Pleasantville Public Schools

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

Students from Absecon attend the district's high school for grades 9-12 as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[2]

For the 2005-06 school year, Washington Avenue Elementary School was one of 22 schools statewide selected as Governor’s School of Excellence Winners, an award given to schools that have demonstrated significant improvement over the previous two academic years.[3]

In March 2007, the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Education appointed a monitor to supervise and address a series of issues raised regarding the district's financial practices and "to ensure that state school aid is spent efficiently and effectively".[4]

On September 6, 2007, five members of the Pleasantville school board were arrested as part of a federal corruption case that included several state lawmakers and other public officials. Included in the sweep were the arrests of Assemblymen Mims Hackett and Alfred E. Steele, and Passaic Mayor Samuel Rivera.[5] Indictments were filed against four sitting members of the Board of Education charging that they had accepted bribes to steer insurance or roofing business from the district. Charged were Jayson Adams (accused of accepting $15,000 in bribes), James McCormick ($3,500), James Pressley ($32,200) and Rafael Velez ($14,000). Former board member Maurice 'Pete' Callaway, a current Pleasantville councilmember, was accused of accepting $13,000 in bribes as part of the scheme.[6]

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[edit] Schools

Schools in the district (with 2005-06 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are:

Elementary Schools (PreK-4)

Middle School (5-8)

High School (9-12)

  • Pleasantville High School with 1,105 students
    • Mr. Stephen L. Townsend - Principal
    • Mr. Kelvin Cherry - Assistant Principal, GA
    • Ms. Felicia Hyman - Assistant Principal
    • Ms. Nanette Stuart - Assistant Principal
    • Mrs. Cynthia Ruiz-Cooper - Assistant Principal

Other

[edit] Administration

  • Dr. Clarence Alston - Interim Superintendent

[edit] References

  1. ^ Abbott Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 31, 2008.
  2. ^ Cohen, Lynda. "New issues draw new interest in Absecon school vote", The Press of Atlantic City, April 12, 2008. Accessed May 1, 2008. "Few Absecon students currently attend Pleasantville High School, where the district has a sending relationship."
  3. ^ Snapshots of 2005 Governor’s School of Excellence Winners, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed July 25, 2006.
  4. ^ Commissioner Davy Appoints State Monitor for Pleasantville, New Jersey Department of Education press release, March 29, 2007. Accessed July 22, 2007.
  5. ^ Baldwin, Tom. "11 arrested in N.J. corruption probe", USA Today, September 6, 2007. Accessed September 6, 2007. "Among the arrested were state Assemblymen Mims Hackett Jr. and Rev. Alfred Steele aides in their legislative offices acknowledged. Also reportedly arrested was Samuel Rivera, the mayor of Passaic, and Keith Reid, the chief of staff to Newark City Council President Mildred Crump."
  6. ^ Staff. "Who's who: Overview of the politicians charged in bribery scandal", The Record (Bergen County), September 7, 2007. Accessed September 7, 2007.
  7. ^ Data for the Pleasantville Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed May 6, 2008.

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School districts of Atlantic County, New Jersey
K-8 Absecon | Brigantine | Egg Harbor City | Estell Manor | Folsom | Galloway Township | Hamilton Township | Linwood | Margate City | Mullica Township | Northfield | Port Republic | Somers Point | Ventnor City | Weymouth Township
K-12

Atlantic City | Buena Regional | Egg Harbor Township | Hammonton | Pleasantville
9-12 Greater Egg Harbor Regional | Mainland Regional
None Corbin City | Longport