Fairview Public Schools

The Fairview Public Schools are a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade in Fairview, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.

Fairview Public Schools
Address
130 Hamilton Avenue Fairview, NJ 07022
Coordinates	40.812835°N 73.997229°W / 40.812835; -73.997229
District information
Grades	PreK to 8
Superintendent	Dr. David Sleppin
Business administrator	John Bussanich
Schools	3
Students and staff
Enrollment	1,466 (as of 2017-18)[1]
Faculty	89.0 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	16.5:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	A
Website	fairviewps.org
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-8 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $14,030 4 $18,891 −25.7% 1 Budgetary Cost 8,590 1 14,159 −39.3% 2 Classroom Instruction 4,768 1 8,659 −44.9% 6 Support Services 985 1 2,167 −54.5% 8 Administrative Cost 1,454 29 1,547 −6.0% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,185 12 1,612 −26.5% 13 Extracurricular Activities 37 9 104 −64.4% 16 Median Teacher Salary 53,175 7 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 three schools, had an enrollment of 1,466 students and 89.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 16.5:1.[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.[3]

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students from Fairview attend Cliffside Park High School in Cliffside Park as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Cliffside Park School District.[4][5] As of the 2017-18 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,218 students and 88.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.8:1.[6] The Fairview Board of Education appoints a representative to serve on the Board of the Cliffside Park district.[7]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2017-18 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[8]) are:[9][10]

Elementary schools

• Lincoln School Annex[11] with 232 students in grades PreK-K
  • Veronica Scerbo, Principal
• Number 3 School[12] (constructed in 1908) / Number Three School Annex[13] with 546 students in grades K-3
  • Maria Kushi, Principal of Number Three School (Grades 2-3)
  • Lucille Juliano, Principal of Number Three School Annex (1st Grade)

Middle school

• Lincoln School[14] with 667 students in grades 4-8 (constructed in 1911)
  • Lea Turro, Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[15][16]

• Dr. David Sleppin, Superintendent of Schools[17]
• John Bussanich, Board Secretary and Business Administrator[18]

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.[15] 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 in April; the district is one of 12 districts, out of more than 600 statewide, that still hold school elections in April.[19] As one of the districts with school elections in April, voters decide on passage of the annual school budget.[20][21]

References

1. District information for Fairview Public 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 December 4, 2014.
4. Cliffside Park High School 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 8, 2016. "Cliffside Park High School services approximately 1135 students of Cliffside Park and the neighboring community of Fairview."
5. Profile 2013 – 2014 Archived 2014-02-28 at the Wayback Machine, Cliffside Park High School. Accessed June 8, 2016. "Cliffside Park is a residential community of approximately 23,600 residents and a geographical size of one square mile. It is a suburb of and less than one mile from New York City. The neighboring town of Fairview is a K – 8 district and Cliffside Park is the receiving district for Fairview's 9 – 12 students. Fairview has a population of approximately 13,600."
6. School data for Cliffside Park High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
7. Board of Education Members, Cliffside Park School District. Accessed February 17, 2020.
8. School Data for the Fairview Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
9. Schools, Fairview Public Schools. Accessed February 17, 2020.
10. New Jersey School Directory for the Fairview Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
11. Lincoln School Annex, Fairview Public Schools. Accessed February 17, 2020.
12. Number 3 School, Fairview Public Schools. Accessed February 17, 2020.
13. Number Three School Annex, Fairview Public Schools. Accessed February 17, 2020.
14. Lincoln School, Fairview Public Schools. Accessed February 17, 2020.
15. Board of Education, Fairview Public Schools. Accessed February 17, 2020.
16. New Jersey School Directory for Bergen County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
17. Central Office Administration, Fairview Public School District. Accessed February 17, 2020.
18. Business Office, Fairview Public School District. Accessed February 17, 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. Mazzola, Jessica. "13 N.J school districts held elections Tuesday and - surprise! - hardly anyone voted. See how bad it was", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, April 18, 2018, updated May 14, 2019. Accessed February 17, 2020. "The rest of their 530 counterparts across the state have switched to November elections – most made the change immediately after a 2012 law allowing school district votes to move from April to the fall, held in tandem with the general election. But voters in 13 New Jersey towns went to the polls Tuesday to cast votes for their local boards of education, and in most cases, on whether or not to pass the district budgets."
21. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Fairview School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2018. Accessed February 17, 2020. "The Fairview Board of Education (the 'Board' or the 'District') is an instrumentality of the State of New Jersey, established to function as an educational institution. The Fairview Board of Education is a Type II district located in the County of Bergen, 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. The purpose of the District is to educate students in grades Pre-K-8."

External links

• District web site
• Fairview Public Schools's 2015–16 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Fairview Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics