Carlstadt-East Rutherford Regional School District

The Carlstadt-East Rutherford Regional School District is a regional public high school and school district serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from both Carlstadt and East Rutherford, two relatively small communities in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.[3][4]

Carlstadt-East Rutherford Regional School District
Address
120 Paterson Avenue
East Rutherford, NJ 07073
United States
Coordinates40.83257°N 74.094149°W / 40.83257; -74.094149
District information
Grades9-12
SuperintendentDr. Dario Sforza
Business administratorNicholas Annitti
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment516 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Faculty37.2 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio13.9:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupCD
WebsiteDistrict website
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		9-12
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$25,99443$18,89137.6%
1Budgetary Cost18,2254215,59216.9%
2Classroom Instruction10,600448,80720.4%
6Support Services2,403272,2944.8%
8Administrative Cost1,983471,59224.6%
10Operations & Maintenance2,404431,95423.0%
13Extracurricular Activities77518873−11.2%
16Median Teacher Salary82,9684271,726
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of 9-12 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=47

As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 516 students and 37.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.9:1.[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.[5]

Starting in 2014, the district began discussions with the Wallington Public Schools for a proposal in which the 350 Wallington students attending Wallington High School would be added to the 500 already attending Becton Regional High School for grades 9-12. The consolidation would allow for Wallington High School to be reused for other purposes, avoids the need to build a new high school building and could allow for elimination of duplicate administrators.[6]

In March 2020, the Maywood Public Schools received approval from the New Jersey Department of Education to end the relationship it had established with the Hackensack Public Schools in 1969 to send students to Hackensack High School. Maywood will begin transitioning incoming ninth graders to Henry P. Becton Regional High School beginning in the 2020–21 school year. The transition would be complete after the final group of twelfth graders graduates from Hackensack High School at the end of the 2023–24 school year. Maywood cited costs of nearly $14,800 per student in 2018 to send high-school students to Hackensack and an annual cost in excess of $15,000 under a proposed new three-year agreement, while Becton would start at a per-pupil cost of $10,500 in 2020–21 as part of a ten-year deal that would have a maximum cost per Maywood student of $11,800 in the final year of the agreement.[7][8]

School

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

Administration

Core members of the district's / school's administration are:[11][12]

  • Dr. Dario Sforza, Superintendent
  • Nicholas Annitti, School Business Administrator / Board Secretary

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 day-to-day operation of the district.[13][14] Seats on the board of education are allocated based on the population of the constituent municipalities, with five seats allocated to East Rutherford and four to Carlstadt.[15]

References
  1. District information for Carlstadt-East Rutherford Regional High 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. Carlstadt-East Rutherford Regional Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Carlstadt-East Rutherford Regional School District. Accessed February 11, 2020. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades nine through twelve in the Carlstadt-East Rutherford Regional School District. Composition: The Carlstadt-East Rutherford Regional School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Carlstadt and East Rutherford."
  4. Carlstadt-East Rutherford Regional School District 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 23, 2017. "The Carlstadt-East Rutherford Regional High School District is composed of one four-year comprehensive high school named Henry P. Becton Regional High School. The school district strives to meet the general and individual needs of the students and the Carlstadt and East Rutherford communities."
  5. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 22, 2014.
  6. Adely, Hannan. "Becton regional district considers adding Wallington", The Record (Bergen County), January 18, 2015. Accessed March 23, 2015. "Now, the Becton Regional High School district, which takes students from East Rutherford and Carlstadt, is mulling a move to enroll students from Wallington. Supporters say pooling resources would pay for more classes, programs and electives and save Wallington the cost of building another high school.... Carlstadt and East Rutherford each have their own K-8 districts, and the high school has 500 students from the two boroughs. A merger with Wallington would bring in about 350 more."
  7. Stoltz, Marsha A. "Here's why Maywood will send its students to Becton instead of Hackensack High School", The Record, March 9, 2020. Accessed April 6, 2020. "Maywood high school students will have four years to phase out of Hackensack High School and into Henry P. Becton Regional High School in East Rutherford. The process will begin in September, when current Maywood eighth-graders will be the first to attend Becton as freshmen, according to a March 7 joint announcement by the superintendents of the two districts.... The two districts signed a seven-year send/receive contract in 2010 with a per-pupil tuition of $13,125 and a 2% yearly increase. In January 2018, Maywood paid Hackensack's school district $14,781 per student, or $3.7 million for 249 students. It rejected a three-year contract proposed by Hackensack of $15,076 per student the first year and a 5% increase the second.... Maywood eventually agreed to a 10-year contract with Becton at $10,500 per student, with a 2% increase for the fifth contract year and a cap of $11,800 by the 10th year. Becton now has students from East Rutherford and Carlstadt."
  8. Board of Education of the Borough of Maywood, Bergen County, Petitioner, v. Board of Education of the City of Hackensack, Bergen County, Respondent Final Decision, New Jersey Department of Education, March 2, 2020. Accessed April 6, 2020. "Accordingly, the Commissioner granted the petitioner’s application for severance, subject to establishment of a sending-receiving relationship with the Carlstadt-East Rutherford Regional School District for a minimum duration of five years."
  9. School Data for Carlstadt-East Rutherford Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  10. New Jersey School Directory for the Maywood Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  11. Directory, Henry P. Becton Regional High School. Accessed February 11, 2020.
  12. New Jersey School Directory for Bergen County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 23, 2017.
  13. 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.
  14. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Carlstadt-East Rutherford Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2019. Accessed August 13, 2020. "The Carlstadt-East Rutherford Regional Board of Education (the 'Board' or the 'District') is an instrumentality of the State of New Jersey, established to function as an education institution. The Board consists of nine 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."
  15. Board of Education, Carlstadt-East Rutherford Regional School District. Accessed August 13, 2020. "The Carlstadt-East Rutherford Regional Board of Education is a nine-member board with four members elected from Carlstadt, and five members elected from East Rutherford. Each member is elected for 3-year terms."
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