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Feasibility Studies

Regionalization/De-Regionalization/Termination of Sending-Receiving Agreement

On November 17, 2008, the New Jersey Administrative Code (Chapter 23A) was modified encouraging consolidation of school districts that meet the following criteria:

  1. Any local public school district with enrollment of 1,000 or less;
  2. Any local public school district with 5 school buildings or less;
  3. Two or more contiguous local public school districts of the same county with a combined enrollment of 2,500 or less;
  4. Local public school districts that receive non-resident pupils pursuant to a formal send-receive agreement and their sending districts with a combined enrollment of 5,000 or less;
  5. Limited purpose regional school districts and their feeder districts with a combined enrollment of 5,000 or less; and
  6. Any local public school district with an administrative cost per pupil in excess of 125% of the county median administrative cost per pupil.

Executive County Superintendents (ECS) are required to conduct a study, which would explore the demographic, educational, financial, and racial impacts on any proposed reorganization, and make a recommendation to the Commissioner of Education.  The ECS is likely to request individual districts/communities perform their own studies.

Statistical Forecasting LLC and its team of experts has conducted approximately 20 feasibility studies exploring reorganization of school districts.  Regardless of the type of feasibility study, our consultant team reviews volumes of data including community demographics, enrollment projections, racial balance, existing curricula, and financial impact to each community.  Based on our findings, we provide an impartial and objective summary of the advantages and disadvantages of the status quo compared to the new reorganization. 

The following is a list of some our more recently completed feasibility studies:

bulletDelsea Regional, Franklin Township, and Elk Township School Districts  (March 2004) in considering the dissolution of Delsea Regional and forming two independent school districts.

 

bulletElmer School District in consideration of having a PK-12 sending-receiving agreement with Pittsgrove Township.

 

bulletBorough of Oradell (March 2006) in considering the dissolution of the River Dell Regional School District.

 

bulletLiberty Township (April 2006) in considering the dissolution of the Great Meadows Regional School District. 

 

bulletNewfield Borough (April 2006-January 2008) in terminating the send-receive relationship with Buena Regional. Dr. Richard S. Grip testified as an expert witness in this case both at a deposition and at trial.

 

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Park Ridge School District (December 2007) in consideration of Various alternative configurations.

 

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Montvale and Woodcliff Lake Boroughs (November 2008) in considering the dissolution of the Pascack Valley Regional High School District.

 

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Carlstadt Borough (November 2008) in considering the dissolution of the Carlstadt-East Rutherford Regional High School District.

 

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Watchung Borough (December 2008) in considering the dissolution of the Watchung Hills Regional High School District.

 

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Bellmawr, Gloucester Township, Runnemede, and Black Horse Pike Regional School District (July 2009) in the considering the dissolution of the Black Horse Pike Regional School District.

 

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Franklin Township School District  (December 2009) in considering the dissolution of the Delsea Regional School District.

 

 

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