The Roxbury School District is a community public school district

School district

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 that serves students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade in Roxbury Township

Roxbury Township, New Jersey

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 23,883 people, 8,364 households, and 6,532 families residing in the township. The population density was 1,117.4 people per square mile . There were 8,550 housing units at an average density of 400.0 per square mile...

, in Morris County

Morris County, New Jersey

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, New Jersey

New Jersey

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, United States.

The district's high school serves students from Roxbury, as well as Mount Arlington

Mount Arlington, New Jersey

-History:While Mount Arlington is now mostly a suburban residential community, it was once a thriving resort town. In the era before the world wars and the advent of air travel, it was a welcome respite for the residents of nearby New York City and Newark....

, who attend as part of a sending/receiving relationship

Sending/receiving relationship

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.

As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's seven schools had an enrollment of 4,366 students and 334.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE

Full-time equivalent

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 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.1.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education

New Jersey Department of Education

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 as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third highest 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.

Schools

Schools in the district consists of the following (with 2008-09 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics

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):

Elementary Schools

• Franklin Elementary School (K-4; 370 students)
  • Mary Ann Boyd, Ed. D., Principal
• Jefferson Elementary School (K-4; 469)
  • Karen Carlson, Principal
• Kennedy Elementary School (K-4; 295)
  • Audrey Wallock, Principal
• Nixon Elementary School (K-4; 323 students)
  • Elizabeth Azar, Principal

Middle Schools

• Lincoln / Roosevelt School (5-6; 645 students)
  • Jack Curtis, Principal
  • Christopher S. Deery, Assistant Principal
• Eisenhower Middle School (7 and 8; 680 students)
  • Lee Nittel, Principal
  • Donna Sugarman, Assistant Principal

High School

• Roxbury High School
  Roxbury High School
  Roxbury High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school in the Succasunna section of Roxbury Township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Roxbury School District....
  
   (9-12; 1,584 students)
  • Jeffrey Swanson, Principal
  • Alexis Korsak, Assistant Principal
  • Dr. Linda Bowles, Assistant Principal
  • Eric Renfors, Assistant Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

• Dr. Michael Rossi, Superintendent
• Anthony Mistretta, Interim Business Administrator / Board Secretary

School policies

Currently the Roxbury School District Board of Education requires that all students stand while the Pledge of Allegiance

Pledge of Allegiance

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 is being recited. The school makes use of 'Moments of Silence'.

External links

• Roxbury School District
• Roxbury School District, National Center for Education Statistics
  National Center for Education Statistics
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• Bullying in Roxbury School District