Keansburg School District
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Keansburg School District is a school district
based in Keansburg
, New Jersey
. KSD, an Abbott District
, serves the borough of Keansburg.
As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's four schools had an enrollment of 1,859 students and 171.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.9.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education
as being in District Factor Group "A", the 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.
attempted to reduce a $740,000 retirement payout to outgoing superintendent Barbara Trzeszkowski. The package included nearly $185,000 for some 250 unused sick and vacation days, plus $556,290 in severance pay. The severance package, negotiated in a 2003 contract, awarded Trzeszkowski a payout calculated by multiplying her monthly salary by the 38 years she worked in the Keansburg district. The $740,000 amount, to be paid over a five-year period, would be paid out on top of Trzeszkowski's estimated $120,000 annual pension.
Newspaper accounts of 2008 indicated that the theory on which the State challenged the purported contract was that the $556,290 was a gift, not a payment for services to be rendered, that the agreement to pay it was therefore not a contract, and that the Keansburg Board was not empowered to make gifts of District and State funds. The retired Superintendent received a $120,000 pension and associated lifetime health benefits, and the large payout for unused sick days and her last year's unused vacation days - it was never explained how a "severance" payment after her voluntary retirement at the end of a contract fit into this picture. Newspapers reported in Spring 2010 that Ms. Trzeszkowski settled the State's lawsuit to block the $556,290 "severance" for approximately $50,000, reportedly to help offset her legal fees.
) are:
Primary schools
Middle school
High school
School district
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based in Keansburg
Keansburg, New Jersey
Keansburg is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 10,105.Keansburg was formed as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 26, 1917, from portions of both Middletown Township and Raritan Township ,...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
. KSD, an Abbott District
Abbott District
Abbott districts are school districts in New Jersey that are provided remedies to ensure that their students receive public education in accordance with New Jersey’s state constitution. They were created in 1985 as a result of the first ruling of Abbott v. Burke, a case filed by the Education Law...
, serves the borough of Keansburg.
As of the 2007-08 school year, the district's four schools had an enrollment of 1,859 students and 171.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE
Full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent , is a unit to measure employed persons or students in a way that makes them comparable although they may work or study a different number of hours per week. FTE is often used to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or to track cost reductions in an organization...
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.9.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education
New Jersey Department of Education
The New Jersey Department of Education administers state and federal aid programs affecting more than 1.4 million public and non-public elementary and secondary school children in the state of New Jersey. The department is headquartered in Trenton.The Department is responsible for ensuring that...
as being in District Factor Group "A", the 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.
Controversy
In May 2008, Governor Jon CorzineJon Corzine
Jon Stevens Corzine is the former CEO of Goldman Sachs and of MF Global, and a one time American politician, who served as the 54th Governor of New Jersey from 2006 to 2010. A Democrat, Corzine served five years of a six-year U.S. Senate term representing New Jersey before being elected Governor...
attempted to reduce a $740,000 retirement payout to outgoing superintendent Barbara Trzeszkowski. The package included nearly $185,000 for some 250 unused sick and vacation days, plus $556,290 in severance pay. The severance package, negotiated in a 2003 contract, awarded Trzeszkowski a payout calculated by multiplying her monthly salary by the 38 years she worked in the Keansburg district. The $740,000 amount, to be paid over a five-year period, would be paid out on top of Trzeszkowski's estimated $120,000 annual pension.
Newspaper accounts of 2008 indicated that the theory on which the State challenged the purported contract was that the $556,290 was a gift, not a payment for services to be rendered, that the agreement to pay it was therefore not a contract, and that the Keansburg Board was not empowered to make gifts of District and State funds. The retired Superintendent received a $120,000 pension and associated lifetime health benefits, and the large payout for unused sick days and her last year's unused vacation days - it was never explained how a "severance" payment after her voluntary retirement at the end of a contract fit into this picture. Newspapers reported in Spring 2010 that Ms. Trzeszkowski settled the State's lawsuit to block the $556,290 "severance" for approximately $50,000, reportedly to help offset her legal fees.
Schools
Schools in the district (with 2005-06 enrollment data from the National Center for Education StatisticsNational Center for Education Statistics
The National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...
) are:
Primary schools
- Port Monmouth Road School - 665 students in grades PreK - 2
- Joseph C. Caruso School - 244 students in grades 3 and 4
- Elaine Feyereisen - Principal
Middle school
- Joseph R. Bolger Middle School - 460 students in grades 5 - 8
- Craig Palmer - Principal
- John Covert - Vice Principal
High school
- Keansburg High SchoolKeansburg High SchoolKeansburg High School is a four-year community public high school serving students in grades nine through twelve from Keansburg, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Keansburg School District....
- 490 students in grades 9 - 12- Thomas Normile - Principal
- Dennis Adams - Vice Principal
- Katherine Leone - Vice Principal
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:- Nicholas M. Eremita, Superintendent
- Bernard Biesiada, Business Administrator/Board Secretary
External links
- Keansburg School District
- Data for the Keansburg School District, National Center for Education StatisticsNational Center for Education StatisticsThe National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...