board of Education of the Middletown Township Public School District voted to implement a random drug testing procedure that would require all students in extracurricular activities or with a parking space at either High School to submit their name to a pool for random selection.[26]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[27][28]

  • Dr. William O. George III, Superintendent
  • Amy P. Gallagher, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

Teachers' union

The Middletown Township Education Association (MTEA) is the Middletown Township teachers' union. The organization is Middletown's local NEA, NJEA MCEA office.

The Middletown School District received national attention in the fall of 2001 when its teachers and secretaries went on strike for the second time in three years. The strike disrupted classes from November 30 to December 7, 2001, and 228 teachers and secretaries were jailed in alphabetical order for violating a court back-to-work order.[29] After the strike, members of the MTEA successfully lobbied to change the state law to prohibit school boards from imposing a contract on their employees (signed into law July 10, 2003). The union, with over 1,200 members, had elected Diane Swaim president since 1983, and re-elected her in May 2007. Swaim retired on January 1, 2008 and was replaced by the First Vice-president, Linda McLaughlin There has not been a strike since 2001. The union and board of education amicably settled the next contract (July 1, 2004-June 30, 2007) in April 2004, months before the expiration of the old contract. The union and board reached a new contract settlement without acrimony for 2007-2010.

References

  1. 1 2 District information for Middletown Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 22, 2015.
  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 March 18, 2015.
  4. ↑ School Data for the Middletown Township Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 22, 2015.
  5. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Middletown Township Public School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  6. ↑ Elementary Schools, Middletown Township Public School District. Accessed January 22, 2015.
  7. ↑ Bayview Elementary School, Middletown Township Public School District, Accessed October 27, 2013.
  8. ↑ Fairview Elementary School, Middletown Township Public School District, Accessed October 27, 2013.
  9. ↑ Harmony Elementary School, Middletown Township Public School District, Accessed October 27, 2013.
  10. ↑ Leonardo Elementary School, Middletown Township Public School District, Accessed October 27, 2013.
  11. ↑ Lincroft Elementary School, Middletown Township Public School District, Accessed October 27, 2013.
  12. ↑ Middletown Village Elementary School, Middletown Township Public School District, Accessed October 27, 2013.
  13. ↑ Navesink Elementary School, Middletown Township Public School District, Accessed October 27, 2013.
  14. ↑ New Monmouth Elementary School, Middletown Township Public School District, Accessed October 27, 2013.
  15. ↑ Nut Swamp Elementary School, Middletown Township Public School District, Accessed October 27, 2013.
  16. ↑ Ocean Avenue Elementary School, Middletown Township Public School District, Accessed October 27, 2013.
  17. ↑ Port Monmouth Elementary School, Middletown Township Public School District, Accessed October 27, 2013.
  18. ↑ River Plaza Elementary School, Middletown Township Public School District, Accessed October 27, 2013.
  19. ↑ Middle Schools, Middletown Township Public School District. Accessed January 22, 2015.
  20. ↑ Bayshore Middle School, Middletown Township Public School District, Accessed October 27, 2013.
  21. ↑ Thompson Middle School, Middletown Township Public School District, Accessed October 27, 2013.
  22. ↑ Thorne Middle School, Middletown Township Public School District, Accessed October 27, 2013.
  23. ↑ High Schools, Middletown Township Public School District. Accessed January 22, 2015.
  24. ↑ Middletown High School North, Middletown Township Public School District, Accessed October 27, 2013.
  25. ↑ Middletown High School South, Middletown Township Public School District, Accessed October 27, 2013.
  26. ↑ "Middletown school board OKs random drug testing: Some say plan would deter use", Asbury Park Press, October 24, 2006.
  27. ↑ Central Administration, Middletown Township Public School District. Accessed January 22, 2015.
  28. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Monmouth County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  29. ↑ Keller, Bess. "Bad Blood", Education Week, September 29, 2004. Accessed April 7, 2017. "Teachers here walked out on a Friday in late November 2001, and were back in the classroom just over a week later. In between, 228 members of the Middletown Township Education Association were jailed for their action, creating indelible pictures flashed worldwide of suburban teachers in handcuffs, one in a 'God Bless America' baseball cap raising the cuffs overhead to make a visible thumbs-up sign."

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