West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District

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West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District is a regional school district in New Jersey, serving students from West Windsor Township (in Mercer County) and Plainsboro Township (in Middlesex County). As of 2003, the district served approximately 9,140 students, with 3,838.5 from Plainsboro and 5,296 from West Windsor Township. Note: Student counts and totals come from various sources at differing points in time and may not reconcile to each other.

There are four elementary schools (grades K - 3), two upper elementary schools (grades 4 and 5), two middle schools (grades 6 - 8) and two high schools (grades 9 - 12).

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[edit] Awards and recognition

The West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District is one of the top achieving districts in New Jersey. The high schools hold first to fifth places in many of the state's contests. In fact, in 2004, West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North was ranked #1 in the state of New Jersey by New Jersey Monthly magazine and West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South was ranked #5. West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South was the 9th ranked public high school, and North was 18th-ranked, in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2006 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools[1].

Maurice Hawk Elementary School was recognized during the 1993-94 school year with the Blue Ribbon Award from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve[2].

West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North also received the Blue Ribbon Award. It was later revealed that the school did not actually qualify for the award because its special education department was not up to par. To cover this, the school implemented a self-assessment, which the state did not know about, and thus received the award. The Board of Education has tried to keep these facts clandestine.

The school is also known to sell fatty foods that have been outlawed by the state of New Jersey.

In the 2004-2005 school year the Community Middle School Science Olympiad team was first in the country. Karen Galley won teacher of the year award honors. She also was nominated for ACS Chemistry teacher of the year.

[edit] Schools

Elementary Schools

Middle Schools

High Schools

[edit] Administration

Members of the district administration are:[3]

  • Robert L. Loretan, Ph.D. - Superintendent of Schools
  • Larry Shanok - Assistant Superintendent for Finance / Board Secretary
  • Victoria Kniewel, Ed.D. - Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum & Instruction
  • Thomas A. Smith, Ed.D. - Director, Pupil Services / Planning
  • Carolyn Eversole - Business Administrator

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Top Public High Schools in New Jersey, New Jersey Monthly, September 2006
  2. ^ Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), accessed May 11, 2006
  3. ^ Central Office Administration. Retrieved on April 23, 2006.

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