Clinton Township School District

The Clinton Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves children in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade in Clinton Township, in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States.

Clinton Township School District
Address
128 Cokesbury Road Lebanon, NJ 08833 United States
Coordinates	40.653701°N 74.830245°W / 40.653701; -74.830245
District information
Grades	PreK-8
Superintendent	Dr. Michele Cone
Business administrator	Kelly Morris
Schools	4
Students and staff
Enrollment	1,284 (as of 2017–18)[1]
Faculty	144.7 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	8.9:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	I
Website	District website
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-8 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $19,276 73 $18,891 2.0% 1 Budgetary Cost 14,995 62 14,159 5.9% 2 Classroom Instruction 8,889 55 8,659 2.7% 6 Support Services 2,904 76 2,167 34.0% 8 Administrative Cost 1,508 35 1,547 −2.5% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,618 50 1,612 0.4% 13 Extracurricular Activities 58 14 104 −44.2% 16 Median Teacher Salary 53,892 10 61,136 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-8 districts with more than 750 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=84

As of the 2017–18 school year, the district, comprising four schools, had an enrollment of 1,284 students and 144.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.9:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "I", the second-highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide, ostensibly 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]

Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend North Hunterdon High School in Annandale, which also serves students from Bethlehem Township, Clinton Town, Franklin Township, Lebanon Borough and Union Township.[4] As of the 2017–18 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,655 students and 128.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.9:1.[5] The school is part of the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District, which also includes students from Califon, Glen Gardner, Hampton, High Bridge, Lebanon Township and Tewksbury Township, who attend Voorhees High School in Lebanon Township.[6][7][8]

The Clinton Township School District undertook a project to consider the possibility of withdrawing from the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District to form an independent K-12 school district. In February 2005, the Clinton Township Board of Education commissioned a study to consider the educational and financial effects of a proposed withdrawal scenario for Clinton Township, with a report estimating that annual savings for the district could be as high as $1.2 million.[9]

In 2018, it was announced that Clinton Township Middle School (CTMS) and Round Valley School (RVS) would be realigning grades, with CTMS switching from grades 7 and 8 to grades 6 through 8, and Round Valley now having students from grade 3 to 5, instead of 4 to 6.[10]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2017-18 school enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[11]) are:[12]

• Spruce Run Elementary School[13] with 244 students in PreK
• Patrick McGaheran School[14] with 256 students in grades K-2
  • Melissa Goad, Principal[15]
• Round Valley School[16] with 436 students in grades 3-5
  • Mary Postma, Principal[15]

Middle school

• Clinton Township Middle School[17] with 344 students in grades 6-8. Students in grades 7 and 8 from Lebanon Borough attend the district's middle school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Lebanon Borough School District.[18]
  • Judith Hammond[15]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[15][19]

• Michele Cone, Superintendent[20]
• Kelly Morris, Board Secretary / Business Administrator[21]

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.[22][23]

References

1. District information for Clinton Township 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. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed January 2, 2015.
4. Information Regarding Choice of District School, North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District. Accessed January 2, 2015. "In the past, parents and students of the North Hunterdon High School sending districts were able to select either North Hunterdon High School or Voorhees High School as their school of choice.... As our student population continued to grow and our two high schools reached, and exceeded, 90% capacity, the option of choosing Voorhees was eliminated in the 2005-2006 school year for the North Hunterdon sending districts (Bethlehem Township, Clinton Township, Franklin Township, Lebanon Borough and Union Township – Clinton Town students still have choice as they are classmates at Clinton Public School with Glen Gardner students, who attend Voorhees)."
5. School data for North Hunterdon High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
6. Voorhees High School 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 3, 2016. "Voorhees High School has consistently ranked among the top high schools in New Jersey and was named a National Blue Ribbon School in 2015. With an enrollment of 1,095 students in grades 9-12, the school serves the communities of Califon, Glen Gardner, Hampton, High Bridge, Lebanon Township, and Tewksbury Township."
7. Public School Directory 2015-2016, p. 55. Hunterdon County Department of Education. Accessed June 3, 2016.
8. About the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District, North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District, updated November 16, 2015. Accessed June 3, 2016. "North Hunterdon High School educates students from: Bethlehem Township, Clinton Town, Clinton Township, Franklin Township, Lebanon Borough, Union Township; Voorhees High School educates students from: Califon, Glen Gardner, Hampton, High Bridge, Lebanon Township, Tewksbury Township"
9. Segalini, Christa. "School study: Clinton should go", Courier News, October 18, 2005. Accessed July 20, 2011. "The study also concluded that the impact of a combined withdrawal of the township and other municipalities from the regional school district would be financially beneficial for the municipality's taxpayers, providing them with a total annual savings of $1.2 million if the regional school district moves forward with its plans to construct a third regional high school at an estimated cost of $75 million or expand its existing facilities."
10. Rizzo, Olivia. "N.J. elementary school is closing in 3 weeks, and parents said they just found out", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, June 2, 2018, updated January 30, 2019. Accessed February 18, 2020. "Thursday night the Clinton Township Board of Education voted seven to one to reorganize the school district, shifting four grades into new buildings and closing the Spruce Run School as an elementary school by the start of 2018-19 school year.... In Clinton Township, the schools will be reorganized as: Spruce Run School - (Pre-school-Pre-Kindergarten); Patrick McGaheran - (Kindergarten, First, Second grades); Round Valley School - (Third, Fourth, Fifth grades); Clinton Township Middle School - (Sixth, Seventh, Eighth grades)"
11. School Data for the Clinton Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
12. New Jersey School Directory for the Clinton Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 7, 2016.
13. Spruce Run Elementary School, Clinton Township School District. Accessed February 18, 2020.
14. Patrick McGaheran School, Clinton Township School District. Accessed February 18, 2020.
15. Contact Us, Clinton Township School District. Accessed February 18, 2020.
16. Round Valley School, Clinton Township School District. Accessed February 18, 2020.
17. Clinton Township Middle School, Clinton Township School District. Accessed February 18, 2020.
18. Clinton Township Middle School 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 18, 2020. "Opened in 2007, the Clinton Township Middle School is the newest school in the district. It serves approximately 415 seventh and eighth grade students. The student body is comprised of Clinton Township students, Lebanon Borough students, and a number of School Choice students."
19. New Jersey School Directory for Hunterdon County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
20. About the Superintendent, Clinton Township School District. Accessed February 18, 2020.
21. Business Office, Clinton Township School District. Accessed February 18, 2020.
22. 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.
23. Board Members, Clinton Township School District. Accessed February 18, 2020. "The Board of Education is a nine-member policy making body elected by the Clinton Township community."

External links

• Clinton Township School District
• Clinton Township School District's 2015–16 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Clinton Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics
• North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District