Sea Isle City School District

The Sea Isle City School District is community public school district that formerly directly operated a school that served students in pre-Kindergarten through eighth grade from Sea Isle City, New Jersey, United States. It currently does not operate any schools.[3] Its headquarters is the Sea Isle City Community Lodge.[4]

Sea Isle City School District
The former Sea Isle City Public School
4501 Park Road
Sea Isle City, NJ 08243
District information
GradesNone (K-8 until 2009, K-6 from 2009 until June 2012)
SuperintendentDr. Kathleen Taylor
Business administratorThomas P. Grossi
Schools0 (1 until June 2012)
Students and staff
Enrollment67 (as of 2008-09)[1]
Faculty12.9 FTEs
Student–teacher ratio5.2
Other information
District Factor GroupB
Websiteseaisleschool.com
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		None (K-8 until June 2012)
average		 %± vs.
average
1Budgetary Cost35,9836812,420189.7%
2Classroom Instruction20,047677,588164.2%
6Support Services9,045681,771410.7%
8Administrative Cost1,658451,41117.5%
10Operations & Maintenance4,381661,462199.7%
13Extracurricular Activities4246597337.1%
16Median Teacher Salary64,9386054,453
Data from NJDoE 2009 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of None (K-8 until June 2012) districts with 0-400 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=68

As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's one school had an enrollment of 67 students and 12.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 5.2.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "B", the second 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.[5]

For all grades students are sent to attend Ocean City School District in Ocean City as part of a sending/receiving relationship. For ninth through twelfth grades, the destination school is Ocean City High School.[6]

History

New Jersey School District Number 30 was organized after Henry Ludlam, the town marshall, received an order to conduct a census of children in the municipality on August 15, 1882. Aldine House and Dolphin House were the initial locations for classes. Enrollment was 67 for the 1884-1885 school year. The district had one principal and one teacher in 1890.[7]

The six classroom Sea Isle City Public School opened in 1914. The city government in 1970 sought to build another school after it determined the 1914 building to be "structurally deficient". A school was built in 1971, and it was dedicated on February 5, 1972. The 1914 building was ultimately razed after being used for other purposes.[7]

In 2002 the school had 185 students. However after that point the population declined.[7] Merger discussions with the Ocean City School District in 2008 ended after the Ocean City district indicated that it did not want to accept Sea Isle City's tenured teachers, which it would be required to do under state law. Sea Isle City in 2008 spent $35,000 per student and hoped to see savings through the merger, even after adding in transportation costs.[8]

By 2009 there were 67 students. The final middle school graduation ceremony was held on June 18, 2009, and after that year middle school was closed.[7]

As of June 30, 2012, Sea Isle City School is no longer open as per the Board of Education of the State of New Jersey.[9] The district now sends all students pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade to attend Ocean City Public Schools and agrees to share administrative services with said district.[10]

In the wake of Hurricane Sandy in 2012, the municipal government moved several departments into the school building, which had withstood minimal storm-related damage.[9]

In March 2023, the Sea Isle City Public School was demolished to clear ground for a planned $20 million community center due to be completed in 2025.[11]

School

The Sea Isle City School had an enrollment of 67 students in the 2008-09 school year.[12]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[13][14]

  • Dr. Kathleen Taylor, superintendent
  • Thomas P. Grossi, business administrator and board secretary

Discrimination lawsuit

An African-American family filed a lawsuit against Sea Isle City, its police department and school board in 2004 alleging that their children were the target of racial slurs from teachers and were purposely excluded from participating in the Christmas play due to their race. In addition, the lawsuit also alleged that the police department filed false criminal charges against the family and harassed them. However, part of the lawsuit against Sea Isle City and the police department was settled in 2010 for $550,000.[15] The lawsuit against the school board and individual teachers was settled in 2011 for $350,000.[16][17]

References
  1. District information for the Sea Isle City School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 3, 2011.
  2. Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. "Non-operating School Districts in New Jersey for 2018-19" (PDF). State of New Jersey. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
  4. "School Board". Sea Isle City. Retrieved 2023-07-10. Community Lodge 300 JFK Blvd Sea Isle City, NJ 08243
  5. NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 8, 2014.
  6. Ocean City High School 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 31, 2016. "Ocean City High School is a comprehensive high school serving the communities of Ocean City, Upper Township, Sea Isle City, and Corbin City, with an enrollment of over 1,250 students."
  7. "Spotlight on History: Sea Isle Schools". Sea Isle News. 2018-11-10. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
  8. Editorial. Merging schools / Law makes it hard, The Press of Atlantic City, June 30, 2008. Accessed June 30, 2008.
  9. Sea Isle City Board of Education (2013-10-27). "Sea Isle City Board of Education Reflects on School Closure". Cape May County Herald. Retrieved 2021-03-31. Although the closure was ordered effective June 30, 2012, that decision by the State Board of Education was[...]
  10. "Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2016" (PDF). Sea Isle City Board of Education. p. 2 (PDF 10/117). Retrieved 2021-03-31. Sea Isle is a sending district. Grades K-12 are sent to Ocean City Schools.[...]The Sea Isle City Public School District in 2012/2013 became a 100%[...]
  11. Wittkowski, Donald. "Demolition Starts on Sea Isle’s Old School", Sea Isle News, March 22, 2023. Accessed March 25, 2023. "Sea Isle City’s former public school was simply no match for the metal claws of two giant excavators that began turning the 50-year-old building into piles of broken glass, twisted metal and concrete rubble.... Culminating years of planning and discussion, the city is going to use the site at 4501 Park Road to build a $20 million community recreation center tentatively scheduled to open in early 2025."
  12. School Data for the Sea Isle City School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 3, 2011i.
  13. 15 2011 Regular Meeting Minutes.pdf Minutes of the Regular Public Meeting: February 15, 2011, Sea Isle City Board of Education. Accessed April 3, 2011.
  14. Cape May County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.
  15. Sea Isle City settles $550,000 racial discrimination lawsuit against police, Brian Ianieri, The Press of Atlantic City
  16. Settlement and Release Agreement
  17. via Associated Press. "N.J. town owes family $550K in discrimination suit", New Jersey Herald, July 21, 2010. Accessed April 3, 2011.

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