Stafford Township School District

The Stafford Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in Pre-Kindergarten through Sixth grade from Stafford Township, in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States.

The district participates in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program at South Harrison Township Elementary School, having been approved in July 2002 to participate in the program. [ [http://www.state.nj.us/education/choice/districts/index.html Interdistrict Public School Choice Program: Approved Choice Districts] , New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 19, 2008.] Seats in the program for non-resident students are specified by the district and are allocated by lottery, with tuition paid for participating students by the New Jersey Department of Education. [ [http://www.state.nj.us/education/choice/genfo.htm Interdistrict Public School Choice Program: Introduction] , New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 19, 2008.]

For grades 7 through 12, students attend the [http://www.srsd.net/middleschool Southern Regional Middle School] (grades 7 and 8) and Southern Regional High School (grades 9 - 12). These schools are part of the Southern Regional School District, which serves the five municipalities in the Long Beach Island Consolidated School District — Barnegat Light, Harvey Cedars, Long Beach Township, Ship Bottom and Surf City — along with students students from Beach Haven and Stafford Township, together with students from Ocean Township who attend as part of a sending/receiving relationship. [ [http://education.state.nj.us/rc/rc07/narrative/29/4950/29-4950-050.html Southern Regional High School 2007 Report Card Narrative] , New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 10, 2008. "Situated in Manahawkin, the Southern Regional High School District draws from the constituent municipalities of Long Beach Township, Beach Haven, Surf City, Ship Bottom, Barnegat Light, Harvey Cedars and Stafford Township, as well as the tuition sending municipality of Ocean Township (Waretown)."] The current district population is approximately 4,000 students. Both schools are in the Manahawkin section of Stafford Township.

Also seated in Manahawkin is the Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science. It is located within a quarter mile of Southern Regional High School. MATES is a comprehensive and challenging career high school. It is part of the Ocean County Vocational Technical School District.

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=3415690 Data for the Stafford Township School District] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 10, 2008.] ) are;Pre-School
* [http://www.staffordschools.org/primary_learning_center.htm Ronald L. Meinders Primary Learning Center] (preK and K)
**Susan D'Alessandro - Principal;Elementary Schools
* [http://www.staffordschools.org/oceanacres.htm Ocean Acres School] (PreK-2, 739 students)
**Carl Krushinski - Principal
* [http://www.staffordschools.org/oxycocus.htm Oxycocus School] (PreK-2, 329 students)
**Lori Coyne - Principal
* [http://www.staffordschools.org/mckinley.htm McKinley Avenue School] (3 and 4, 712 students)
**Barbara D'Apuzzo - Principal;Intermediate School
* [http://www.staffordschools.org/intermediate.htm Stafford Intermediate School] (5 and 6, 735 students)
**Deborah Addesso - Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administartion are: [ [http://www.staffordschools.org/central%20office.htm Central Office] , Stafford Township School District. Accessed August 25, 2008.]
*Ronald L. Meinders - Superintendent
*Enrico Siano - School Business Administrator and Board Secretary

References

External links

* [http://www.staffordschools.org/ Stafford Township School District]
*NJReportCard|29|5020|0|Stafford Township School District
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3415690 Data for the Stafford Township School District] , National Center for Education Statistics
* [http://www.srsd.net/ Southern Regional School District]
* [http://www.ocvts.org/ Ocean County Vocational Technical School District]