North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District

The North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District is a regional, four-year public high school district, that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from twelve municipalities in northern Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States.

North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional HS District
1445 State Route 31
Annandale, NJ 08801
District information
Grades9-12
SuperintendentJeffrey Bender
Business administratorSusan Press
Schools2
Students and staff
Enrollment2,814 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty223.2 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio12.6:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupI
Websitehttp://www.nhvweb.net/
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		9-12
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$20,36122$18,8917.8%
1Budgetary Cost18,0684115,59215.9%
2Classroom Instruction9,862398,80712.0%
6Support Services2,589322,29412.9%
8Administrative Cost1,676251,5925.3%
10Operations & Maintenance2,586471,95432.3%
13Extracurricular Activities1,3134487350.4%
16Median Teacher Salary65,5701971,726
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of 9-12 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=47

Students in the district hail from Bethlehem Township, Califon Borough, Clinton Town, Clinton Township, Franklin Township, Glen Gardner Borough, Hampton Borough, High Bridge Borough, Lebanon Borough, Lebanon Township, Tewksbury Township and Union Township.[3]

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its two schools had an enrollment of 2,814 students and 223.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.6:1.[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 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]

History

The Clinton Township School District had undertaken 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, citing higher costs assessed to township residents under the funding formula then in place, through the district ultimately withdrew its withdrawal petition in December 2006.[5]

Awards and recognition

For the 2001-02 school year, North Hunterdon High School received the Blue Ribbon Award from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.[6]

In 2015, Voorhees High School was one of 15 schools in New Jersey, and one of nine public schools, recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School in the exemplary high performing category.[7][8]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[9]) are:[10]

  • North Hunterdon High School[11] is located in Clinton Township (although the mailing address is Annandale). The school served 1,747 students from Bethlehem Township, Clinton Town, Clinton Township, Franklin Township, Lebanon Borough and Union Township.[12]
    • Dr. Greg Cottrell, Principal[13]
    • John Deutsch, Assistant Principal[13]
    • Timothy Flynn, Assistant Principal[13]
    • Yulee Kim, Assistant Principal[13]
    • Robert Pellechio, Assistant Principal[13]
    • John Mattes, Assistant Principal / Athletic Director[13]
  • Voorhees High School[14] is located in Lebanon Township (although the mailing address is Glen Gardner). The school served 1,067 students from Califon, Glen Gardner, Hampton, High Bridge, Lebanon Township and Tewksbury Township.[12]
    • Ron Peterson, Principal[15]
    • Jessica Cantagallo-Rohm, Assistant Principal[15]
    • Kelly Anne Kieffer, Assistant Principal[15]
    • Chris Maslonka, Assistant Principal[15]
    • John Simpson, Assistant Principal[15]
    • Brian Baumann, Assistant Principal / Athletic Director[15]

Administration

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

  • Jeffrey Bender, Superintendent[17]
  • Susan Press, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References
  1. District information for North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School Dist, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016. Data for enrollment was recalculated as the sum of the enrollment at each school, with the ratio recalculated using the corrected enrollment.
  2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. About the District, North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District. Accessed September 22, 2014. "Our district consists of 12 municipalities: 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"
  4. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 22, 2014.
  5. Staff. "Board drops petition to withdraw from high school district", New Jersey Hills, December 2, 2006. Accessed September 22, 2014. "He said Clinton Township is still paying more than its cost-per-pupil share due to the state formula for assessing costs in the 12 towns. The resolution to drop the withdrawal petition before the county school superintendent's office allows the North Hunterdon-Voorhees district to move ahead with its own possible referendum of more than $20 million to expand the North Hunterdon High School campus and make capital improvements at both North Hunterdon and Voorhees high schools."
  6. Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF) Archived 2009-03-26 at the Wayback Machine, United States Department of Education. Accessed September 22, 2014.
  7. 2015 National Blue Ribbon Schools All Public and Private, National Blue Ribbon Schools Program. Accessed November 14, 2016.
  8. Mueller, Mark. "Which N.J. schools were named National Blue Ribbon schools?", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, September 29, 2015. Accessed November 14, 2016. "Fifteen New Jersey schools have been recognized by the federal government as National Blue Ribbon Schools, a designation that celebrates excellence in academics or progress in closing the achievement gap among groups of students.... Each of the 15 New Jersey schools was chosen for the 'exemplary high performing' category, which weighs state or national tests, high school graduation rates and the performance of subgroups of students, such as those who are economically disadvantaged."
  9. School Data for the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  10. New Jersey School Directory for the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  11. North Hunterdon High School, North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District. Accessed February 25, 2017.
  12. About the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District Archived 2008-07-20 at the Wayback Machine, North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District. Accessed November 12, 2009. "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"
  13. Administration, North Hunterdon High School. Accessed February 25, 2017.
  14. Voorhees High School, North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District. Accessed February 25, 2017.
  15. Contact The Main Office, Voorhees High School. Accessed February 25, 2017.
  16. New Jersey School Directory for Hunterdon County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  17. Superintendent’s Biography, North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District. Accessed February 25, 2017.

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