Bloomfield Public Schools (New Jersey)

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name = Bloomfield Public Schools
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grades = PreK - 12
superintendent = Frank J. Digesere
students = 6,007 (as of 2005-06)
teachers = 452.1 (on an FTE basis)
location = 155 Broad Street
Bloomfield, NJ 07003
contact number = 973-680-8501
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website = [http://www.bloomfield.k12.nj.us District web site] The Bloomfield Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in prekindergarten through twelfth grade from Bloomfield, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the district's 11 schools had an enrollment of 6,007 students and 452.1classroom teachers (on a FTE basis, for a student-teacher ratio of 13.3. [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3401830&DistrictID=3401830 District information for the Bloomfield Public Schools] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed August 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=3401830 Data for the Bloomfield Public Schools] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 9, 2008.] ) are:;Elementary Schools (K-6)
* [http://www.bloomfield.k12.nj.us/Berkeley/index.html Berkeley Elementary School] (506 students)
* [http://www.bloomfield.k12.nj.us/Brookdale/index.html Brookdale Elementary School] (291)
* [http://www.bloomfield.k12.nj.us/Carteret/index.html Carteret Elementary School] (454)
* [http://www.bloomfield.k12.nj.us/Demarest/index.html Demarest Elementary School] (415)
* [http://www.bloomfield.k12.nj.us/Fairview/index.html Fairview Elementary School] (479)
* [http://www.bloomfield.k12.nj.us/Franklin/index.html Franklin Elementary School] (335)
* [http://www.bloomfield.k12.nj.us/Oak_View/INDEx.HTMl Oak View Elementary School] (347)
* [http://www.bloomfield.k12.nj.us/Watsessing/index.html Watsessing Elementary School] (326);Middle School (7&8)
* [http://www.bloomfield.k12.nj.us/Middleschool/BMS.html Bloomfield Middle School] (939);High School (9-12)
*Bloomfield High School for grades 9-12 (1,889);Other School
* [http://www.bloomfield.k12.nj.us/Forest_Glen/Main%20Page.htm Forest Glen School] provides individualized programs and services to special needs students in grades 7-12 (29)

Awards and recognition

During the 2007-08 school year, Oak View Elementary School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education [Addison, Kasi; and Juri, Carmen. [http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/essex/index.ssf?/base/news-4/1191731948182640.xml&coll=1 "Three Essex schools capture blue ribbon"] , "The Star-Ledger", October 7, 2007. Accessed October 14, 2007. "Principals in three Essex County schools found out last week their buildings joined an exclusive club of exemplary schools when the U.S. Department of Education named the nation's latest batch of No Child Left Behind -- Blue Ribbon Schools.... The three Essex County schools are Oakview School in Bloomfield, Millburn High School and Harriet Tubman School in Newark."] [ [http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/2007/2007-schools.html No Child Left Behind - Blue Ribbon Schools Program: 2007 Schools] , United States Department of Education. Accessed October 15, 2007.] , the highest award an American school can receive. [ [http://www.journalinquirer.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17475750&BRD=985&PAG=461&dept_id=161556&rfi=6 CIBA cited as one of the best by Education Department] , "Journal Inquirer", November 16, 2006. "The Blue Ribbon award is given only to schools that reach the top 10 percent of their state's testing scores over several years or show significant gains in student achievement. It is considered the highest honor a school can achieve."] [Viers Mill School Wins Blue Ribbon; School Scored High on Statewide Test; "The Washington Post". September 29, 2005 "For their accomplishments, all three schools this month earned the status of Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor the U.S. Education Department can bestow upon a school."]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: [ [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.]
*Frank J. Digesere - Superintendent of Schools [http://www.bloomfield.k12.nj.us/superoffice.htm Office of the Superintendent] , Bloomfield School District. Accessed August 4, 2008.]
*Dr. Marie Cirasella, Assistant Superintendent
*Michael Derderian - Business Administrator [ [http://www.bloomfield.k12.nj.us/dirdirectory.htm Central Office Administrators] , Bloomfield School District. Accessed August 4, 2008.]

References

External links

* [http://www.bloomfield.k12.nj.us/ Bloomfield Public Schools]
*NJReportCard|13|0410|0|Bloomfield Public Schools
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3401830 Data for the Bloomfield Public Schools] , National Center for Education Statistics