Washington Township School District (Burlington County, New Jersey)

The Washington Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through eighth grade from Washington Township, in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States.

The district participates in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program at Green Bank Elementary School, having been approved on November 2, 1999, as one of the first ten districts statewide 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 98, 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.]

Public school students in grades 9 - 12 attend Oakcrest High School, located in Hamilton Township, which serves students from Hamilton Township, Mullica Township, the City of Port Republic and Washington Township. 2,108 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 Atlantic County districts of Egg Harbor City, Galloway Township, Hamilton Township and Mullica Township, together with students from the City of Port Republic and Washington Township who 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."]

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Green Bank Elementary School had an enrollment of 79 students during the 2005-06 school year. [ [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3417040 Data for Green Bank Elementary School] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed May 2, 2008.] The current $4.8 million school building opened in September 2006. [ [http://www.ryebread.com/green_bank_school_opens_9-2006.htm Green Bank School Opening] , copy of article from "The Press of Atlantic City", September 19, 2006.]

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*NJReportCard|05|5490|0|Green Bank Elementary School
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3417040 Data for Green Bank Elementary School] , National Center for Education Statistics
* [http://www.oakcrest.net/ Oakcrest High School website]
* [http://www.gehrhsd.net/ Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District]