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School district in Bergen County, New Jersey, US From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Fort Lee School District or Fort Lee Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Fort Lee, in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3]
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231 Main Street
, Bergen County, New Jersey, 07024United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40.851780°N 73.971760°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Grades | Pre-K to 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Superintendent | Robert Kravitz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Business administrator | Dina Messery | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schools | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Enrollment | 4,074 (as of 2021–22)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faculty | 331.7 FTEs[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Student–teacher ratio | 12.3:1[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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District Factor Group | FG | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | flboe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, then comprising six schools, had an enrollment of 4,074 students and 331.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.3:1.[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.[4]
During the 2010-11 school year, School #3 was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, the highest award an American school can receive, one of only 10 schools statewide to be honored.[5] The school was one of three in Bergen County honored that year.[6]
Fort Lee High School has been ranked very highly both by U.S. News & World Report (92 of 451 in 2020[7]) and the New Jersey Department of Education ranking (89% percentile in the state[8]).
Fort Lee Elementary School 1 was in the news in 2018, receiving local and out-of-state media coverage after a teacher's assistant pleaded guilty to selling drugs on school grounds.[9]
Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[10]) are:[11][12][13]
Core members of the district's administration are:[13][21]
Former District Superintendent Raymond Bandlow announced in August 2011 that although he had over two years left on his contract, he would be retiring in New Jersey effective October 31 to accept a position as superintendent of the Beacon City Schools in Beacon, New York. In addition to collecting a New Jersey pension, Bandlow will receive an annual salary below the $210,000 he had been receiving in Fort Lee, but more than the nearly $165,000 he would have received in a new contract in Fort Lee following restrictions on salaries imposed by former Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie.[24]
The district's board of education, comprised of 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. 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.[25][26][27]
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