Winslow Township School District

The Winslow Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Winslow Township, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States.[3] The district operates four elementary schools (grades PreK-3), two upper elementary schools (grades 4-6), one middle school (grades 7-8) and one high school (grades 9-12).

Winslow Township School District
Address
30 Cooper Folly Road Atco, NJ 08004 United States
Coordinates	39.74938°N 74.905426°W / 39.74938; -74.905426
District information
Grades	PreK to 12
Superintendent	Dr. H. Major Poteat
Business administrator	Tyra McCoy-Boyle
Schools	8
Students and staff
Enrollment	4,650 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Faculty	456.0 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	10.2:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	CD
Website	www.winslow-schools.com
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-12 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $20,292 75 $18,891 7.4% 1 Budgetary Cost 15,669 72 14,783 6.0% 2 Classroom Instruction 9,554 82 8,763 9.0% 6 Support Services 2,573 73 2,392 7.6% 8 Administrative Cost 1,693 88 1,485 14.0% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,361 20 1,783 −23.7% 13 Extracurricular Activities 250 51 268 −6.7% 16 Median Teacher Salary 71,161 80 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 4,650 students and 456.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.2:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "CD", the sixth-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 Chesilhurst attend the district's schools as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Chesilhurst Borough School District. The Chesilhurst district had served public school students in kindergarten through sixth grade at Shirley B. Foster Elementary School until the completion of the 2008-09 school year, after which the district was no longer operating any schools and began sending all of its students to the Winslow Township district as part of an expansion of the pre-existing sending/receiving relationship that commenced in the 2009-10 school year.[5][6]

History

The district was formed in 1998, after voters approved a split from the Lower Camden County Regional School District, creating the Edgewood (later renamed Winslow) middle and high schools in 2001 to accompany the previously existing K-6 operation.[7]

Winslow Township High School gained national attention in 2006 because of a shooting plot which was to take place during a lunch period. A student became aware of the plot and alerted school officials who in turn notified the Winslow Township Police Department. The students involved were arrested before the plot could be carried out. The only subject to be sentenced at this point has received four years probation and must undergo counseling and psychological evaluations.[8]

Schools

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

Elementary schools

• Winslow Township Elementary School No. 1[12] (with 350 students; in grades PreK-3)
  • Sharon Thomas-Galloway, Principal
• Winslow Township Elementary School No. 2[13] (349; PreK-3)
  • Lori Kelly, Principal
• Winslow Township Elementary School No. 3[14] (390; PreK-3)
  • Tamika Gilbert-Floyd, Principal
• Winslow Township Elementary School No. 4[15] (508; PreK-3)
  • Sheresa Clement, Principal
• Winslow Township Elementary School No. 5[16] (566; 4-6)
  • Dr. Nython Carter, Principal
• Winslow Township Elementary School No. 6[17] (483; 4-6)
  • Glen M. Jackson Sr., Principal

Middle school

• Winslow Township Middle School[18] (720; 7-8)
  • Stella Nwanguma, Principal

High school

• Winslow Township High School[19] (1,180; 9-12)
  • Kurtis Marella, Principal

Administration

The superintendent is H. Major Poteat. The Board Secretary / Business Administrator is Tyra McCoy-Boyle.[20][21]

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 2012) as part of the November general election.[22][23][24]

References

1. District information for Winslow 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. Winslow Township Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Winslow Township School District. Accessed May 19, 2020. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through twelve in the Winslow Township School District. Composition: The Winslow Township School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Winslow Township."
4. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 2, 2014.
5. Osborne, James. "N.J. to investigate Chesilhurst school district", The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 12, 2010. Accessed November 2, 2014. "Up until last year, Chesilhurst functioned as a traditional school district and maintained a single elementary school. In the spring of 2009, the school board voted to close that school and bus its students to Winslow, leaving Chesilhurst to operate in an administrative capacity with a skeleton staff. Chesilhurst, a small district on the edge of the Pinelands, subsequently was declared a non-operating district by the state and set for closure at the end of June 2010."
6. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2010, Chesilhurst Board of Education. Accessed November 2, 2014. "Up through the 2008-2009 fiscal year, the District provided a full range of educational services appropriate to grade levels Pre-K through 6.... Beginning in the 2009-2010 fiscal year, the District entered into a sending/receiving tuition arrangement with Winslow Township Board of Education which included all students."
7. Arnold, Stephanie L. "Getting Down To Work On Schools In Winslow, Site Preparation Is One Step Toward Expansions And Renovations.", The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 8, 1999. Accessed November 2, 2014. "DeLosso said the target date for completion of the project was September 2001. That also is the year when the Lower Camden County Regional School District is scheduled to disband. Its seven towns - Berlin Township, Chesilhurst, Clementon, Lindenwold, Pine Hill, Waterford and Winslow - will become responsible for educating their own students."
8. Klatell, James. "Principal: Kids' Tips Stopped Shooting", CBS News, April 8, 2006. Accessed November 2, 2014. "Authorities say a tip from two girls alerted officials at Winslow Township High School to a plot in which four teenagers were allegedly planning a lunch-period massacre."
9. School Data for the Winslow Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
10. Back to School Information Packet 2019-2020, Winslow Township School District. Accessed May 19, 2020.
11. New Jersey School Directory for the Winslow Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
12. Winslow Township Elementary School No. 1, Winslow Township School District. Accessed May 19, 2020.
13. Winslow Township Elementary School No. 2, Winslow Township School District. Accessed May 19, 2020.
14. Winslow Township Elementary School No. 3, Winslow Township School District. Accessed May 19, 2020.
15. Winslow Township Elementary School No. 4, Winslow Township School District. Accessed May 19, 2020.
16. Winslow Township Elementary School No. 5, Winslow Township School District. Accessed May 19, 2020.
17. Winslow Township Elementary School No. 6, Winslow Township School District. Accessed May 19, 2020.
18. Winslow Township Middle School, Winslow Township School District. Accessed May 19, 2020.
19. Winslow Township High School, Winslow Township School District. Accessed May 19, 2020.
20. Board Office Staff Directory, Winslow Township School District. Accessed May 13, 2020.
21. New Jersey School Directory for Camden County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 13, 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. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Winslow Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2019. Accessed May 19, 2020. "The School District is a Type II district located in the County of Camde, State of New Jersey. As a Type II district, the School District functions independently through a Board of Education (the 'Board'). The Board is comprised of nine members elected to three-year terms. These term are staggered so that three member's terms expire each year."
24. Board of Education, Winslow Township School District. Accessed May 19, 2020. "The Winslow Township Board of Education is comprised of nine community members, each elected to a three-year term."

External links

• Winslow Township School District
• Winslow Township School District's 2015–16 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Winslow Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics