The Seaside Park School District is a non-operating community public school district that operated one school serving students in Kindergarten through sixth grade from Seaside Park, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, until it closed at the end of the 2009-10 school year.
District officials announced in May 2010 that the school would be closing and that students would attend elementary schools in the nearby Toms River Regional Schools for grades K-6. Officials cited costs of $37,000 per student if the school remained open, versus $10,500 per student if attending the Toms River district.Staff. , News 12 New Jersey, May 12, 2010. Accessed May 12, 2010. The shared services agreement was renewed for the 2013-2014 school year.Kyriakakis, Gregory. "School District Renews Shared Services Agreement With Seaside Park". Toms River Patch, February 22, 2013. Accessed December 24, 2014. "Seaside Park closed the Seaside Park Elementary School in 2010 and formed the sending arrangement for K-6 students with Toms River."
As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's one school had an enrollment of 71 students and 11.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 6.1.District information for the Seaside Park Borough School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 17, 2011.
The district was 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.NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 8, 2014.
Public school students in seventh through twelfth grades attend the schools of the Central Regional School District, which serves students from Island Heights and from the municipalities of Berkeley Township, Ocean Gate, Seaside Heights and Seaside Park.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." Schools in the district (with 2017-18 enrollment data from the National Center for Education StatisticsSchool Data for the Central Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.) are Central Regional Middle SchoolCentral Regional Middle School, Central Regional School District. Accessed January 21, 2020. for grades 7 and 8 (761 students) and Central Regional High SchoolCentral Regional High School, Central Regional School District. Accessed January 21, 2020. for grades 9 - 12 (1,401 students).Our Schools, Central Regional School District. Accessed January 21, 2020.New Jersey School Directory for the Central Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024. The district's Board of Education consists of nine members, who are directly elected by the residents of the constituent municipalities to three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year.Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the Central Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education, June 30, 2018. Accessed January 21, 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." Seaside Park is allocated one of the board's nine seats.Board Members, Central Regional School District. Accessed January 21, 2020.
Schools Seaside Park Elementary School had an enrollment of 71 students in the 2008-09 school year.School Data for the Seaside Park Elementary School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 17, 2011. Thomas Matthews, principalof Education Board of Education , Seaside Park School District. Accessed August 24, 2008.
Administration Core members of the district's / school's administration were: Thomas Gialanella, interim superintendent Barry J. Parliman, business administrator and board secretary
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External links
School Data for the Seaside Park Elementary School, National Center for Education Statistics Central Regional School District