Alpine Public School District

The Alpine Public School District is a community public school district serving students in kindergarten through eighth grade in the Borough of Alpine in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.

Alpine Public School
Address
500 Hillside Avenue
Alpine, NJ 07620
United States
Coordinates40.942165°N 73.927404°W / 40.942165; -73.927404
District information
GradesK-8
SuperintendentMaureen McCann
Business administratorOlga Yarmolina
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment138 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Faculty22.4 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio6.2:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupI
WebsiteDistrict website
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-8
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$27,45967$18,89145.4%
1Budgetary Cost27,2647014,15992.6%
2Classroom Instruction15,488698,65978.9%
6Support Services6,583712,167203.8%
8Administrative Cost1,965651,54727.0%
10Operations & Maintenance2,478571,61253.7%
13Extracurricular Activities70369104576.0%
16Median Teacher Salary60,5624761,136
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 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising one school, had an enrollment of 138 students and 22.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 6.2:1.[1] In the 2016–17 school year, Alpine had the 33rd smallest enrollment of any school district in the state, with 160 students.[3]

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]

For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend Tenafly High School in Tenafly as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Tenafly Public Schools under which the Alpine district paid tuition of $14,392 per student for the 2011-12 school year.[5][6][7][8] As of the 2018–19 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,226 students and 103.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.8:1.[9]

The district participates in special education programs offered by Region III, one of nine such regional programs in Bergen County. Region III coordinates and develops special education programs for the 1,000 students with learning disabilities in the region, which also includes the Closter, Demarest, Harrington Park, Haworth, Northvale, Norwood and Old Tappan districts, as well as the Northern Valley Regional High School District.[10]

History

The original school was located on Church Street in what was the old Post Office building which also has been removed and replaced with a new building.

A $5 million construction project completed in 2016 updated the school building originally constructed in 1910, renovating about 4,700 square feet (440 m2) and adding a 10,800-square-foot (1,000 m2) wing that includes a performing arts center. The entire cost of the project was paid for by contributions from residents.[11]

School

As of the 2018–19 school year, the Alpine School had an enrollment of 135 students in grades K-8.[12]

The school colors are green and white and its mascot is the Ram. The old colors were Blue and Yellow. the original mascot was the bulldog.

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:[13]

  • Maureen McCann, superintendent and principal[14]
  • Olga Yarmolina, business administrator and board secretary[15]

Board of education

The district's board of education, with five 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 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 day-to-day operation of the district.[16][17][18]

References
  1. District information for Alpine Elementary 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. 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....33. Alpine Borough; Enrollment: 160; Grades: K-8; County: Bergen; Town population: 1,849"
  4. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 6, 2014.
  5. Alpine School District 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 21, 2020. "The District's students in Grades 9 through 12 can attend Tenafly High School which is the partner school in a sending-receiving relationship. Enrollment is free for students with the cost of their tuition paid by the Alpine School District."
  6. Alvarado, Monsy. "Alpine to keep sending students to Tenafly", The Record, April 4, 2003. Accessed August 23, 2014. "Alpine - The borough's high school students will continue to attend Tenafly High School under a new contract approved by the Board of Education this week."
  7. Gemignani, Joseph. "Tenafly student registration recount lacks parent cooperation", The Record, June 20, 2011. Accessed August 23, 2014. "Students from Alpine, which has no high school, may attend Tenafly High under a so-called sending agreement that reimburses Tenafly. When the 2011-12 school budget was adopted, the cost per pupil was put at $14,392, though Trager said that figure has since been increased because Trenton has recalculated the formula to add items like special education."
  8. Cheslow, Jerry. "If You're Thinking of Living In/ Alpine, N.J.; Lavish Homes in a Millionaire's Borough", The New York Times, December 14, 1997. Accessed August 23, 2014. "The students go on to Tenafly High School, in neighboring Tenafly, which sent 91 percent of last year's 230 graduates to higher education."
  9. School data for Tenafly High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  10. Region III Overview Archived December 6, 2019, at the Wayback Machine, Northern Valley Regional High School District. Accessed December 6, 2019. "Responding to this the Bergen County Superintendents Council almost 25 years ago, divided and reorganized the county into seven regions for special education. Bergen County Region III is comprised of nine participating districts: Alpine, Closter, Demarest, Harrington Park, Haworth, Northern Valley Regional High School District, Northvale, Norwood, and Old Tappan."
  11. Yellin, Deena. "Alpine uses local donations to fund school renovation", The Record, December 28, 2016. Accessed February 5, 2017. "The Alpine School District, which serves 160 students in grades K to 8 in a single school, recently completed a year and a half, nearly $5 million renovation project, which includes a new state-of-the-art performing arts center, a soundproof music room, an upgraded library, three new small group instruction rooms, an expanded media center, new main offices, an interior instructional courtyard and a kitchen."
  12. School Data for the Alpine Elementary School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  13. New Jersey School Directory for Bergen County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  14. Superintendent/Principal, Alpine Public School District. Accessed June 21, 2020.
  15. Business Administrator, Alpine Public School District. Accessed June 21, 2020.
  16. 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.
  17. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Alpine School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2019. Accessed June 21, 2020. "The District is a Type II District located in Bergen County, New Jersey. The School District is an instrumentality of the State of New Jersey, established to function as an educational institution. The Board of Education of the Alpine School District, comprised of five elected individuals, is the primary governing authority of the District. A superintendent is appointed by the Board and is responsible for the administrative control of the District."
  18. Board of Education, Alpine Public School District. Accessed June 21, 2020.
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