Monroe Township School District

For the school district in Monroe Township, Gloucester County, see Monroe Township Public Schools.

The Monroe Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from Monroe Township, in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.^[3]

Monroe Township School District
Address
423 Buckelew Avenue Monroe Township , Middlesex County, New Jersey, 08831 United States
Coordinates	40.328744°N 74.409365°W / 40.328744; -74.409365
District information
Grades	K-12
Superintendent	Chari Chanley
Business administrator	Laura Allen (acting)
Schools	8
Students and staff
Enrollment	6,829 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Faculty	533.1 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	12.8:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	FG
Website	www.monroe.k12.nj.us
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-12 average  %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $18,612 53 $18,891 −1.5% 1 Budgetary Cost 14,063 43 14,783 −4.9% 2 Classroom Instruction 8,362 36 8,763 −4.6% 6 Support Services 2,021 35 2,392 −15.5% 8 Administrative Cost 1,458 54 1,485 −1.8% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,753 62 1,783 −1.7% 13 Extracurricular Activities 330 84 268 23.1% 16 Median Teacher Salary 56,298 11 64,043 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

As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising eight schools, had an enrollment of 6,829 students and 533.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.8:1.^[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]

Students from Jamesburg attend Monroe Township High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Jamesburg Public Schools established in 1980.^[5][6]

Awards and recognition

During the 1991–92 academic school year, Mill Lake Elementary School received the National Blue Ribbon Award of Excellence from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve. This honor was followed during the 1998–99 academic school year at Barclay Brook Elementary School. Monroe Township could now boast that both their pre-K through third grade schools received the honor.^[7]

Curriculum

In 1996 the New Jersey Department of Education revised the elementary school core curriculum to require foreign language classes. In mid-October 1999 the district sent a questionnaire to 13,000 houses regarding what language should be taught to elementary students. The district received 458 back. 271 of those questionnaires chose Spanish, 96 of the returned questionnaires indicated a preference for Mandarin Chinese and the remaining 91 requested other languages that included Latin, Russian, and English itself. Stephen E. Derkoski, the assistant superintendent, stated that "We can't ignore" that the area houses had a preference of Spanish over Chinese on a 3 to 1 basis.^[8] In November 1999, the school board voted 7–1 to designate Spanish as the foreign language used in elementary schools.^[8]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics^[9]) are:^{[10][11][12][13]}

Elementary schools

• Applegarth Elementary School^[14] with 439 students in grades 4-5
  • Dawn Graziano, principal
• Barclay Brook Elementary School^[15] with 314 students in grades PreK-2
  • Erinn Mahoney, principal
• Brookside Elementary School^[16] with 400 students in grades 3-5
  • Antonio Pepe, principal
• Mill Lake Elementary School^[17] with 544 students in grades PreK-2
  • Kristen Mignoli, principal
• Oak Tree Elementary School^[18] with 700 students in grades PreK-3
  • Patricia Dinsmore, principal
• Woodland Elementary School^[19] with 350 students in grades 3-5
  • Adam Layman, principal

Middle school

• Monroe Township Middle School^[20] with 1,702 students in grades 6-8
  • Chari Chanley, principal

High school

• Monroe Township High School^[21] with 2,330 students in grades 9-12
  • Kevin Higgins, principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:^[22][23]

• Chari Chanley, superintendent^[24]
• Laura Allen, acting business administrator and board secretary^[25]

Board of education

The district's board of education, comprised of nine elected 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; a tenth member is appointed by the Jamesburg district to represent its interests on the Monroe Township school board. 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.^[26][27][28]

References

1. District information for Monroe Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
3. Monroe Township Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Monroe Township School District. Accessed October 7, 2020. "Purpose The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades kindergarten through twelfth in the Monroe Township School District. Composition: The Monroe Township School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Monroe Township."
4. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 7, 2014.
5. Monroe Township High School 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 12, 2017. "Monroe Township High School is centrally located within a forty-three square mile suburban community in Southern Middlesex County. Originally opened on Perrineville Road in 1973, the high school became a receiving school for approximately 300 high school age students from neighboring Jamesburg in 1980."
6. Cheslow, Jerry. "A Townful of Empty Nesters", The New York Times, October 14, 2007. Accessed September 7, 2014. "In addition to the four elementary schools, the Applegarth Middle School teaches Grades 7 and 8, and the 1,400-student Monroe Township High School covers Grades 9 through 12. It is shared with the borough of Jamesburg, the 'hole in the doughnut' municipality in the center of the township."
7. Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), United States Department of Education. Accessed March 27, 2011.
8. Moroz, Jennifer. "Monroe Picks Spanish For Its Grade Schools A Panel Urged Chinese To Fulfill The Foreign-language Requirement. But Parents' Wishes Swayed The Board.", The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 17, 1999. Accessed May 16, 2014.
9. School Data for the Monroe Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
10. Schools, Monroe Township School District. Accessed October 7, 2020.
11. Monroe Township School District 2013 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 7, 2014. "The district is rapidly growing and now serves over 6000 students in eight schools: Barclay Brook (pre-k-2), Mill Lake (pre-k-2), Oak Tree (pre-k-3), Brookside (3-5), Woodland (3-5), Applegarth (4-5), Monroe Township Middle School (6-8), and Monroe Township High School (9-12)."
12. School Performance Reports for the Monroe Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
13. New Jersey School Directory for the Monroe Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
14. Applegarth Elementary School, Monroe Township School District. Accessed October 7, 2020.
15. Barclay Brook Elementary School, Monroe Township School District. Accessed October 7, 2020.
16. Brookside Elementary School, Monroe Township School District. Accessed October 7, 2020.
17. Mill Lake Elementary School, Monroe Township School District. Accessed October 7, 2020.
18. Oak Tree Elementary School, Monroe Township School District. Accessed October 7, 2020.
19. Woodland Elementary School, Monroe Township School District. Accessed October 7, 2020.
20. Monroe Township Middle School, Monroe Township School District. Accessed October 7, 2020.
21. Monroe Township High School, Monroe Township School District. Accessed October 7, 2020.
22. District Administration, Monroe Township School District. Accessed October 7, 2020.
23. New Jersey School Directory for Middlesex County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
24. Superintendent's Office, Monroe Township School District. Accessed October 12, 2022.
25. Business Office, Monroe Township School District. Accessed October 12, 2022.
26. 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.
27. Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Monroe Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2023. Accessed April 20, 2024. "The School District is a Type II district located in the County of Middlesex, State of New Jersey. As a Type II district, the School District functions independently through a Board of Education. The School District is an instrumentality of the State of New Jersey, established to function as an educational institution. The District provides a full range of educational services appropriate to grade levels K through 12th grade and includes both regular and special education programs. The Board consists of elected officials and is responsible for the fiscal control of the District. A Superintendent is appointed by the Board and is responsible for the administrative control of the District." See "Roster of Officials" on page 15.
28. Board of Education, Monroe Township School District. Accessed October 7, 2020.

External links

• Monroe Township School District
• School Performance Reports for the Monroe Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education
• Data for the Monroe Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics