Barack Obama Green Charter High School

Barack Obama Green Charter High School
Type and location
Grades Charter 9-12
Address 35 Watchung Avenue
Plainfield, NJ 07060
District information
Superintendent Steven King, School Lead
Business administrator Bima Baja
Schools 1
Students and staff
Enrollment 104 (as of 2010-11)[1]
Faculty 8.5 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 12.24:1
Other information
Website Official website
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending 		Rank
(*) 		Charter 9-12
Average		 %± vs.
Average
1ATotal Spending$15,62534$18,047-13.4%
1Budgetary Cost9,862713,238-25.5%
2Classroom Instruction5,753137,328-21.5%
6Support Services2,012601,66121.1%
8Administrative Cost1,814112,563-29.2%
10Operations & Maintenance8211,661-95.1%
Data from NJDoE 2013 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of Charter 9-12 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=77
Barack Obama Green Charter High School
Information
Type Charter public high school
Established September 2010
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 163[1] (as of 2012-13)
Website School website

Barack Obama Green Charter High School is a public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades in Plainfield, Union County, New Jersey, United States, that focuses on education in the performing arts and operates independently of the local school district under a charter granted by the New Jersey Department of Education. The charter for the school was approved in September 2009, as part of an announcement by Governor Jon Corzine of eight charter schools granted by the state in that cycle.[3] After receiving approval from city's Board of Adjustment, the school opened in September 2010.[4]

As of the 2012-13 school year, the school had an enrollment of 163 students. There were 107 students (65.6% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 28 (17.2% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 School Data for The Barack Obama Green Charter High, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 23, 2015.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ Staff. "New Jersey Dept. of Education approves 8 new charter schools, Corzine promises quick approval of more", New Jersey Newsroom, September 23, 2009. Accessed May 21, 2013.
  4. ↑ Staff. "New Barack Obama Green Charter High School is coming to Plainfield", New Jersey Local News Service, April 11, 2010. Accessed May 21, 2013. "Plainfield will soon be home to the city’s first charter high school after the zoning Board of Adjustment unanimously approved a variance this week for the educators to set up classrooms at the Plainfield YMCA. The 120-seat Barack Obama Green Charter High School is slated to open for ninth and tenth graders at the start of the new school year at 530 West Seventh St."
  5. ↑ New Jersey School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 21, 2013.
  6. ↑ Administrative Directory, Barack Obama Charter High School. Accessed May 21, 2013.

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