- Northern Valley Regional High School District
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Northern Valley Regional HS District Superintendent: Dr. Jan Furman Business Administrator: Raymond Jacobus Address: 162 Knickerbocker Rd.
Demarest, NJ 07627Grade Range: 7-12/9-12 School facilities: 2 Enrollment: 2,521 (as of 2009-10)[1] Faculty (in FTEs): 223 Student–teacher ratio: 11.48 District Factor Group: I Web site: http://www.nvnet.org Ind. Per Pupil District
SpendingRank
(*)7-12/9-12
Average%± vs.
Average1 Comparative Cost $14,317 28 $13,710 4.4% 2 Classroom Instruction 7,954 25 7,564 5.2% 6 Support Services 2,382 38 1,987 19.9% 8 Administrative Cost 1,537 19 1,475 4.2% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,604 14 1,816 -11.7% 13 Extracurricular Activities 822 31 749 9.7% 16 Median Teacher Salary 78,339 45 62,000 Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2]
*Of 7-12/9-12 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=47The Northern Valley Regional High School District is a regional school district composed of two public high schools in Bergen County, New Jersey. The regionalized district serves a student population of approximately 2,500 in grades 9-12.
The district comprises the suburban communities of Closter, Demarest, Harrington Park, Haworth, Northvale, Norwood and Old Tappan.[3] Students from Rockleigh attend the district as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[4]
As of the 2009-10 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 2,561 students and 223 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.48.[1]
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "I", the second 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.[5]
The District's Board of Education consists of nine members. Two members are from Closter and Norwood, and one member each from Demarest, Haworth, Harrington Park, Northvale and Old Tappan.
The communities in the district, made up of upper-middle income families, consistently support the school budget, which provides for varied, in-depth college preparatory and career-oriented curricula. Courses range from the remedial to Advanced Placement.
The district's high schools at Demarest and Old Tappan were respectively the 9th and 18th-ranked public high schools in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2008 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools.[6]
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Extracurricular activities
The school faculty support and encourage student participation in the variety of sports, social and academic club activities. In each school, there are over 23 sports, which include participation at the freshman, junior varsity, and varsity level (46 teams) in the North Bergen Interscholastic Athletic League, as well as 60 co-curricular activities.
Radio station
The Northern Valley Regional High School district has its own internet radio station, WNVW. The radio station can be accessed through the school's main website, www.nvnet.org, and plays a variety of music in addition to sports, news, and occasional school announcements. The station's advisor is former radio personality Thomas Morehouse.
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2009-10 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are:
- Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest served 1,212 students from Closter, Demarest, and Haworth.[8]
- Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan served 1,348 students from Harrington Park, Northvale, Norwood, Old Tappan, and Rockleigh.[9][10]
Both schools in the district are accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and by the New Jersey Department of Education.
Administration
- Dr. Jan Furman - Superintendent. Salary: 171,728 plus additional perks[11]
- Ray Jacobus - Assistant Superintendent for Business. Salary: 129,915 plus perks [12]
Additional administrators can be found (with salary and benefits) at http://www.state.nj.us/education/finance/fp/ufb/salaries09.xls. NJ law requires schools to post these salaries on district website. As of June 2009, NV is in violation of this law. (see district website)
References
- ^ a b District information for the Northern Valley Regional High School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed July 29, 2011.
- ^ Comparative Spending Guide March 2009, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 28, 2009.
- ^ Our Communities, Northern Valley Regional High School District. Accessed November 3, 2009. "The seven towns that make up the Northern Valley Regional High School District-Closter, Demarest, Harrington Park, Haworth, Northvale, Norwood, and Old Tappan- are situated in the northeast corner of Bergen County, New Jersey."
- ^ Rockleigh Public Services, Rockleigh, New Jersey. Accessed November 7, 2009.
- ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 8, 2009.
- ^ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed September 16, 2008.
- ^ Data for the Northern Valley Regional High School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed July 29, 2011.
- ^ Cheslow, Jerry. "If You're Thinking of Living In / Demarest, N.J.; Small Town, Large Sense of History", The New York Times, April 4, 1999. Accessed July 29, 2011. "Following eighth grade, students go on to Northern Valley Regional High School in Demarest, which the borough shares with Haworth and neighboring Closter."
- ^ Home Page, Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan. Accessed July 29, 2011. "Welcome to Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan, home of the Golden Knights. Old Tappan is one of two high schools in the Northern Valley District. Our students reside in the towns of Harrington Park, Northvale, Norwood, and Old Tappan."
- ^ Rockleigh Public Services, Rockleigh, New Jersey. Accessed July 29, 2011.
- ^ http://www.state.nj.us/education/finance/fp/ufb/salaries09.xls
- ^ http://www.state.nj.us/education/finance/fp/ufb/salaries09.xls
External links
- Northern Valley Regional High School District
- Northern Valley Regional High School District's 2009–10 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- Data for the Northern Valley Regional High School District, National Center for Education Statistics
Coordinates: 40°57′50″N 73°58′27″W / 40.963999°N 73.974245°W
Categories:- School districts in Bergen County, New Jersey
- New Jersey District Factor Group I
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