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Ho-Ho-Kus School District is a community public school district located in Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey, United States, that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through eighth grade. As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's one school had an enrollment of 650 students and 50.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.00:1.〔(District information for Ho Ho Kus School District ), National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 5, 2014.〕 The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "J", the highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.〔(NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts ), New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 30, 2014.〕 As of 2012, school elections were shifted from April to the November general election as part of an effort to reduce the costs of a standalone April vote.〔Kleimann, Karen; Clyde, John. ("Districts moving school elections" ), ''Town Journal'', February 15, 2012. Accessed November 30, 2014. "The Allendale, Ho-Ho-Kus, Northern Highlands, Saddle River and Upper Saddle River boards of education voted to move their respective school elections to November for at least the next four annual elections. The five districts, along with a majority of school boards across the state, are moving their elections from April to November in hopes of sparing taxpayers the expense of a separate election, according to the New Jersey School Boards Association."〕 public school students in Ho-Ho-Kus for ninth through twelfth grades attend Northern Highlands Regional High School, which also serves students from Allendale, Upper Saddle River and some of Saddle River's students (who have the option of attending either Northern Highlands or Ramsey High School, as part of sending/receiving relationships with the two districts).〔(Northern Highlands Regional High School 2014 Report Card Narrative ), New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 19, 2015. "A four-year public high school, Northern Highlands strives to address the needs of all of its students who come from four towns in northern Bergen County: Allendale, Upper Saddle River, Ho-Ho-Kus, and Saddle River."〕〔Staff. ("Tuition to rise $219 under new contract" ), ''Town Journal'', November 19, 2009. Accessed November 30, 2014. "With no high school in the borough, Saddle River students have the option of enrolling in either Ramsey High School or Northern Highlands."〕 ==History== The original school building was constructed in 1936.〔(District Information ), Ho-Ho-Kus School District. Accessed August 22, 2011.〕 Over the years, several additions have been made to the school. The most recent construction added of space, primarily in the middle school wing, but the addition included the new cafeteria, two science rooms, and administrative offices. There was also a renovation of the existing school building. A 1973 plan to have students from Ho-Ho-Kus attend Midland Park High School in Midland Park, New Jersey as part of a combined regional district never came to fruition, despite official approval and encouragement by the New Jersey Board of Education. Ridgewood had been hosting students in grades 9 to 12 from Ho-Ho-Kus at Ridgewood High School for 75 years as part of a sending/receiving relationship, though the Ridgewood board of education ended the arrangement in 1973 due to overcrowding and a proposed regionalization agreement between Ho-Ho-Kus and Ridgewood was rejected by voters from both communities in 1969. The state had proposed the formation of a regional agreement between Ho-Ho-Kus and Midland Park, though the choices of funding based on either property values or on the number of students would mean that one borough would shoulder higher costs than the other, regardless of which method was selected, given the sharp differences in demographics between the two communities.〔Staff. ("High-School Merger in Doubt" ), ''The New York Times'', April 29, 1973. Accessed August 22, 2011.〕 The small size of Midland Park High School and the lack of electives led to efforts in the mid-1990s to find another high school to serve students from the borough.〔Cheslow, Jerry. ("If You're Thinking of Living In/Ho-Ho-Kus; A Borough That Guards Its Traditions" ), ''The New York Times'', February 5, 1995. Accessed August 22, 2011. "The district serves Kindergarten through eighth grades. High school students are sent to nearby Midland Park, an arrangement Mayor Sayers terms "unsatisfactory" because, he says, Midland Park High School is small and offers few electives. The Ho-Ho-Kus Board of Education is discussing possible alternatives."〕 Since then, high school students from Ho-Ho-Kus have been attending Northern Highlands Regional High School.〔Peterson, Iver. ("Taxes May Fuse School Districts; Rising Expenses Test New Jerseyans' Love of Local Control" ), ''The New York Times'', April 29, 1994. Accessed August 22, 2011. "The proposed district would send Ho-Ho-Kus ninth graders to Northern Highlands Regional High School in Allendale. Northern Highlands High is nationally known for quality, but it is operating at just over half capacity and desperately seeking ties to other districts. Now, Ho-Ho-Kus children go to Midland Park High School after eighth grade."〕 The current agreement between Ho-Ho-Kus and Northern Highlands runs through 2018.〔Crusco, Jennifer. ("Trustees approve new 10-year contract with Highlands" ), ''The Villadom Times'', March 4, 2009. Accessed September 7, 2011. "The Ho-Ho-Kus Board of Education last week signed a new send/receive contract with Northern Highlands Regional High School in Allendale, which covers 2008 (retroactively) through 2018.... Ho-Ho-Kus has been sending its high school age students to Northern Highlands since the 1990s, when the district severed its send/receive relationship with Midland Park High School."〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ho-Ho-Kus School District」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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