Sea Isle City School District

The Sea Isle City School District is a defunct community public school district that served students in pre-Kindergarten through eighth grade from Sea Isle City, New Jersey, United States.

Sea Isle City School District
4501 Park Road
Sea Isle City, NJ 08243
District information
GradesK-8
ClosedJune 2012
SuperintendentDr. Kathleen Taylor
Business administratorThomas P. Grossi
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment67 (as of 2008-09)[1]
Faculty12.9 FTEs
Student–teacher ratio5.2
Other information
District Factor GroupB
Websiteseaisleschool.com
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-8
average		%± vs.
average
1Budgetary Cost35,9836812,420189.7%
2Classroom Instruction20,047677,588164.2%
6Support Services9,045681,771410.7%
8Administrative Cost1,658451,41117.5%
10Operations & Maintenance4,381661,462199.7%
13Extracurricular Activities4246597337.1%
16Median Teacher Salary64,9386054,453
Data from NJDoE 2009 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with 0-400 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=68

As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's one school had an enrollment of 67 students and 12.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 5.2.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "B", the second lowest 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.[3]

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students had been sent to attend Ocean City High School in Ocean City, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Ocean City School District.[4]

Merger discussions with the Ocean City School District in 2008 ended after the Ocean City district indicated that it did want to accept Sea Isle City's tenured teachers, which it would be required to do under state law. Sea Isle City currently spends $35,000 per student and hoped to see savings through the merger, even after adding in transportation costs.[5]

As of June 30, 2012, Sea Isle City School District is no longer open. All students pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade now attend Ocean City Public Schools.

School

The Sea Isle City School had an enrollment of 67 students in the 2008-09 school year.[6]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[7][8]

  • Dr. Kathleen Taylor, Superintendent
  • Thomas P. Grossi, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

Discrimination lawsuit

An African-American family filed a lawsuit against Sea Isle City, its police department and school board in 2004 alleging that their children were the target of racial slurs from teachers and were purposely excluded from participating in the Christmas play due to their race. In addition, the lawsuit also alleged that the police department filed false criminal charges against the family and harassed them. However, part of the lawsuit against Sea Isle City and the police department was settled in 2010 for $550,000.[9] The lawsuit against the school board and individual teachers was settled in 2011 for $350,000.[10][11]

References
  1. District information for the Sea Isle City School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 3, 2011.
  2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 8, 2014.
  4. Ocean City High School 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 31, 2016. "Ocean City High School is a comprehensive high school serving the communities of Ocean City, Upper Township, Sea Isle City, and Corbin City, with an enrollment of over 1,250 students."
  5. Editorial. Merging schools / Law makes it hard, The Press of Atlantic City, June 30, 2008. Accessed June 30, 2008.
  6. School Data for the Sea Isle City School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 3, 2011i.
  7. 15 2011 Regular Meeting Minutes.pdf Minutes of the Regular Public Meeting: February 15, 2011, Sea Isle City Board of Education. Accessed April 3, 2011.
  8. Cape May County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.
  9. Sea Isle City settles $550,000 racial discrimination lawsuit against police, Brian Ianieri, The Press of Atlantic City
  10. Settlement and Release Agreement
  11. via Associated Press. "N.J. town owes family $550K in discrimination suit", New Jersey Herald, July 21, 2010. Accessed April 3, 2011.

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