Long Branch Public Schools

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name = Long Branch Public Schools
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grades = PreK - 12
superintendent = Joseph M. Ferraina
students = 4,973 (as of 2005-06)
teachers = 498.5 (on an FTE basis)
location = 540 Broadway
Long Branch, NJ 07740
contact number = 732-571-2868
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website = [http://www.longbranch.k12.nj.us District web site]

Long Branch Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in prekindergarten through twelfth grade in the city of Long Branch, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. 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 eight schools had an enrollment of 1,179 students and 99.8 classroom teachers (on a FTE basis, for a student-teacher ratio of 11.8. [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3408940&DistrictID=3408940 District information for the Long Branch Public Schools] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed July 21, 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=3408940 Data for the Long Branch Public Schools] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed May 25, 2008.] ) are:;Early childhood learning centers
* [http://www.longbranch.k12.nj.us/JMF.htm Joseph Ferraina Early Childhood Learning Center] (789 students);Primary schools
* [http://www.longbranch.k12.nj.us/AAA.htm Amerigo A. Anastasia School] (PK-5; 644)
* [http://www.longbranch.k12.nj.us/AWC.htm Audrey W. Clark School] (3-5; 328)
* [http://www.longbranch.k12.nj.us/Gregory.htm Gregory School] (PK-5; 312)
* [http://www.longbranch.k12.nj.us/Morris%20Ave.htm Morris Avenue School] (K-2; 355)
* [http://www.longbranch.k12.nj.us/West%20End.htm West End School] (PK-5; 329);Middle schools
* [http://www.longbranch.k12.nj.us/Middle%20School-Choice.htm Long Branch Middle School] (6-8; 1,019);High schools
*Long Branch High School (9-12; 1,204)

tate investigation of Superintendent

In March 2006, the New Jersey State Commission of Investigation issued a [http://www.state.nj.us/sci/pdf/SCIHigherEdReport.pdf report] to Governor Jon Corzine specifically and to the public in general that addressed "Questionable and Hidden Compensation for Public School Administrators" including an expose on Long Branch Superintendent of Schools Joseph Ferraina. The report disclosed that Mr. Ferraina reported receiving a base salary of $193,149 to the New Jersey Department of Education when, as the Commission of Investigation stated, he was actually receiving a total compensation of $305,099, some 58% higher than the amount he reported.

The Investigation reported that Mr. Ferraina cashed in $78,461 for unused leave; received $10,809 in stipends; $10,907 toward long-term health and disability insurance; $1,244 for unreimbursed medical expenses; and $11,529 in annuity payments. The Commission reported that "from 1999 through 2004, Ferraina cashed in $108,100 in unused accumulated leave, and received $30,900 toward long-term health insurance, annuity payments totaling more than $43,200 and $36,000 in automobile stipends."

The report also stated that "Ferraina was hired as superintendent of the Long Branch School District in May, 1998, under a multi-year contract. Within one year, however, the board of education revisited the pact, boosting its terms and provisions in the first of what would turn out to be a series of 10 separate amendments, modifications and revisions over the next five years. In each instance, Ferraina’s compensation and benefits increased significantly at taxpayer expense."

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: [ [http://www.longbranch.k12.nj.us/Administration.htm Administration] , Long Branch Public Schools. Accessed August 14, 2008.] [ [http://liberty.state.nj.us/cgi-bin/education/directory/directory1.pl?string=co_code25&maxhits=1000 New Jersey School Directory for Monmouth County] , New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed July 23, 2008.]
*Joseph M. Ferraina - Superintendent of Schools
*George L. Catrambone - Assistant Superintendent of Schools
*Peter E. Genovese III - School Business Administrator/Board Secretary

References

External links

* [http://www.longbranch.k12.nj.us/ Long Branch Public Schools]
*NJReportCard|25|2770|0|Long Branch Public Schools
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3408940 Data for the Long Branch Public Schools] , National Center for Education Statistics
* [http://www.state.nj.us/sci/pdf/SCIHigherEdReport.pdf New Jersey State Commission of Investigation Report]