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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, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprising three schools, had an enrollment of 1,199 students and 134.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.9:1.

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.

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. As of the 2021–22 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,358 students and 119.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.4:1. 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.

History

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.

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.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2021–22 school enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:

• Patrick McGaheran School with 394 students in grades K-2
  • Melissa Goad, principal
• Round Valley School with 375 students in grades 3-5
  • Mary Postma, principal
• Clinton Township Middle School with 426 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.
  • Luke Mason, principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

• Melissa Stager, superintendent
• Gretchen Dempsey, board secretary and business administrator

Board of education

The district's board of education, comprised of 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. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district.

References

1. ^ District information for Clinton Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.
2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
3. Clinton Township Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Clinton Township School District. Accessed August 25, 2022. "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 eight in the Clinton Township School District. Composition: The Clinton Township School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Clinton Township."
4. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed January 2, 2015.
5. 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)."
6. School data for North Hunterdon High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.
7. 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."
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 December 1, 2022.
12. Specific School Information, Clinton Township School District. Accessed July 31, 2023.
13. 2023-2024 Public School Directory, Hunterdon County Department of Education. Accessed March 1, 2024.
14. School Performance Reports for the Clinton Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
15. New Jersey School Directory for the Clinton Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
16. Patrick McGaheran School, Clinton Township School District. Accessed July 31, 2023.
17. ^ Administration, Clinton Township School District. Accessed July 31, 2023.
18. Round Valley School, Clinton Township School District. Accessed July 31, 2023.
19. Clinton Township Middle School, Clinton Township School District. Accessed July 31, 2023.
20. 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."
21. New Jersey School Directory for Hunterdon County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
22. Superintendent, Clinton Township School District. Accessed July 31, 2023.
23. 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.
24. Clinton Township Board of Education Update: January Meeting Review, Clinton Township School District, January 2018. Accessed August 23, 2020. "Board Governance Facts: The Board of Education is comprised of nine elected members."
25. Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Clinton Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2022. Accessed July 31, 2023. "The Board is an instrumentality of the State of New Jersey, established to function as an educational institution. The Board consists of elected officials and is responsible for the fiscal control of the District. A superintendent is appointed by the Board and is responsible for the administrative control of the District."

External links

• Clinton Township School District
• School Performance Reports for the Clinton Township School District, 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

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