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Brick Public Schools

Coordinates: 40°04′53″N 74°07′01″W / 40.081454°N 74.117006°W

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Brick Public Schools

Address

101 Hendrickson Avenue

Brick Township

, Ocean County, New Jersey, 08724
United States

Coordinates

40°04′53″N 74°07′01″W / 40.081454°N 74.117006°W

District information

Grades

PreK to 12

Superintendent

Thomas G. Farrell

Business administrator

James Edwards

Schools

Students and staff

Enrollment

8,414 (as of 2020–21)^[1]

Faculty

689.1 FTEs^[1]

Student–teacher ratio

12.2:1^[1]

Other information

District Factor Group

Website

www.brickschools.org

Ind.	Per pupil	District spending	Rank (*)	K-12 average	%± vs. average
1A	Total Spending	$16,516	24	$18,891	−12.6%
1	Budgetary Cost	12,685	17	14,783	−14.2%
2	Classroom Instruction	7,935	19	8,763	−9.4%
6	Support Services	2,096	41	2,392	−12.4%
8	Administrative Cost	1,125	8	1,485	−24.2%
10	Operations & Maintenance	1,031	3	1,783	−42.2%
13	Extracurricular Activities	282	65	268	5.2%
16	Median Teacher Salary	63,384	41	64,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.^[2] *Of K-12 districts with more than 3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=103

The Brick Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Brick Township, in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.^[3]

As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprising 12 schools, had an enrollment of 8,414 students and 689.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.2:1.^[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "DE", the fifth-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.^[4]

Schools

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Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics^[5]) are:^[6]^[7]^[8]

Preschools

Herbertsville Preschool^[9] (147; PreK)
- Walter Hrycenko, principal
Warren H. Wolf Preschool^[10] (277; PreK; created for 2014–15 school year from Primary Learning Center^[11])
- Theresa Goodfellow, principal

Elementary schools

Drum Point Elementary School^[12] (479; K-5)
- Colleen Kerr, principal
Lanes Mill Elementary School^[13] (560; K-5)
- Jeffrey Luckenbach, principal
Midstreams Elementary School^[14] (548; K-5)
- John Billen, principal
Osborneville Elementary School^[15] (402; K-5)
- Michelle Cloud, principal
Veterans Memorial Elementary School^[16] (647; K-5)
- Ryan Blessing, principal
Emma Havens Young Elementary School^[17] (732; K-5)
- David Kasyan, principal

Middle schools

Lake Riviera Middle School^[18] (861; 6–8)
- Kevin Campbell, principal
Veterans Memorial Middle School^[19] (965; 6–8)
- Renee Kotsianas, principal

High schools

Brick Memorial High School^[20] (1,410; 9–12)
- Jonathan Barresi, principal
Brick Township High School^[21] (1,314; 9–12)
- William Kleissler, principal

Administration

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Core members of the district's administration are:^[22]^[23]

Thomas G. Farrell, superintendent of schools
James Edwards, business administrator and board secretary

Board of education

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The district's board of education, comprised of seven members, sets policy and oversees the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either two or three seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district.^[24]^[25]^[26]

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d District information for Brick Township Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 15, 2022.
^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
^ Brick Township Board of Education District Policy 9000 - Role of the Board of Education, Brick Public Schools. Accessed February 9, 2020. "The board of this district shall be known officially as the Board of Education of the Township of Brick in the County of Ocean. (N.J.S.A.18A:10-2). The Brick Township School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of the Township of Brick for the purpose of providing a program of education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through grade 12."
^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 9, 2014.
^ School Data for the Brick Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 15, 2022.
^ Public Schools Directory 2023-2024; Living & Learning in Ocean County, Ocean County, New Jersey. Accessed February 1, 2024.
^ School Performance Reports for the Brick Township Public School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
^ New Jersey School Directory for Brick Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
^ Herbertsville Preschool, Brick Public Schools. Accessed June 16, 2022.
^ Warren H. Wolf Preschool, Brick Public Schools. Accessed June 16, 2022.
^ Huba, Nicholas. "Is there a new school planned for Brick?", Asbury Park Press, June 21, 2014. Accessed August 14, 2014. "In response, school district officials are transforming the Primary Learning Center from a prekindergarten-kindergarten facility into a kindergarten through fifth-grade elementary school, Superintendent Walter Uszenski said. The new school will be renamed Warren H. Wolf Elementary School in honor the former Brick Township High School football coach."
^ Drum Point Elementary School, Brick Public Schools. Accessed June 16, 2022.
^ Lanes Mill Elementary School, Brick Public Schools. Accessed June 16, 2022.
^ Midstreams Elementary School, Brick Public Schools. Accessed June 16, 2022.
^ Osborneville Elementary School, Brick Public Schools. Accessed June 16, 2022.
^ Veterans Memorial Elementary School, Brick Public Schools. Accessed June 16, 2022.
^ Emma Havens Young Elementary School, Brick Public Schools.
^ Lake Riviera Middle School, Brick Public Schools.
^ Veterans Memorial Middle School, Brick Public Schools. Accessed June 16, 2022.
^ Brick Memorial High School, Brick Public Schools. Accessed June 16, 2022.
^ Brick Township High School, Brick Public Schools. Accessed June 16, 2022.
^ Administration, Brick Public Schools. Accessed June 16, 2022.
^ New Jersey School Directory for Ocean County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
^ New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election, New Jersey Department of Education, updated February 16, 2018. Accessed January 26, 2020.
^ Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Brick Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2023. Accessed April 9, 2024. "The Brick Township Board of Education is a Type II district located in the county of Ocean, State of New Jersey. As a Type II district, the School District functions independently through a Board of Education. The Board is comprised of nine members elected to three-year staggered terms. The purpose of the District is to educate students in grades K-12."
^ Meet the Board of Education, Brick Public Schools. Accessed June 16, 2022.

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