Ocean Township School District (Monmouth County, New Jersey)
| Township of Ocean School District | |
|---|---|
| 163 Monmouth Road Oakhurst, NJ 07755 |
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| District information | |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Superintendent | Dr. James Stefankiewicz |
| Business administrator | Kenneth Jannarone |
| Schools | 5 |
| Students and staff | |
| Enrollment | 3,877 (as of 2014-15) |
| Faculty | 364.2 FTEs |
| Student-teacher ratio | 10.6:1 |
| Other information | |
| District Factor Group | FG |
| Website | http://www.oceanschools.org |
The Township of Ocean School District is a comprehensive consolidated public school district serving students from two communities in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. The district serves students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Ocean Township and from the tiny village of Loch Arbour.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its five schools had an enrollment of 3,877 students and 364.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.6:1.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "FG", the fourth-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.
In August, 2007 the high school received international attention when its principal, Julia Davidow, backed by superintendent of schools Thomas Pagano decided to prohibit West Park Players, the school's drama club, from staging the play The Laramie Project. The play, an account of the 1998 murder of gay Wyoming student Matthew Shepard, had a pro-LGBT and pro-tolerance message that the two administrators felt would offend conservative community values, Davidow stating "I do not want to draw a line between those who think homosexuality is right and those who think it is wrong. I have a school community to run here and I must protect everyone involved." In the wake of widespread outrage at Pagano's and Davidow's act and calls for their disciplining, the play was reinstated.
Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:
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