Oldmans Township School District

The Oldmans Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Oldmans Township in Salem County, New Jersey, United States.

Oldmans Township School District
Address
10 Freed Road
Pedricktown, NJ 08067
United States
Coordinates39.751439°N 75.406789°W / 39.751439; -75.406789
District information
GradesK-8
SuperintendentAlicia Smith
Business administratorPamela Zook
Schools1
Students and staff
Enrollment290 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Faculty22.5 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio12.9:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupA
WebsiteDistrict website
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-8
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$18,76639$18,891−0.7%
1Budgetary Cost12,8261414,159−9.4%
2Classroom Instruction8,122208,659−6.2%
6Support Services1,47592,167−31.9%
8Administrative Cost1,427121,547−7.8%
10Operations & Maintenance1,728341,6127.2%
13Extracurricular Activities6120104−41.3%
16Median Teacher Salary60,0574461,136
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 290 students and 22.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.9:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "A", the 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]

A majority of public school students in ninth through twelfth grades from Oldmans Township (more than 70% in 2018) attend Penns Grove High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District, with the balance (the remaining 30%) attending Woodstown High School in the Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District, which also serves students from Alloway Township and Upper Pittsgrove Township.[4][5][6] Students from Oldmans Township living west of Interstate 295 are sent to Penns Grove, while those east of the highway are sent to Woodstown.[7][8] As of the 2018–19 school year, Penns Grove High School had an enrollment of 508 students and 50.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.2:1,[9] while Woodstown High School had an enrollment of 603 students and 48.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.4:1.[10]

In 2016, the district commissioned a study by the Southern Regional Institute and Educational Technology Training Center at Stockton University to consider sending all students in grades 9-12 to Woodstown High School. The study concluded that Woodstown has the capacity to handle all of the students from Oldmans Township, but noted that the withdrawal from Penns Grove would results in a small decrease in the number of white students in that district's high school.[11] In 2018, the Oldmans Township district sought permission from the commissioner of education to send all students to Woodstown, which has been opposed by the Penns Grove district based on the financial impact caused by the loss of tuition.[8]

School

Oldmans Township School had an enrollment of 286 students in grades PreK-8 as of the 2018–19 school year.[12]

  • Alicia Smith, principal[13]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[13][14]

  • Alicia Smith, superintendent
  • Pamela Zook, business administrator and board secretary

Board of education

The district's board of education, with 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 day-to-day operation of the district.[15][16][17]

References
  1. District information for Oldmans Township 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. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 8, 2014.
  4. Oldmans Township School District 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 10, 2020. "Oldmans sends students in grades 9-12 to the Penns Grove-Carneys Point and Woodstown School Districts, as well as the Academy Programs, and the Salem County Vocational Technical School."
  5. Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 10, 2020. "This School Report Card provides the school district's constituents with information concerning the district's programs, including test scores, attendance data of students and staff, financial details, and other specifics which together form a comprehensive review of our school district’s offerings to the Woodstown-Pilesgrove community as well as the high school sending districts of Alloway, Oldmans, and Upper Pittsgrove."
  6. Bumpus, Robert L. "Salem County Report on Consolidation and Regionalization", Office of the Executive County Superintendent of Salem County, March 15, 2010, available at the website of the Asbury Park Press. Accessed July 5, 2011. "A contiguous elementary district, Oldmans Township, sends its students primarily to Penns Grove High School and a smaller number of students to Woodstown High School."
  7. Oldmans Township Board of Education District Policy 5117 - Attendance at High School for General & Special High School Courses of Study, Oldmans Township School District. Accessed June 10, 2020. "All students residing in the eastern portion of the township bound by bus route #1 east of Route 295 shall attend Woodstown High School.... Those students residing in the remaining portion of the Township shall attend Penns Grove High School."
  8. Gallo Jr., Bill. "Switching high schools could lead to a 'death spiral' of taxes in this poor N.J. district", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, March 5, 2018, updated May 14, 2019. Accessed June 10, 2020. "The Oldmans Township School District in Salem County has petitioned the state to send all of its grade 9 to 12 students to Woodstown High School instead of roughly splitting them between Woodstown and Penns Grove High School.... According to documents and officials, about 25 Oldmans high-schoolers attend Penns Grove and nine full-time students and one part-time student go to Woodstown. Some Oldmans students entering the ninth grade attend neither school, opting for other choices such as the county vo-tech or enroll in academy programs offered by other high schools. Which high school the Oldmans students attend depends on which side of Interstate 295 they live on. Those on the western side go to Penns Grove while those on the east to Woodstown."
  9. School data for Penns Grove High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  10. School data for Woodstown High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  11. Oldmans Feasibility Study 2016, Oldmans Township School District. Accessed January 16, 2017. "The Southern Regional Institute and Educational Technology Training Center (SRI&ETTC) of Stockton University has been commissioned by the Oldmans Township Board of Education, Salem County, for the purpose of reporting on the feasibility of sending all of its 9-12 students to the Woodstown High School. Oldmans Township currently sends its high school students to either Woodstown High School or Penns Grove High School depending on the geographic location of the student's residence within Oldmans Township."
  12. School Data for the Oldmans Township School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed June 10, 2020.
  13. Staff, Oldmans Township School District. Accessed June 10, 2020.
  14. New Jersey School Directory for Salem County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  15. 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.
  16. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Oldmans Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2019. Accessed June 10, 2020. "The Oldmans Township School District is a Type II District located in the County of Salem, 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 each. The purpose of the District is to educate students in grades K-8."
  17. Oldmans Township Board of Education District Policy 9110 - Membership &Terms of Office, Oldmans Township School District. Accessed June 10, 2020. "The Board of Education shall be comprised of nine (9) members who are qualified voters and residents of the school district, and who are elected by the voters of the district, at the annual School Board election"
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