Harmony_Township_School_District

Harmony Township School District

Harmony Township School District

School district in Warren County, New Jersey, US


The Harmony Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade from Harmony Township, in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3][4][5][6]

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As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 187 students and 29.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 6.4:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth-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.[7]

Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Belvidere High School, together with students from Hope Township and White Township, as part of sending/receiving relationships with the Belvidere School District.[4][8] As of the 2021–22 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 357 students and 32.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.1:1.[9]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[10]) are:

  • Harmony Township School, with 200 students in grades PreK-8
    • Daryle Weiss, principal[11]

Administration

Core members of the districts' administration are:[11][12]

  • Christopher Carrubba, chief school administrator
  • Rachelle Tjalma, business administrator and board secretary

Board of education

The district's board of education is comprised of nine members who set policy and oversee 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.[13][14][15]


References

  1. District Bylaw 0110 - Identification, Harmony Township School District. Accessed December 27, 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 Harmony Township School District. Composition: The Harmony Township School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Harmony Township in the County of Warren."
  2. Belvidere High School 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed August 7, 2017. "The District serves students from the Belvidere K-12 district and three surrounding K-8 districts; Hope, Harmony, and White."
  3. Administration, Harmony Township School. Accessed December 27, 2022.
  4. Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Harmony Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2021. Accessed December 27, 2022. "The Harmony Township School District is a Type II district located in the County of Warren, State of New Jersey. As a Type II district, the School District functions independently through a Board of Education. The board is comprised of nine members elected to three-year terms. The purpose of the district is to educate students in grades K-8."
  5. Board of Education, Harmony Township School District. Accessed February 4, 2020.

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