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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. Since the 2007-08 school year, as part of an agreement with the Mullica Township Schools, Washington Township receives additional teaching support from the Mullica district and shares its superintendent and business administrator. Washington Township students in grades five through eight attend Mullica Township Middle School as part of a program that has expanded since it was initiated in the 2007-08 school year.〔(Washington Township School District 2013 Report Card Narrative ), New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 11, 2015. "Washington Township is continuing its shared services relationship with the Mullica Township School District. Administrative Staff, Business Office, Child Study Team, and Food Services personnel are shared by each district. This has resulted in substantial savings to both communities. The districts are also collaborating on staff development and special programs for students. Washington Township and Mullica Township students for example, take field trips together and currently grades 4th – 8th students attend Mullica Township Middle School."〕〔(Mullica Township School District 2014 Report Card Narrative ), New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 23, 2015. "For the past decade, Mullica Township has embraced the opportunity to embark in a shared service agreement with the Washington Township School District in Burlington County. Washington Township consists of a single school (Green Bank) which services approximately 40 students in Pre-Kindergarten to Grade Four. Students in grades 5 through 8 attend Mullica through a send-receive relationship, providing Green Bank students with a more well-rounded middle school experience."〕〔Procida, Lee. ("Washington Township's Green Bank Elementary School fights to survive funding cut" ), ''The Press of Atlantic City'', November 20, 2010. Accessed October 30, 2014. "Washington Township currently shares its superintendent, Brenda Harring-Marro, as well as several teachers and staff, with Mullica. This year, the 23 students from sixth, seventh and eighth grades started going to Mullica’s middle school, six miles south across the Mullica River."〕〔(Shared Services ), Mullica Township School District. Accessed October 30, 2014. "During the 2010-2011 school year we embarked on a new level of shared services in that the sixth thru eighth (6-8) grade students from Green Bank attend Mullica’s middle school. The transition allows the students from Green Bank to experience a larger school setting prior to entering high school."〕 As of the 2012-13 school year, the district's one school had an enrollment of 37 students and 4.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 7.81:1.〔(District information for Washington Township School District ), National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 11, 2015.〕 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.〔(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.〔(Interdistrict Public School Choice Program: Introduction ), New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 19, 2008.〕 The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "A", the lowest 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 October 30, 2014.〕 Students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Cedar Creek High School, which is located in the northern section of Egg Harbor City and opened to students in September 2010.〔(Cedar Creek High School 2013 Report Card Narrative ), New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 11, 2015. "Cedar Creek High School opened its doors for the first time September 7, 2010 with only 9th and 10th grade students. For the 2011/2012 school year, we grew to include grades 9 through 11. Serving students from six communities within the Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District, Cedar Creek will function fully as a four-year, comprehensive high school for the 2012/2013 school year."〕 The school is one of three high schools operated as part of the Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District, which also includes the constituent municipalities of Egg Harbor City, Galloway Township, Hamilton Township, and Mullica Township, and participates in sending/receiving relationships with Port Republic and Washington Township.〔(Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District 2014 Report Card Narrative ), New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 11, 2015. "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."〕〔(High School Sending Districts ), Burlington County Library System, backed up by the Internet Archive as of September 27, 2006. Accessed October 30, 2014.〕 Cedar Creek High School is zoned to serve students from Egg Harbor City, Mullica Township, Port Republic and Washington Township, while students in portions of Galloway and Hamilton townships have the can attend Cedar Creek as an option or to participate in magnet programs at the school.〔(Student Population ), Cedar Creek High School. Accessed October 30, 2014. "We will serve as the high school for the communities of Mullica Township, Egg Harbor City, Port Republic, and the Green Bank area of Washington Township. Students from specific geographic areas of Galloway and Hamilton Townships (School of Choice Program) and the entirety of Galloway and Hamilton Townships through the Magnet Programs (Engineering and Environmental Sciences) will have the option of attending CCHS."〕〔(Policy 5120 Assignment of Pupils ), Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District. Accessed October 30, 2014. "Pupils shall attend the school located in the attendance area of their residence. The attendance areas for the Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District shall be as follows: 1. Pupils who reside in Egg Harbor City shall attend Cedar Creek High School. 2. Pupils who reside in Galloway Township shall attend Absegami High School. 3. Pupils who reside in Hamilton Township shall attend Oakcrest High School 4. Pupils who reside in Mullica Township shall attend Cedar Creek High School 5. Pupils who reside in Port Republic and Washington Township shall attend Cedar Creek High School."〕 Prior to the opening of Cedar Creek, students from Washington Township had attended Oakcrest High School, together with students from Hamilton Township, Mullica Township and Port Republic.〔(Oakcrest High School 2010 report Card Narrative ), New Jersey Department of Education, backed up by the Internet Archive as of June 14, 2012. Accessed October 30, 2014. "Oakcrest is a comprehensive high school located in Mays Landing that provides a secondary school education to four sending districts including Greenbank, Hamilton Township, Mullica Township, and Port Republic."〕 ==School== Green Bank Elementary School had an enrollment of 37 students during the 2012-13 school year.〔(Data for Green Bank Elementary School ), National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 11, 2015.〕 The current school building opened in September 2006.〔(Green Bank School Opening ), copy of article from ''The Press of Atlantic City'', September 19, 2006.〕 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「Washington Township School District (Burlington County, New Jersey)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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