East Orange School District

Infobox School District
name = East Orange School District
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grades = PreK - 12
superintendent = Dr. Clarence Hoover, III
students = 10,796 (as of 2005-06)
teachers = 952.0 (on an FTE basis)
location = 715 Park Avenue
East Orange, NJ 07017
contact number = 973-266-5760
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website = [http://www.eastorange.k12.nj.us District web site]

East Orange School District is a comprehensive community public school district serving students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from the city of East Orange, New Jersey. The district is one of 31 Abbott Districts statewide. [ [http://www.nj.gov/cgi-bin/education/abbotts/abbotturls.pl?string=code&maxhits=100 Abbott Districts] , New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 31, 2008.]

As of the 2005-06 school year, the district's 20 schools had an enrollment of 10,796 students and 952.0 classroom teachers (on a FTE basis, for a student-teacher ratio of 11.3. [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3404230&DistrictID=3404230 District information for the East Orange School District] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed August 4, 2008.]

In 2003, Patrick Healy Middle School was identified as one of seven "persistently dangerous" middle schools in New Jersey. [ [http://www.cnn.com/2003/EDUCATION/09/25/unsafe.schools.glance.ap/ List of dangerous schools] , CNN, September 25, 2003] The designation has since been removed.

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=3404230 Data for the East Orange School District] , National Center for Education Statistics. Acecssed August 4, 2008.] ) are:

;Early childhood education centers
* [http://www.eastorange.k12.nj.us/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=31 Althea Gibson Early Childhood Academy] (188 students)
**Ruth Cahoon, Principal
* [http://www.eastorange.k12.nj.us/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=47 Wahlstrom Early Childhood Center] (194)
**Fidelia Sturdivant, Principal

;Elementary schools
* [http://www.eastorange.k12.nj.us/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=37 Mildred Barry-Garvin School] (PreK-5; 226)
**Dr. Howard Walker, Principal
* [http://www.eastorange.k12.nj.us/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=40 Edward T. Bowser, Sr. Unique School of Excellence] (PreK-5; 849) [ [http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/essex/index.ssf?/base/news-3/116590196583010.xml&coll=1 A new name for school in E. Orange: 'John Howard' is out, 'Edward Bowser' in] , "The Star-Ledger", December 12, 2006]
**Dr. Alease Griffith, Principal
* [http://www.eastorange.k12.nj.us/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=2 George Washington Carver Institute of Science and Technology] (PreK-5; 522)
**Loretta Onyeani, Principal
* [http://www.eastorange.k12.nj.us/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=3 Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. Academy] (K-5; 272)
**Deborah Harvest, Principal
* [http://www.eastorange.k12.nj.us/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=36 Fourth Avenue School] (K-5; 309)
**Sharon Vincent, Principal
* [http://www.eastorange.k12.nj.us/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=39 Whitney E. Houston Academy of Creative & Performing Arts] (K-8; 593)
**Henry Hamilton, Principal
* [http://www.eastorange.k12.nj.us/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=41 Langston Hughes School of Publishing & Arts] (PreK-5; 516)
**Annie Jackson, Principal
* [http://www.eastorange.k12.nj.us/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=42 J. Garfield Jackson, Sr. Academy] (1-5; 305)
**Gladys Calhoun, Principal
* [http://www.eastorange.k12.nj.us/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=44 Gordon Parks Academy School of Radio, Animation, Film and Television] (K-6; 393)
**Norman Stanley, Principal
* [http://www.eastorange.k12.nj.us/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=43 Ecole Toussaint Louverture] (PreK-5; 324)
**David T. Johnson, Principal
* [http://www.eastorange.k12.nj.us/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=48 Dionne Warwick Institute of Economics and Entrepreneurship] (PreK-5; 539)
**Gloria Watson, Principal
* [http://www.eastorange.k12.nj.us/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=49 Washington Academy of Music] (K-8; 465)
**Passion Moss-Hasan, Principal

;Middle schools
* [http://www.eastorange.k12.nj.us/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=34 John L. Costley Middle School] (609)
**Amalia Trono, Principal
* [http://www.eastorange.k12.nj.us/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=38 Patrick F. Healy Middle School] (577)
**Dr. Robert Morgan, Principal
* [http://www.eastorange.k12.nj.us/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=45 Sojourner Truth Middle School] (554)

;Middle/high school
*Cicely Tyson School of Performing and Fine Arts (grades 7-12; 678 students), a combined middle and high school where students are accepted based on their intellect and talents.
**Laura Trimmings, Principal

;High schools
*East Orange Campus 9 High School [http://www.eastorange.k12.nj.us/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=32] (formerly Clifford Scott High) - Grade 9; 780 students
**Dr. Nicholas Del Tufo, Principal
*East Orange Campus High School (located in the former campus of Upsala College) grades 10-12; 1,904 students
**Dr. Kelvin Harris, Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: [ [http://www.eastorange.k12.nj.us/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=78 Administrative Directory] , East Orange School District. Accessed August 4, 2008.] [ [http://liberty.state.nj.us/cgi-bin/education/directory/directory1.pl?string=co_code13&maxhits=1000 New Jersey School Directory for Essex County] , New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed August 4, 2008.]
*Dr. Clarence Hoover, III, Superintendent of Schools
*Victor R. Demming, Board Secretary / School Business Administrator

References

External links

* [http://www.eastorange.k12.nj.us/ East Orange School District]
*NJReportCard|13|1210|0|East Orange School District
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3404230 Data for the East Orange School District] , National Center for Education Statistics