Montville Township School District
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The Montville Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district
School district
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 that serves students in Pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade from Montville, in Morris County
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, New Jersey
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, United States.

As of the 2009-10 school year, the district's seven schools had an enrollment of 4,299 students and 353 classroom teachers (on an FTE
Full-time equivalent
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 basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.18.

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

Awards and recognition

For the 1994-95 school year, Robert R. Lazar Middle School was named as a "Star School" by the New Jersey Department of Education
New Jersey Department of Education
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, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2009-10 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics
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) are:
Elementary Schools (Grades K-5, except as indicated)
Middle School (Grades 6-8)
  • Robert R. Lazar Middle School with 1,028 students
    • Sharon Carr, Principal
    • Teri Height, Assistant Principal - Academics
    • John Piselli, Assistant Principal - Student Affairs

High School (Grades 9-12)
  • Montville Township High School with 1,343 students
    • Fran Schlenoff, Director of Guidance
    • Douglas Sanford, Principal
    • Tim Gouriage, Vice Principal
    • Michael Shera, Vice Principal

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:
  • Dr. Paul Fried, Superintendent
  • James Tevis, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

External links

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