Teaneck Public Schools

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superintendent= John Czeterko
businessadmin= Robert Finger
address= One Merrison Street
Teaneck, NJ 07666
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Teaneck Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district in Teaneck, New Jersey, United States, serving students in kindergarten through twelfth grade.

The Teaneck Public Schools have been recognized by the New Jersey Department of Education as part of its Best practices program. The district was awarded in the 1997-98 school year for its Passport Portfolio Program [ [http://www.nj.gov/cgi-bin/education/oipp/bp3.pl?string=recid=0096&maxhits=10000 New Jersey Department of Education Best Practices: Passport Portfolio Program] , accessed June 6, 2006.] , and in the 2000-01 school year for its Early Literacy Initiative. [ [http://www.nj.gov/cgi-bin/education/oipp/bp3.pl?string=recid=0181&maxhits=10000 New Jersey Department of Education Best Practices: Early Literacy Initiative] , accessed June 6, 2006.]

History

A 1982 teachers strike that lasted for 19 days was settled after a judge threated to jail striking teachers and pressured the board of education to negotiate an agreement. [McGrath, Ellie. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,949601,00.html?iid=chix-sphere "Little Room to Negotiate"] , "Time (Magazine)", October 18, 1982. Accessed June 4, 2007. "There were a record 242 strikes in the 1979-80 school year. The following year there were 191; so far this fall there have been about 65. Only some 20 strikes are still in progress today, and few seem likely to continue for long. A 19-day strike ended in Teaneck, N.J., last week after State Superior Court Judge Sherwin Lester leaned on both sides. He ordered teachers back to work and, when they refused, began commandeering school buildings for use as makeshift jails to confine groups of teachers during the day. When an intransigent board of education failed to produce a quorum for a crucial bargaining session, the judge pressured board members to negotiate with the union. The final three-year settlement for the teachers represents yearly pay increases of from 7.5% to 9.7%."]

chools

Schools in the district (with school facilities and principals as listed at the district web site, [ [http://www.teaneckschools.org/ Teaneck Public Schools] ] school history from the Teaneck Virtual Village [ [http://teaneck.org/virtualvillage/TeaneckSchools.html Teaneck Virtual Village - History of Teaneck Public Schools] ] and 2005-06 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics [ [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3416080 Data for the Teaneck Public Schools] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed October 3, 2007.] ) include the following:

Elementary schools

* [http://www.teaneckschools.org/schools.asp?mid=28&mid2=44&mid3=56 Bryant School] , with 345 students in pre-K and Kindergarten: Principal - Suzanna Kaplan. Built in 1927. Named for poet and journalist William Cullen Bryant. School #6.
* [http://www.teaneckschools.org/schools.asp?mid=28&mid2=44&mid3=57 Hawthorne School] with 374 students in grades 1-4: Principal - Vincent McHale. Built in 1925. Named for author Nathaniel Hawthorne. School #5.
* [http://www.teaneckschools.org/schools.asp?mid=28&mid2=44&mid3=120 Lowell School] with 375 students in grades 1-4: Principal - Leslie Abrew. Built in 1935. Named for author James Russell Lowell. School #7.
* [http://www.teaneckschools.org/schools.asp?mid=28&mid2=44&mid3=59 Whittier School] with 411 students in grades 1-4. Principal - Dr. Elise Bourne-Busby. Built in 1923. Named for John Greenleaf Whittier. School #4.
* [http://www.teaneckschools.org/schools.asp?mid=28&mid2=45&mid3=60 Benjamin Franklin Middle School] with 638 students in grades 5-8. Principal - Barbara Pinsak. Named for founding father and inventor Benjamin Franklin.
* [http://www.teaneckschools.org/schools.asp?mid=28&mid2=45&mid3=61 Thomas Jefferson Middle School] with 690 students in grades 5-8. Interim Principal - Antoine Green. Named for American president Thomas Jefferson.
*Eugene Field School. Constructed in 1956. Used as Board of Education Central Administration Offices. School #8. Named for poet and humorist Eugene Field.

High school

*Teaneck High School, which has an enrollment of 1,460 students in grades 9-12. Principal - Angela Davis. Built in 1929.

Defunct Schools

*Emerson Elementary School- Built in 1916. Original School #3. Named for author, essayist, and 19th century philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson.
*Washington Irving school - Built in 1906. Original School #2. Named for author Washington Irving.
*Longfellow Elementary School- Built in 1910. School #1. Named for poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Controversy

Teaneck has received attention in the media due to sexual crimes committed against minors by faculty members. Joseph White, former principal of Teaneck High School pleaded guilty to official child endangerment in June 2006 and was sentenced to one year in prison. White had been charged in 2002 with fondling a 17-year-old student and was subsequently acquitted. [Markos, Kibret. [http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2NSZmZ2JlbDdmN3ZxZWVFRXl5NzIxNjQ5NiZ5cmlyeTdmNzE3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTQ= "Ex-principal in Teaneck gets 1 year"] , "The Record (Bergen County)", November 3, 2007. Accessed December 24, 2007.] James Darden, an award-winning former eight grade teacher at Thomas Jefferson Middle School, was charged with sexual assault and misconduct in June 2007. He pleaded guilty on December 2007 to a charge of aggravated sexual assault and faces up to 8½ years in prison when sentenced on January 18, 2008. [Markos, Kibret. [http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkzJmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk3MjM1MDYz "Teaneck teacher admits classroom sex with student"] , "The Record (Bergen County)", December 18, 2007. Accessed December 24, 2007.]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: [ [http://www.teaneckschools.org/v2/index.php?id=11&id2=53&doc=402 Administration] , Teaneck Public Schools. Accessed July 15, 2008.]
*John F. Czeterko - Superintendent of Schools
*A. Spencer (Skip) Denham - Assistant Superintendent, Instructional Operations
*Sean Gately - School Business Administrator / Board Secretary

ee also

*List of school districts in New Jersey

References

External links

* [http://www.teaneckschools.org/ Teaneck Public Schools]
* [http://teaneck.org/virtualvillage/TeaneckSchools.html Teaneck Virtual Village - History of Teaneck Public Schools]
*NJReportCard|03|5150|0|Teaneck Public Schools
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3416080 Data for the Teaneck Public Schools] , National Center for Education Statistics