Central Regional School District

The Central Regional School District is a regional public school district in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States, which serves students in seventh through twelfth grades from the municipalities of Berkeley Township, Island Heights, Ocean Gate, Seaside Heights and Seaside Park.[3][4]

Central Regional School District
Address
509 Forest Hills Parkway
Bayville
, Ocean County, New Jersey, 08721
United States
Coordinates39.89326°N 74.200649°W / 39.89326; -74.200649
District information
Grades7-12
EstablishedSeptember 1954
SuperintendentDouglas Corbett (acting)
Business administratorKevin O'Shea
Schools2
Students and staff
Enrollment2,414 (as of 2021–22)[1]
Faculty177.2 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio13.6:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupB
Websitewww.centralreg.k12.nj.us
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		7-12
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$19,83018$18,8915.0%
1Budgetary Cost14,2201214,586−2.5%
2Classroom Instruction7,967138,339−4.5%
6Support Services1,969142,114−6.9%
8Administrative Cost1,575171,5610.9%
10Operations & Maintenance1,711131,798−4.8%
13Extracurricular Activities8071967319.9%
16Median Teacher Salary67,1012265,769
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of 7-12 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=47

As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of two schools, had an enrollment of 2,414 students and 177.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.6:1.[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.[5]

History

The district was established in September 1954 with Berkeley Township, Island Heights, Lacey Township, Ocean Gate, Seaside Heights and Seaside Park as the constituent municipalities.[6]

Students from the six constituent municipalities had previously attended the Toms River Regional Schools, before the new district completed its school building that was constructed on a site covering 87 acres (35 ha) at a cost of $1,430,000 (equivalent to $15.6 million in 2022).[7] The school opened to students in September 1956 as Central Regional Junior-Senior High School with students from the six constituent municipalities, along with students from Brick Township, who attended as part of a sending/receiving relationship. The formal dedication was deferred to late February 1957 due to construction delays.[8]

With the withdrawal of grades 7 and 8 starting in the 1980–81 school year and the opening of Lacey Township High School in 1981, Lacey Township began dissolving its participation in the Central Regional district.[9][10]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[11]) are:[12][13][14]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[18][19]

  • Douglas Corbett, acting superintendent
  • Kevin O'Shea, business administrator and board secretary

A 14-year-old female student committed suicide in February 2023 after videos of her being physically attacked in a hallway of the school surfaced online. The student's father believes that public humiliation and continued online bullying after this event spurred his daughter to end her own life.[20] Later that month, Superintendent Triantafillos Parlapanides resigned after it was reveled that he had disclosed private information about the student to a UK newspaper; the district named Douglas Corbett, an assistant superintendent and former principal, as acting superintendent.[21]

Board of education

The district's board of education, comprised of nine 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 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.[22][23] Seats on the board of education are allocated based on the population of the constituent municipalities, with five seats assigned to Berkeley Township, and one each to Island Heights, Ocean Gate, Seaside Heights and Seaside Park.[24][25]

