Teaneck Public Schools
| Teaneck Public Schools | |
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1 Merrison Street Teaneck, NJ 07666 United States |
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| Coordinates | 40°53′14″N 74°00′26″W / 40.887088°N 74.0071°WCoordinates: 40°53′14″N 74°00′26″W / 40.887088°N 74.0071°W |
| District information | |
| Grades | pre-K to 12 |
| Superintendent | Vincent McHale (interim) |
| Business administrator | James Olobardi (interim) |
| Schools | 7 |
| Students and staff | |
| Enrollment | 3,811 (as of 2014-15) |
| Faculty | 352.4 FTEs |
| Student-teacher ratio | 10.8:1 |
| Other information | |
| District Factor Group | GH |
| Website | www |
The Teaneck Public Schools is comprehensive community public school district serving students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade in Teaneck, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its seven schools had an enrollment of 3,811 students and 352.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.8:1.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third-highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide, ostensibly 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. However, because socioeconomic data is derived from the municipality as a whole and a significant proportion of Teaneck's more affluent families send their children to parochial or other private schools, the usefulness of District Factor Grouping in the Teaneck district's case is disputed.
The Teaneck Public Schools have been recognized by the New Jersey Department of Education as part of its Best practices program. The district was awarded in the 1997-98 school year for its Passport Portfolio Program, and in the 2000-01 school year for its Early Literacy Initiative.
Harvey B. Scribner, who later served as New York City School Chancellor, was hired in 1961 by the Teaneck Public Schools to serve as superintendent of the district. There he oversaw the adoption of mandatory busing in 1965 in which Teaneck voluntarily integrated its public schools. Despite angry phone calls from some parents and the occasional death threat, Teaneck's integration went smoothly and Scribner recalled that he was "literally crying" on the first day of school in 1965 when buses rolled into school without incident. Teaneck's 1965 busing plan was widely reported as the first district in the nation with a white majority to implement a voluntary school integration program.
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