| Keansburg School District | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Superintendent: | Nicholas M. Eremita | ||||
| Business Administrator: | John White | ||||
| Address: | 100 Palmer Place Keansburg, NJ 07734 |
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| Grade Range: | K-12 | ||||
| School facilities: | 4 | ||||
| Enrollment: | 1,859 (as of 2007-08)[1] | ||||
| Faculty (in FTEs): | 171.0 | ||||
| Student–teacher ratio: | 10.9 | ||||
| District Factor Group: | A | ||||
| Web site: | http://www.keansburg.k12.nj.us/ | ||||
| Ind. | Per Pupil | District Spending |
Rank (*) |
K-12 Average |
%± vs. Average |
| 1 | Comparative Cost | $16,161 | 65 | $13,632 | 18.6% |
| 2 | Classroom Instruction | 9,057 | 63 | 8,035 | 12.7% |
| 6 | Support Services | 4,074 | 68 | 2,166 | 88.1% |
| 8 | Administrative Cost | 1,420 | 37 | 1,379 | 3.0% |
| 10 | Operations & Maintenance | 1,308 | 12 | 1,674 | -21.9% |
| 16 | Median Teacher Salary | 47,195 | 4 | 57,597 | |
| Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2] *Of K-12 districts with 1,801-3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=70 |
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Keansburg School District is a school district based in Keansburg, New Jersey. KSD, an Abbott District[3], serves the borough of Keansburg.
As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's four schools had an enrollment of 1,859 students and 171.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.9.[1]
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "A", the lowest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide 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.[4]
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In May 2008, Governor Jon Corzine attempted to reduce a $740,000 retirement payout to outgoing superintendent Barbara Trzeszkowski. The package included nearly $185,000 for some 250 unused sick and vacation days, plus $556,290 in severance pay. The severance package, negotiated in a 2003 contract, awarded Trzeszkowski a payout calculated by multiplying her monthly salary by the 38 years she worked in the Keansburg district. The $740,000 amount, to be paid over a five-year period, would be paid out on top of Trzeszkowski's estimated $120,000 annual pension.[5] Newspaper accounts of 2008 indicated that the theory on which the State challenged the purported contract was that the $556,290 was a gift, not a payment for services to be rendered, that the agreement to pay it was therefore not a contract, and that the Keansburg Board was not empowered to make gifts of District and State funds. The retired Superintendent received a $120,000 pension and associated lifetime health benefits, and the large payout for unused sick days and her last year's unused vacation days - it was never explained how a "severance" payment after her voluntary retirement at the end of a contract fit into this picture. Newspapers reported in Spring 2010 that Ms. Trzeszkowski settled the State's lawsuit to block the $556,290 "severance" for approximately $50,000, reportedly to help offset her legal fees.
Schools in the district (with 2005-06 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[6]) are:
Core members of the district's administration are:[7]