Pleasantville Public Schools

The Pleasantville Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade from the City of Pleasantville, in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. The district is one of 31 Abbott Districts statewide. [ [http://www.nj.gov/cgi-bin/education/abbotts/abbotturls.pl?string=code&maxhits=100 Abbott Districts] , New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 31, 2008.]

Students from Absecon attend the district's high school for grades 9-12 as part of a sending/receiving relationship. [Cohen, Lynda. [http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/179/story/130784.html "New issues draw new interest in Absecon school vote"] , "The Press of Atlantic City", April 12, 2008. Accessed May 1, 2008. "Few Absecon students currently attend Pleasantville High School, where the district has a sending relationship."]

For the 2005-06 school year, Washington Avenue Elementary School was one of 22 schools statewide selected as Governor’s School of Excellence Winners, an award given to schools that have demonstrated significant improvement over the previous two academic years. [ [http://www.state.nj.us/njded/clear/school/gsoe/05winners.htm Snapshots of 2005 Governor’s School of Excellence Winners] , New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed July 25, 2006.]

In March 2007, the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Education appointed a monitor to supervise and address a series of issues raised regarding the district's financial practices and "to ensure that state school aid is spent efficiently and effectively". [ [http://www.state.nj.us/education/news/2007/0329cda.htm Commissioner Davy Appoints State Monitor for Pleasantville] , New Jersey Department of Education press release, March 29, 2007. Accessed July 22, 2007.]

On September 6, 2007, five members of the Pleasantville school board were arrested as part of a federal corruption case that included several state lawmakers and other public officials. Included in the sweep were the arrests of Assemblymen Mims Hackett and Alfred E. Steele, and Passaic Mayor Samuel Rivera. [Baldwin, Tom. [http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-09-06-nj-probe_N.htm "11 arrested in N.J. corruption probe"] , "USA Today", September 6, 2007. Accessed September 6, 2007. "Among the arrested were state Assemblymen Mims Hackett Jr. and Rev. Alfred Steele aides in their legislative offices acknowledged. Also reportedly arrested was Samuel Rivera, the mayor of Passaic, and Keith Reid, the chief of staff to Newark City Council President Mildred Crump."] Indictments were filed against four sitting members of the Board of Education charging that they had accepted bribes to steer insurance or roofing business from the district. Charged were Jayson Adams (accused of accepting $15,000 in bribes), James McCormick ($3,500), James Pressley ($32,200) and Rafael Velez ($14,000). Former board member Maurice 'Pete' Callaway, a current Pleasantville councilmember, was accused of accepting $13,000 in bribes as part of the scheme. [Staff. [http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk1JmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk3MTkxODE2JnlyaXJ5N2Y3MTdmN3ZxZWVFRXl5Mg= "Who's who: Overview of the politicians charged in bribery scandal"] , "The Record (Bergen County)", September 7, 2007. Accessed September 7, 2007.]

chools

Schools in the district (with 2005-06 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics [ [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3413200 Data for the Pleasantville Public Schools] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed May 6, 2008.] ) are:

;Elementary Schools (PreK-4)
* [http://www.pps-nj.us/pps/Schools/Leeds%20Avenue%20School Leeds Avenue School] with 560 students
**Dr. YoRel L. Browne - Principal
* [http://www.pps-nj.us/pps/Schools/North%20Main%20Street%20School North Main Street School] with 315 students
* [http://www.pps-nj.us/pps/Schools/South%20Main%20Street%20School South Main Street School] with 541 students
**Rosemay Clarke - Principal
**Teresa McGaney-Guy - Assistant Principal
* [http://www.pleasantville.k12.nj.us/schools/washington/ Washington Avenue School] with 477 students
**Effie Jenkins-Smith - Principal
**Thomas Parker - Assistant Principal;Middle School (5-8)
* [http://www.pps-nj.us/pps/Schools/Middle%20School Pleasantville Middle School] with 712 students;High School (9-12)
*Pleasantville High School with 1,105 students
**Stephen L. Townsend - Principal
**Kelvin Cherry - Assistant Principal, GA
**Felicia Hyman - Assistant Principal
**Nanette Stuart - Assistant Principal
**Cynthia Ruiz-Cooper - Assistant Principal;Other
* [http://www.pps-nj.us/pps/Schools/Greyhound%20Academy Greyhound Academy]
**Stephen L. Townsend, Principal
**Kelvin Cherry, Assistant Principal

Administration

*Dr. Clarence Alston - Interim Superintendent

References

External links

* [http://www.pps-nj.us/pps Pleasantville Public Schools]
*NJReportCard|01|4280|0|Pleasantville Public Schools
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3413200 Data for the Pleasantville Public Schools] , National Center for Education Statistics