Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District

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The Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District is a regional public school district serving two municipalities in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. The communities that are part of this district are Bridgewater Township and Raritan Borough. The 11 schools accommodated approximately 9,001 total students with 739.5 teachers as of the 2005-06 school year.[1]

All of the school facilities are in Bridgewater, except for Kennedy, which is in Raritan.

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[edit] Awards and recognition

During the 1999-2000 school year, BRHS received the Blue Ribbon Award from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve[2].

For the 1997-98 school year, Bridgewater-Raritan High School was named a "Star School" by the New Jersey Department of Education, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve[3].

BRHS is one of only three high schools in the state of New Jersey to have received both awards[4].

[edit] Schools

Schools in the district (with 2005-06 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[5]) are:

Primary Schools (grades K through 4):

Intermediate Schools (grades 5-6):

Middle School (grades 7-8)

High School (grades 9-12)

[edit] Former and converted schools

From the early 1960s to the early 1990s, the Bridgewater-Raritan district had two high schools, known as "East" and "West." The current unified high school is on the "West" site, and the former "East" building is now the Middle School.

Schools that have been closed since the 1980s include:

  • Valley School (now the Harmon V. Wade Administration Building, school district headquarters)
  • Finderne School (now the Peoplecare Center for non-profit community services)
  • Green Knoll School (now the Bridgewater Township Municipal Building)
  • Martinsville School (now occupied by private offices)
  • Washington Middle School in Raritan (converted to Somerset County offices)

Adamsville School, now an elementary school, was a middle school until the 1980s. Eisenhower and Hillside Schools, now intermediate schools, were both middle schools until 1995.

[edit] District Governance

[edit] Board of Education

The district's nine-member Board of Education is apportioned by population between Bridgewater and Raritan. Since the early 1990s, Bridgewater has elected eight of the board members and Raritan has elected one. The current board president is Cynthia Cullen and the vice president is Evan Lerner, both of Bridgewater.

[edit] Administration

  • Superintendent - Dr. J. Michael Schilder
  • Assistant Superintendent - Cheryl Dyer
  • Board Secretary / Business Administrator - Peter Starrs
  • Executive Director of Student Services - David Lieberman

[edit] References

  1. ^ Data for the Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed May 20, 2008.
  2. ^ Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), accessed May 11, 2006
  3. ^ Bridgewater-Raritan High School 1997-98 entry in the Star School database, accessed May 23, 2006
  4. ^ About Bridgewater-Raritan High School, accessed May 23, 2006
  5. ^ Data for the Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 9, 2008.

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