Camden City Public Schools

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Camden City Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in prekindergarten through twelfth grade from the city of Camden, New Jersey, United States. The district is one of 31 Abbott Districts statewide.[1]

In 2003, Bonsall Family School, Camden High School and East Camden High School were identified as three of the seven "persistently dangerous" high schools in New Jersey.[2]

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[edit] Schools

[edit] Secondary schools

[edit] High schools

[edit] Middle schools

[edit] Primary schools

[edit] Criticism

In the 2000s, the Camden school system was labeled as corrupt by some individuals; a July 6, 2006 editorial [3] written by Sherry Wolkoff appeared in The Philadelphia Inquirer. The editorial, titled "Children of Camden get short end of the pencil," asserts that Camden school officials obtain unjustified bonuses while Camden schoolchildren have few resources.

In early 2006, allegations were also made that school officials had altered standardized test scores to improve Camden's national school ratings. "We know that, with respect to the test scores, those scores were not legitimately achieved," says Lucille Davy, New Jersey's acting commissioner of education. "There was manipulation of the process."[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Abbott Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 31, 2008.
  2. ^ List of dangerous schools, CNN, September 25, 2003
  3. ^ Children of Camden get short end of the pencil, The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 6, 2006
  4. ^ NPR: Widespread Fraud Alleged in Camden, N.J. Schools

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