West Morris Regional High School District

Infobox School District
name = West Morris Regional High School District
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established = September 1, 1958
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grades = 9 - 12
superintendent = Dr. Anthony di Battista
students = 2,521 (as of 2005-06
teachers = 205.6 (on FTE basis)
location = 10 South Four Bridges Road
Chester, NJ 07930
contact number = 908-879-6404
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website = [http://www.wmrhsd.org District web site] The West Morris Regional High School District is a regional public high school district in New Jersey that serves students from the surrounding Morris County communities of Chester Borough (60 students), Chester Township (494 students), Mendham Borough (252 students), Mendham Township (330 students) and from Washington Township (1,258 students). [http://education.state.nj.us/rc/rc07/narrative/27/5660/27-5660-000.html West Morris Regional High School District 2007 Report Card Narrative] , New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed July 17, 2008. "Established in 1958, the West Morris Regional High School District operates two schools, West Morris Central High School and West Morris Mendham High School. The district serves the students of five Morris County communities, Chester Borough, Chester Township, Mendham Borough, Mendham Township and Washington Township, in grades 9 through 12. Students from Washington Township attend West Morris Central High School, and students from the Chesters and the Mendhams attend West Morris Mendham High School."] The district was formed on September 1, 1958.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 2,521 students and 205.6 classroom teachers (on a FTE basis, for a student-teacher ratio of 12.3. [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3417550&ID=341755004550 West Morris Regional High School District] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed July 17, 2008.]

The district originally also included Mount Olive Township, until that municipality voted to leave the regional system. Students from Mount Olive Township attended West Morris Central High School until 1972. West Morris Mount Olive High School, in Flanders, opened in 1972 and was operated by the regional district until the 1978-1979 school year. West Morris Mount Olive High School Class of 1978 was the last graduating class from this facility under the regional administration. The high school building and remaining faculty became part of the Mount Olive Township School District and is operated as Mount Olive High School.

The West Morris Regional High School District is a "limited purpose" district. This means that it does not operate as a K-12 school system. Instead, K-8 students of the constituent municipalities attend separate K-8 school districts maintained by four of the five municipalities. Chester Borough and Chester Township schools are consolidated under the Chester Township Public School District and the remaining three municipalities (Mendham Borough, Mendham Township and Washington Township) each constitute separate districts.

The District operates two grade 9-12 comprehensive high schools (with 2005-06 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics [ [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3417550 West Morris Regional High School District] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 29, 2008.] ):
*West Morris Central High School built in 1958 with convert|173210|sqft|m2|0 of space, is located in Washington Township, and serves Washington Township. Currently the school houses 1,313 students.
*West Morris Mendham High School built in 1970 with convert|171025|sqft|m2|0 of space, is located in Mendham Borough and serves Chester Borough, Chester Township, Mendham Borough and Mendham Township. Currently the school houses 1,208 students.

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: [ [http://liberty.state.nj.us/cgi-bin/education/directory/directory1.pl?string=co_code27&maxhits=1000 New Jersey School Directory for Morris County] , New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed July 26, 2008.]
*Dr. Anthony di Battista, Superintendent
*Dr. Alyce Hunter, Director of Curriculum
*L. Douglas Pechanec, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

External links

* [http://www.wmrhsd.org/ West Morris Regional High School District]
* [http://www.wmchs.org/ West Morris Central High School]
* [http://www.wmmhs.org/ West Morris Mendham High School]
*NJReportCard|27|5660|0|West Morris Regional High School District
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3417550 West Morris Regional High School District] , National Center for Education Statistics