Mercer County Special Services School District
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1020 Old Trenton Road Hamilton, NJ 08690 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Grades | Special svcs. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Superintendent | Dr. James Fazzone, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Business administrator | Deborah Donnelly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schools | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Students and staff | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Enrollment | 628 (as of 2011-12)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faculty | 103.8 FTEs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Student–teacher ratio | 6.05:1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Website | http://www.mcsssd.info | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Mercer County Special Services School District is a special education public school district headquartered in Hamilton Township, in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States, whose schools offer educational and therapeutic services for students of elementary and high school age from across the county who have emotional of physical disabilities that cannot be addressed by their sending districts. The district was created in November 1977.[3]
As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's four schools had an enrollment of 628 students and 103.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 6.05:1.[1]
Schools[]
Schools in the district (with 2018-19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[4]) are:[5]
- Joseph F. Cappello School[6] (96; PreK-6)
- Clara Bigos, Principal
- Mercer Elementary School[7] (191; 3-8)
- Carline Mirthil, Principal
- High School
- Mercer High School[8] (271; 9-12)
- Brian Kozakowski, Principal
- New Jersey Regional Day School at Hamilton[9] (1; 9-12)
- Brian Kozakowski, Principal
Administration[]
Core members of the district's administration are:[10][11]
- Dr. James Fazzone, Interim Superintendent
- Brian Bittings, Interim Assistant Superintendent
- Deborah Donnelly, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
References[]
- ^ a b District information for Mercer County Special Service, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 4, 2015.
- ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
- ^ Our History Archived 2014-03-20 at the Wayback Machine, Mercer County Special Services District. Accessed January 4, 2015. "The concerns of parents and public school districts for the education of students with serious disabilities were addressed with the establishment of the Mercer County Special Services School District in November 1977."
- ^ School Data for the Mercer County Special Services School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 16, 2021.
- ^ New Jersey School Directory for the Mercer County Special Services School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 16, 2021.
- ^ Joseph F. Cappello School Archived 2014-03-20 at the Wayback Machine, Mercer County Special Services School District. Accessed March 16, 2021.
- ^ Mercer Elementary School[permanent dead link], Mercer County Special Services School District. Accessed January 4, 2015.
- ^ Mercer High School[permanent dead link], Mercer County Special Services School District. Accessed March 16, 2021..
- ^ New Jersey Regional Day School Archived 2014-03-20 at the Wayback Machine, Mercer County Special Services School District. Accessed March 16, 2021..
- ^ Administration Archived 2015-01-09 at the Wayback Machine, Mercer County Special Services School District. Accessed January 4, 2015.
- ^ New Jersey School Directory for Mercer County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
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Coordinates: 40°15′05″N 74°39′06″W / 40.251317°N 74.651528°W
- 1977 establishments in New Jersey
- Educational institutions established in 1977
- School districts in Mercer County, New Jersey
- Special schools in the United States
- Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey