Delsea Regional School District

The Delsea Regional School District is a regional public school district serving students in seventh through twelfth grades from Elk Township and Franklin Township, two constituent communities in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States.[3][4] Students from Newfield attend the district's schools as part of a sending/receiving relationship begun in September 2010 after Newfield began a process to end its prior relationship with the Buena Regional School District.[5]

Delsea Regional School District
Address
Fries Mill Road
Franklinville, NJ 08322
United States
Coordinates39.655002°N 75.055384°W / 39.655002; -75.055384
District information
Grades7-12
SuperintendentDr. Piera Gravenor
Business administratorJoseph Collins
Schools2
Students and staff
Enrollment1,655 (as of 2017–18)[1]
Faculty125.3 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio13.2:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupCD
WebsiteDistrict website
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		7-12
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$18,5408$18,891−1.9%
1Budgetary Cost12,652414,586−13.3%
2Classroom Instruction6,97038,339−16.4%
6Support Services2,112172,114−0.1%
8Administrative Cost1,16511,561−25.4%
10Operations & Maintenance1,642101,798−8.7%
13Extracurricular Activities4442673−34.0%
16Median Teacher Salary70,9393065,769
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of 7-12 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=47

As of the 2017–18 school year, the district, comprising two schools, had an enrollment of 1,655 students and 125.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.2:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "CD." 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]

The New Jersey Department of Education considered a vote by the Franklin Township Board of Education in June 2010 requesting that the district withdraw from the Delsea Regional School District, which would require that the Delsea region be dissolved as about 80% of the regional district's students come from Franklin. With the withdrawal of Franklin Township, two options being considered were to either have Franklin and Elk Townships create a new regional district with Newfield students attending on a send-receive basis, or having Franklin Township establish its own PreK-12 district which would receive students from both Elk Township and Newfield.[7][8]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2017–18 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[9]) are:[10][11][12]

  • Delsea Regional Middle School[13] with 525 students in grades 7 and 8
    • Jill Bryfogle, Principal[14]
    • Mike Nicholson, Vice Principal[14]
  • Delsea Regional High School[15] with 1,080 students in grades 9 - 12
    • Fran Ciociola, Principal[14]
    • Paul Berardelli, Vice Principal[14]
    • Dr. Sydonie Maitland, Vice Principal[14]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[14][16]

  • Dr. Piera Gravenor, Superintendent
  • Joseph Collins, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

Board of education

The district's board of education, with 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 2014) as part of the November general election.[17] The seats on the board of education are allocated to the constituent municipalities based on population, with seven seats assigned to Franklin Township and two to Elk Township.[18][19]

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References
  1. District information for Delsea Regional High 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. Delsea Regional Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Delsea Regional School District. Accessed April 1, 2020. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades 7 through 12 in the Delsea Regional High School District. Composition: The Delsea Regional High School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Elk Township and Franklin Township."
  4. Local Schools, Delsea Regional School District. Accessed June 17, 2008. "This area of the web site provides parents and students with links to the sending schools from Franklin and Elk Townships"
  5. 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."
  6. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 24, 2014.
  7. Bumpus, Robert L. "Report of the Interim Executive County Superintendent of Schools on the Withdrawal of Franklin Township School District from Delsea Regional School District, a Limited Purpose Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education, March 30, 2012. Accessed September 8, 2013.
  8. Cooney, Joe. "Vote could end Delsea district; Franklin board seeks K-12 system", Asbury Park Press, July 13, 2012. Accessed December 24, 2014. "FRANKLIN — The township's school board is seeking approval for a referendum that could lead to dissolution of the Delsea Regional School District. Franklin and Elk currently make up the regional district for students in grades 7 to 12. If a vote takes place, residents in those communities would decide on whether to create a new district for both municipalities' students in prekindergarten through 12th grade.... Newfield, which previously sent its kids to Buena Regional schools, now sends its students to Franklin and Delsea."
  9. School Data for the Delsea Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
  10. Schools, Delsea Regional School District. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  11. 2016-17 Gloucester County Office of Education Public School Directory, Gloucester County, New Jersey. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  12. New Jersey School Directory for the Delsea Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  13. Delsea Regional Middle School, Delsea Regional School District. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  14. Administrative Office, Delsea Regional School District. Accessed January 31, 2017.
  15. Delsea High Middle School, Delsea Regional School District. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  16. New Jersey School Directory for Gloucester County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  17. 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.
  18. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Delsea Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2018. Accessed April 1, 2020. "The nine-member Board of Education is an elected body consisting of seven representatives from Franklin Township and two from Elk Township.... The Delsea Regional High School District is a Type II district located in the County of Gloucester, State of New Jersey. As a Type II District, the School District functions independently through a Board of Education. The Board is comprised of nine members elected to three-year terms."
  19. Board Members, Delsea Regional School District. Accessed April 1, 2020.
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