Eastern Camden County Regional High School District
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The Eastern Camden County Regional High School District is a limited-purpose, public regional school district for students in grades 9 - 12 from three communities in Camden County, New Jersey. The schools serve a combined population of approximately 37,000 in the communities of Berlin Borough (392 students from a 2000 Census population of 6,149), Gibbsboro (141 students; population of 2,435) and Voorhees Township (1,659 students; population of 28,126).
Eastern has a multi-cultural and diverse population with 77% White American, 8% African American, 12% Asian American, and 3% Hispanic American. The district was established in 1965, with 35 professional staff and 495 students. It has grown rapidly with two additions to the original plant and the completion of the Intermediate High School in 1992. The school district has a certified network of 500-plus Apple Macintosh computer workstations. Eastern has a professional staff of more than 200. As a comprehensive secondary school, Eastern is accredited by the New Jersey Department of Education.
The average academic class size is 24. Daily student attendance averages more than 92.5% and the annual dropout rate is less than 2%.
The district is administered by a nine-member Board of Education, each of whom is elected for a three-year term. Representation on the Board of Education is determined by the population of each of the three sending districts.
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[edit] Schools
The District operates two high schools. Both schools are located on the same site in Voorhees Township, but operate independently. Schools in the district (with 2005-06 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[1]) are:
- Eastern Intermediate High School with 1,135 students for grades 9 and 10
- Eastern High School with over 1,099 students for grades 11 and 12
[edit] Administration
Core members of the District's administration are[2]:
- Chief School Administrator - Dr. Harold Melleby, Jr.
- School Business Administrator / Board Secretary - Fred D. Wright
- Prinicipal - Senior High School - Mr. Robert Tull
- Prinicipal - Intermediate High School - Dr. Jim Talarico
