The Roxbury School District is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade in Roxbury Township, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its seven schools had an enrollment of 3,637 students and 325.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a studentâ€"teacher ratio of 11.2:1.
The district's high school serves students from Roxbury, as well as those from Mount Arlington, who attend as part of a sending/receiving relationship.
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.
Schools
Schools in the district consists of the following (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:
- Elementary schools
- Franklin Elementary School (330 students; in grades K-4)
- Christopher S. Deery, Principal
- Jefferson Elementary School (334; K-4)
- Karen Lunardoni, Principal
- Kennedy Elementary School (223; K-4)
- Eric Renfors, Principal
- Nixon Elementary School (283; K-4)
- Danielle Lynch, Principal
- Middle schools
- Lincoln / Roosevelt School for grades 5 and 6 (544)
- Jack Curtis, Principal
- Eisenhower Middle School for grades 7 and 8 (563)
- Dominick Miller, Principal
- High school
- Roxbury High School for grades 9-12 (1,427)
- Jeffrey Swanson, Principal
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:
- Dr. Loretta Radulic, Superintendent
- Patricia Wilson, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
School policies
The Roxbury School District Board of Education requires that all students stand while the Pledge of Allegiance is being recited. The school makes use of 'Moments of Silence'.
Controversies
Discipline of board member
In April 2011, an administrative law judge ruled that the Roxbury Board of Education acted outside of its authority when it censured Maureen Castriotta, a school board member. Castriotta had differed with other school board members about spending priorities and had protested against a student protest organized by Superintendent Michael Rossi and High School Principal Jeffrey Swanson against funding cuts proposed by Governor Chris Christie. The ALJ vacated the censure, as the matter should have been decided by the School Ethics Commission, rather than by a school board that denied Castriotta's due process. At a June 2010 town hall meeting, Christie supported Castriotta's right to "speak up," and he asked the audience if school administrators would have allowed a student rally that was against the New Jersey Education Association, the state's largest teacher's union.
Employee theft
In April 2015, the lead mechanic for the Roxbury school district's transportation department was charged with stealing about 1,900 gallons of fuel from the district. The mechanic was ordered to pay back the school district the $8,000 value of the fuel and required to give up his right to public employment in the state.
References
External links
- Roxbury School District
- Roxbury School District's 2015â€"16 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- Roxbury School District, National Center for Education Statistics
- Bullying in Roxbury School District
- Roxbury Taxpayers Education Association Members
