Leonia Public Schools

The Leonia Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through Twelfth grade from Leonia, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.

Enrollment in the district is 1,752, of which, 289 are Edgewater students in grades 7-12. An Early Childhood Learning Center is available for 4-year olds. This tuition-based program provides a half-day of academic activities to prepare children for kindergarten. [ [http://www.leoniaschools.org/BOE/AtAGlance.html Leonia Schools at a glance] , Leonia Public Schools. Accessed February 8, 2006.]

The district has 175 classroom teachers and 23 educational support personnel. The cost per pupil in 2003-2004 was $10,730 as compared to a state average of $10,621. Average class size in all 3 schools is 21 students. The budget for 2005-2006 is $21,454,000.

The Leonia High School Academy for Pharmacy, Medicine and Technology is in its third year. The academy prepares students for careers in the medical field. Leonia High School's graduation requirements are among the most rigorous in the state. The school has nine periods per day with no study halls. The students of the Academy for Pharmacy, Medicine and Technology are required to attend an extra period of class every year for the extra science course in the special curriculum.

In year 2005, Leonia Middle School finished the construction of its new addition. That marked the completion of the expansion of the Leonia Public Schools, along with the completion of the high school's math and science wing and Anna C. Scott Elementary School's addition and renovation, completed in 2002 and 2001, respectively.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2005-06 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics [ [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3408520 Data for the Leonia Public Schools] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 30, 2008.] ) are:
* [http://www.leoniaschools.org/acs/acs.htm Anna C. Scott Elementary School] (K-5, 662 students)
**"'maria martinez"' - Principal
**Dina DeAquino- Vice Principal
* [http://www.leoniaschools.org/lms/lms.htm Leonia Middle School] (6-8, 443 students)
**Michele Simon - Principal
**John J. Timmons - Vice Principal
*Leonia High School (9-12, 630 students)
**Edward Bertolini - Principal
**Ellen Hausner - Vice Principal

Administration

The district administration is as follows: [ [http://www.leoniaschools.org/BOE/bdofed.html Leonia Public School District Administrators] , Leonia Public Schools. Accessed February 26, 2006.]
*Bernard Josefsberg, Ed.D. - Superintendent
*Joanne Megargee - Assistant Superintendent
*Louis Mondello - Business Administrator/Board Secretary

References

External links

* [http://www.leoniaschools.org/ Leonia Public Schools]
*NJReportCard|03|2620|0|Leonia Public Schools
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3408520 Data for the Leonia Public Schools] , National Center for Education Statistics