References
  1. District information for Central Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.
  2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. Central Regional Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Central Regional School District. Accessed May 4, 2020. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades seven through twelve in the Central Regional School District. Composition: The Central Regional School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Berkley Township, Island Heights, Ocean Gate, Seaside Heights and Seaside Park."
  4. Central Regional School District 2016 School Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed July 14, 2017. "The Central Regional School District is located in the Bayville section of Berkeley Township and draws from the constituent districts of Berkeley Township, Island Heights, Ocean Gate, Seaside Heights, and Seaside Park."
  5. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed January 25, 2015.
  6. Wilbert v. DeCamp, Casetext. Accessed January 21, 2020. "In September 1954 the school districts of Berkeley and Lacey Townships, and the Boroughs of Island Heights, Seaside Park, Seaside Heights and Ocean Gate, formed a regional school district known as the Central Regional School District under the provisions of R.S. 18:8-1 et seq., as amended.... The regional board of education, as originally constituted, was comprised of two members each from Berkeley and Lacey Townships and Seaside Park Borough, and one member from each of the remaining school districts of the Boroughs of Seaside Heights, Island Heights and Ocean Gate."
  7. "Board Okays Finance Plans", Asbury Park Press, February 25, 1955. Accessed March 11, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "The Board of Local Government yesterday approved financial plans for the proposed $1,430,000 Ocean County Central Regional High School.... The board is shooting for a target date of September 1956, for the school opening. This is the date beyond which the Toms River Consolidated School District will no longer accept high school pupils from Seaside Park, Seaside Heights, Island Heights, Ocean Gate, and Berkeley and Lacey Townships.... The proposed six-year junior-senior high school is to be located on the 87-acre site of the former Pinewald Golf Course in Berkeley Township."
  8. "Set Central Regional Dedication for Feb. 27", Asbury Park Press, January 29, 1957. Accessed March 11, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "The new Central Regional Junior-Senior High School at Pinewald will be officially dedicated at open house ceremonies Feb. 27. the Regional Board of Education decided last night. The building, however, has been in use since last September for the six member-districts, and Brick Township, a sending district. The high school has not been accepted by the board from the general contractor because of numerous minor details in constructs that were not approved by the board. A program for the celebration will be prepared and circulated among residents in Seaside Park, Seaside Heights, Island Heights, Ocean Gate, and Lacey, Berkeley and Brick Townships."
  9. Lacey Township High School 2012-13 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed January 21, 2021. "Established in 1981, Lacey Township High School, accredited by the Middle States Association of Secondary Schools and the New Jersey Department of Education, is a four year comprehensive public high school with an outstanding record of academic, co-curricular and athletic performance."
  10. In the Matter of: The Employees of the Board of Education of the Central Regional High School District, Rutgers-Newark Law Library. Accessed January 21, 2020. "Lacey Township will operate its schools to include grades seven and eight for the 1980-81 school year, and such pupils will not attend Central Regional School District.... No positions pre-existed or were created as of that time, (July 1, 1978) and the sending-receiving relationship will continue until September 1980, for 7th and 8th grades and until September 1981 for 9th through 12th grades."
  11. School Data for the Central Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.
  12. Our Schools, Central Regional School District. Accessed January4, 2023.
  13. School Performance Reports for the Central Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 11, 2022.
  14. New Jersey School Directory for the Central Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  15. Central Regional Middle School, Central Regional School District. Accessed March 11, 2022.
  16. MS Student Handbook, Central Regional School District. Accessed September 27, 2021.
  17. Central Regional High School, Central Regional School District. Accessed March 11, 2022.
  18. 2021-2022 Student Handbook, Central Regional School District. Accessed March 11, 2022.
  19. New Jersey School Directory for Ocean County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  20. "Father demands justice for daughter who took her life after video of school bullying surfaced". ABC7 Los Angeles. February 9, 2023. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
  21. Liu, Olivia; and Strupp, Joe. "Central Regional superintendent resigns following comments over student death", Asbury Park Press, February 11, 2023. Accessed February 11, 2023. "Central Regional School District Superintendent Triantafillos Parlapanides resigned a day after the Daily Mail published comments from him that appear to divulge information on the private life of a 14-year-old student who died by suicide this past week. A statement on the Central Regional district website said the school board accepted Parlapanides' resignation without saying why he resigned. It said Douglas Corbett, assistant superintendent of Central Regional, has been appointed the acting superintendent."
  22. 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.
  23. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the Central Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education, June 30, 2019. Accessed July 23, 2020. "The School District is a Type II district located in the County of Ocean, 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 appointed to three-year terms. These terms are staggered so that three members’ terms expire each year. The District provides a full range of educational services appropriate to junior and senior high schools for students of the Boroughs of Island Heights, Ocean Gate, Seaside Heights, Seaside Park and the Township of Berkeley, Ocean County, New Jersey."
  24. Central Regional Board of Education District Policy 0141 - Board Member Number and Term, Central Regional School District. Accessed May 4, 2020. "The Board of Education shall consist of nine members. The constituent districts and the members to which they are entitled are: Berkeley - five members, Island Heights - one member, Ocean Gate - one member, Seaside Heights - one member, and Seaside Park - one member. The term of a Board member shall be three years."
  25. Board Members, Central Regional School District. Accessed January 21, 2020.
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