Egg Harbor City School District

The Egg Harbor City School District is a comprehensive community public school district responsible for the education of children in pre-Kindergarten through Eighth Grade from Egg Harbor City, in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States.

Students in grades 9 - 12 attend Absegami High School, located in Galloway Township, which serves students from both Galloway Township and Egg Harbor City. [ [http://education.state.nj.us/rc/rc07/narrative/01/1790/01-1790-040.html Absegami High School 2007 Report Card Narrative] , New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 2, 2008. "Absegami High School opened in 1982 and is located in Galloway Township as part of the Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District. Sending districts to Absegami include students coming from Galloway Township and Egg Harbor City."] 1,545 students attend the school. The High School is part of the Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District, a regional high school district serving approximately 3,700 in the constituent districts of Egg Harbor City, Galloway Township, Hamilton Township and Mullica Township, together with the districts of the City of Port Republic and Washington Township (in Burlington County) whose students attend as part of sending/receiving relationships. [ [http://education.state.nj.us/rc/rc07/narrative/01/1790/01-1790-000.html Greater Egg Harbor Regional School District 2007 Report card Narrative] , New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 2, 2008. "The Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District serves the communities of Galloway Township, Hamilton Township, Egg Harbor City, Mullica Township and participates in receiving relationships with Port Republic and Washington Township."]

In a referendum held on September 25, 2007, by a 3,176 - 1,719 margin, voters approved a plan to construct a third high school in the district, to be located in Egg Harbor City. The new school would alleviate overcrowding in the two existing schools and serve students from Egg Harbor City and Mullica Township. Construction is expected to start in Fall 2008 for completion by Summer 2010. [ [http://www.gehrhsd.net/referendum/referendum.htm Referendum] , Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District. Accessed May 4, 2008.]

chools

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=3404530 Data for the Egg Harbor City School District] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed May 2, 2008.] ) are:
* [http://www.ehcs.k12.nj.us/Spragg/spragg.htm Charles L. Spragg School] with 305 students in pre-K to Grade 4
* [http://www.ehcs.k12.nj.us/Rittenberg/rittenberg.htm Fanny D. Rittenberg School] with 240 students in grades 5 - 8

Administration

*John Gilly III - Superintendent of Schools
*Barbara Wood - Business Administrator
*Gina Forester - Supervisor of Special Services
*Adrienne Shulby - Supervisor of Curriculum & Instruction

References

External links

* [http://www.ehcs.k12.nj.us/ Egg Harbor City School District]
*NJReportCard|01|1300|0|Egg Harbor City School District
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3404530 Data for the Egg Harbor City School District] , National Center for Education Statistics
* [http://www.gehrhsd.net/ Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District]
* [http://www.absegami.net/ Absegami High School website]