Mercer County Special Services School District
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1020 Old Trenton Road Hamilton, NJ 08690 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Grades | Special svcs. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Superintendent | Dr. Kimberly Schneider, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Business administrator | Tanya Dawson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schools | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Students and staff | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Enrollment | 628 (as of 2011-12)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faculty | 103.8 FTEs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Student-teacher ratio | 6.05:1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Website | http://www.mcsssd.info | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Mercer County Special Services School District is a special education public school district headquartered in Hamilton Township, in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States, whose schools offer educational and therapeutic services for students of elementary and high school age from across the county who have emotional of physical disabilities that cannot be addressed by their sending districts. The district was created in November 1977.[3]
As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's four schools had an enrollment of 628 students and 103.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 6.05:1.[1]
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[4]) are:[5]
- Joseph F. Cappello School[6] (143; PreK-6)
- Brian Bittings, Principal
- Mercer Elementary School[7] (229; 3-8)
- Christopher Harris, Principal
- High School
- Mercer High School[8] (217; 9-12)
- Brian Kozakowski, Principal
- New Jersey Regional Day School at Hamilton[9] (39; 9-12)
- Brian Kozakowski, Principal
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:[10][11]
- Dr. Kimberly Schneider, Superintendent
- Tanya Dawson, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
References
- 1 2 District information for Mercer County Special Service, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 4, 2015.
- ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
- ↑ Our History, Mercer County Special Services District. Accessed January 4, 2015. "The concerns of parents and public school districts for the education of students with serious disabilities were addressed with the establishment of the Mercer County Special Services School District in November 1977."
- ↑ School Data for the Mercer County Special Services School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 4, 2015.
- ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Mercer County Special Services School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed January 4, 2015.
- ↑ Joseph F. Cappello School, Mercer County Special Services School District. Accessed January 4, 2015.
- ↑ Mercer Elementary School, Mercer County Special Services School District. Accessed January 4, 2015.
- ↑ Mercer High School, Mercer County Special Services School District. Accessed January 4, 2015.
- ↑ New Jersey Regional Day School, Mercer County Special Services School District. Accessed January 4, 2015.
- ↑ Administration, Mercer County Special Services School District. Accessed January 4, 2015.
- ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Mercer County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed January 4, 2015.
External links
Coordinates: 40°15′05″N 74°39′06″W / 40.251317°N 74.651528°W