Mercer County Special Services School District

The Mercer County Special Services School District is a special education public school district headquartered in Hamilton Township, in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States, whose schools offer educational and therapeutic services for students of elementary and high school age from across the county who have emotional of physical disabilities that cannot be addressed by their sending districts. The district was created in November 1977.[3]

Mercer County Special Services District
1020 Old Trenton Road
Hamilton, NJ 08690
District information
GradesSpecial svcs.
SuperintendentDr. Kimberly Schneider,
Business administratorDeborah Donnelly
Schools4
Students and staff
Enrollment628 (as of 2011-12)[1]
Faculty103.8 FTEs
Student–teacher ratio6.05:1
Other information
Websitehttp://www.mcsssd.info
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		Special svcs.
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$68,0407$18,891260.2%
1Budgetary Cost60,689757,2526.0%
2Classroom Instruction35,102632,8616.8%
6Support Services14,627711,94522.5%
8Administrative Cost5,75255,7250.5%
10Operations & Maintenance5,13446,215−17.4%
16Median Teacher Salary84,245777,183
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of Special svcs. districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=8

As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's four schools had an enrollment of 628 students and 103.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 6.05:1.[1]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[4]) are:[5]

  • Joseph F. Cappello School[6] (143; PreK-6)
    • Ronald Cancelliere, Interim Principal
  • Mercer Elementary School[7] (229; 3-8)
    • Lisa Scaringelli, Principal
High School
  • Mercer High School[8] (217; 9-12)
    • Brian Kozakowski, Principal
  • New Jersey Regional Day School at Hamilton[9] (39; 9-12)
    • Brian Kozakowski, Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[10][11]

  • Dr. Kimberly Schneider, Superintendent
  • Dana Hice-Depugh, Assistant Superintendent
  • Deborah Donnelly, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References
  1. District information for Mercer County Special Service, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 4, 2015.
  2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. Our History Archived 2014-03-20 at the Wayback Machine, Mercer County Special Services District. Accessed January 4, 2015. "The concerns of parents and public school districts for the education of students with serious disabilities were addressed with the establishment of the Mercer County Special Services School District in November 1977."
  4. School Data for the Mercer County Special Services School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 4, 2015.
  5. New Jersey School Directory for the Mercer County Special Services School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed January 4, 2015.
  6. Joseph F. Cappello School Archived 2014-03-20 at the Wayback Machine, Mercer County Special Services School District. Accessed January 4, 2015.
  7. Mercer Elementary School, Mercer County Special Services School District. Accessed January 4, 2015.
  8. Mercer High School, Mercer County Special Services School District. Accessed January 4, 2015.
  9. New Jersey Regional Day School Archived 2014-03-20 at the Wayback Machine, Mercer County Special Services School District. Accessed January 4, 2015.
  10. Administration Archived 2015-01-09 at the Wayback Machine, Mercer County Special Services School District. Accessed January 4, 2015.
  11. New Jersey School Directory for Mercer County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.

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