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Bloomsbury School District

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

Bloomsbury School District
Address
20 Main Street
Bloomsbury
, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, 08804
Coordinates40°39′25″N 75°04′55″W / 40.65682°N 75.081959°W / 40.65682; -75.081959
District information
GradesPreK to 8
SuperintendentJenniffer Marycz
Business administratorTimothy Mantz
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment96 (as of 2022–23)[1]
Faculty15.4 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio6.2:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupGH
Websitebburyes.org
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-8
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$16,0487$18,891−15.0%
1Budgetary Cost15,4303814,1599.0%
2Classroom Instruction9,699478,65912.0%
6Support Services2,242272,1673.5%
8Administrative Cost1,811501,54717.1%
10Operations & Maintenance1,639251,6121.7%
13Extracurricular Activities3814104−63.5%
16Median Teacher Salary57,2363161,136
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-8 districts with up to 400 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=71

As of the 2022–23 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 96 students and 15.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 6.2:1.[1] In the 2016–17 school year, the district had the 11th-smallest enrollment of any school district in the state.[6]

The district participates in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program, having been approved on November 2, 1999, as one of the first ten districts statewide to participate in the program.[7] Seats in the program for non-resident students are specified by the district and are allocated by lottery, with tuition paid for eligible participating students by the New Jersey Department of Education.[8]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third-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.[9]

Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Phillipsburg High School in Phillipsburg in Warren County, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Phillipsburg School District. The high school also serves students from four other sending communities: Alpha, Greenwich Township, Lopatcong Township and Pohatcong Township.[10][11][12] As of the 2022–23 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,794 students and 136.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.1:1.[13]

History

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In 2016, the district announced that it was pursuing a $30,000 study to consider merger / consolidation with the Greenwich Township School District in Warren County, citing the "financial instability" the Bloomsbury district faces based on the way the Phillipsburg district calculates the costs for students sent for high school. The notice to residents announcing the feasibility study stated that the Greenwich district was chosen based on the quality of its academic programs, shared superintendent and business administrator, proximity, financial stability and shared sending relationship with Phillipsburg for high school.[14]

School

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Bloomsbury Public School served an enrollment of 96 students in grades PreK–8 as of the 2022–23 school year.[15]

  • Jenniffer Marycz, principal[16]

Administration

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Core members of the district's administration are:[17][18]

  • Jenniffer Marycz, superintendent[16]
  • Timothy Mantz, business administrator and board secretary

Board of education

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The district's board of education is comprised of five 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 either one or two 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.[19][20][21]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d District information for Bloomsbury Borough School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  2. ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ^ 2023-2024 Public School Directory, Hunterdon County Department of Education. Accessed March 1, 2024.
  4. ^ School Performance Reports for the Bloomsbury Borough School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
  5. ^ New Jersey School Directory for the Bloomsbury Borough School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  6. ^ Guion, Payton. "These 43 N.J. school districts have fewer than 200 students", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, September 2017. Accessed January 30, 2020. "Based on data from the state Department of Education from the last school year and the Census Bureau, NJ Advance Media made a list of the smallest of the small school districts in the state, excluding charter schools and specialty institutions.... 11. Bloomsbury Borough - Enrollment: 108; Grades: Pre-K-8; County: Hunterdon"
  7. ^ Interdistrict Public School Choice Program: Approved Choice Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 19, 2008.
  8. ^ For Parents and Students, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 20, 2016.
  9. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 6, 2014.
  10. ^ Phillipsburg High School 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 1, 2016. "At the secondary level, the district serves not only students from the town of Phillipsburg which makes up 37.6% of the high school population, but also students from the surrounding boroughs of Alpha and Bloomsbury, as well as the townships of Greenwich, Lopatcong, and Pohatcong."
  11. ^ About PSD, Phillipsburg School District. Accessed September 5, 2024. "The district serves students from the Town of Phillipsburg and five sending communities at the secondary level: Alpha, Bloomsbury, Greenwich, Lopatcong and Pohatcong Townships."
  12. ^ 2023–2024 Public School Directory, Warren County, New Jersey. Accessed March 1, 2024.
  13. ^ School data for Phillipsburg High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  14. ^ Merger/Consolidation Fact Sheet #1, Bloomsbury School District, April 15, 2016. Accessed February 7, 2020. "Question/Comment: Why is the Board attempting a merger/consolidation? Response: In short, it is due to the financial instability of our district. You first have to know how we pay the Phillipsburg School District for our high school students to understand how this happened."
  15. ^ School Data for the Bloomsbury School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  16. ^ a b Contact Us, Bloomsbury School District. Accessed September 5, 2024.
  17. ^ Directory, Bloomsbury School District. Accessed September 5, 2024.
  18. ^ New Jersey School Directory for Hunterdon County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  19. ^ 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.
  20. ^ Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Bloomsbury School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2022. Accessed July 31, 2023. "The Bloomsbury Borough School District is a Type II district located in the County of Hunterdon, State of New Jersey. As a Type II district, the School District functions independently through a Board of Education. The board is comprised of five members elected to three-year terms. The purpose of the district is to educate students in grades K-8."
  21. ^ Board of Education, Bloomsbury School District. Accessed September 5, 2024.
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