Buena Regional School District

The Buena Regional School District is a comprehensive regional public school district serving students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Buena Borough and Buena Vista Township, two municipalities in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States.[3] Students are sent to the district's high school for grades 9 - 12 from both Estell Manor City and Weymouth Township as part of sending/receiving relationships with the respective school districts.[4][5]

Buena Regional School District
Address
914 Main Avenue
Richland, NJ 08350
Coordinates39.50213°N 74.896921°W / 39.50213; -74.896921
District information
GradesPre-K to 12
SuperintendentDavid Cappuccio Jr.
Business administratorPasquale Yacovelli
Schools5
Students and staff
Enrollment1,795 (as of 2017–18)[1]
Faculty152.0 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio11.8:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupA
Websitewww.buenaschools.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-12
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$19,12851$18,8911.3%
1Budgetary Cost13,7503614,783−7.0%
2Classroom Instruction8,004298,763−8.7%
6Support Services2,372512,392−0.8%
8Administrative Cost1,491311,4850.4%
10Operations & Maintenance1,515271,783−15.0%
13Extracurricular Activities3582626833.6%
16Median Teacher Salary64,2964064,043
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

As of the 2017–18 school year, the district, comprising five schools, had an enrollment of 1,795 students and 152.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.8:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "A", the lowest 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.[6]

History

In June 2009, the New Jersey Department of Education ruled that Newfield, a non-operating district seeking to cut costs for its tuition students, could end its relationship with the Buena Regional School District and as of the 2011–12 school year could start sending incoming high school students in grades 7-9 to Delsea Regional High School, under a transition in which students at Buena's high school would remain in the district until they graduated.[7][8]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2017–18 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[9]) are:[10][11]

Elementary schools
  • Collings Lakes Elementary School[12] with 133 students in grades K-2
    • Dr. Leonard Long, Principal
  • John C. Milanesi Elementary School[13] with 288 students in grades PreK-2
    • Anna Bettini, Principal
  • Dr. J.P. Cleary Elementary School[14] with 326 students in grades 3-5
    • Richard Lawrence, Principal
Middle school
  • Buena Regional Middle School[15] with 421 students in grades 6-8
    • Karen M. Santoro, Principal
    • Sean Dallas, Vice Principal
High school

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[17]

  • David Cappuccio Jr., Superintendent[18]
  • Pasquale Yacovelli, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

Board of education

The district's board of education has 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.[19][20] Seats on the board of education are allocated based on population, with sex assigned to Buena Township and three to Buena Borough.[21]

References
  1. District information for Buena Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
  2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. Buena Regional Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Buena Regional School District. Accessed February 29, 2020. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through twelve in the Buena Regional School District. Composition: The Buena Regional School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Buena Vista Township and Buena Borough. The Buena Regional School District has a receiving school relationship with Estell Manor City and Weymouth Township."
  4. Buena Regional School District 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 29, 2020. "Buena Regional School District is a comprehensive, regional public school district. The District’s three elementary and middle school serve students from Buena Vista Township and Buena Borough. The District’s high school serves students from Buena Vista Township and Buena Borough, along with students from the neighboring municipalities of Estell Manor and Weymouth Township through a sending/receiving relationship."
  5. About, Buena Regional School District. Accessed July 17, 2019. "The district is comprised of three elementary schools, one middle school and one high school. Students from Weymouth and Estell Manor join students from Buena Vista Township, Buena Borough."
  6. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 27, 2014.
  7. Romalino, Carly. "State OKs Newfield's break with Buena district", Gloucester County Times, June 17, 2009. "The Board of Education here can sever its three-decade tie with Buena Regional School District, New Jersey Commissioner of Education Lucille Davy has ruled. The move will begin in the 2010-11 school year. In a phase-in process, according to Delsea Regional School District Superintendent Frank Borelli, Delsea schools will first accept Newfield students entering grades seven and nine in September 2010. Students entering grades 10, 11 and 12 as of September 2010 would continue to be educated at Buena High School. Newfield children eligible for the sixth grade as of September 2010 would attend a school arranged for by Newfield, presumably the Franklin Township school district, and not Buena Middle School."
  8. Romalino, Carly Q. "Newfield's 'no' could hurt other districts", Courier-Post, November 4, 2015. Accessed February 1, 2017. "In 2012, Newfield ended its send-receive agreement with Buena schools in Atlantic County, instead sending its 400 elementary and 120 high school students to districts in neighboring Franklin Township. The send-receive agreement with Franklin Township Public Schools and Delsea Regional School District — which also educated Elk Township high schoolers — was touted as cheaper tuition than Buena."
  9. School Data for the Buena Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
  10. Our Schools, Buena Regional School District. Accessed July 17, 2019.
  11. New Jersey School Directory for the Buena Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  12. Collings Lakes Elementary School, Buena Regional School District. Accessed July 17, 2019.
  13. John C. Milanesi Elementary School, Buena Regional School District. Accessed July 17, 2019.
  14. Dr. J.P. Cleary Elementary School, Buena Regional School District. Accessed July 17, 2019.
  15. Buena Regional Middle School, Buena Regional School District. Accessed July 17, 2019.
  16. Buena Regional High School, Buena Regional School District. Accessed July 17, 2019.
  17. New Jersey School Directory for Atlantic County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  18. Superintendent, Buena Regional School District. Accessed February 29, 2020.
  19. New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election, New Jersey Department of Education, updated February 16, 2018. Accessed January 26, 2020.
  20. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Buena Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2018. Accessed February 29, 2020. "The district is an instrumentality of the State of New Jersey, established to function as an educational institution. The District is a Type II district located in Atlantic County. The Board consists of nine members elected to three-year terms. The purpose of the district is to educate students in grades K-12. The District operates four elementary schools, one Middle School and one High School."
  21. Board of Education Members, Buena Regional School District. Accessed February 29, 2020.
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