Schellenger Landing, New Jersey

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Schellenger Landing, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
Schellenger Landing is located in Cape May County, New Jersey
Schellenger Landing
Schellenger Landing
Location in Cape May County (Inset: Cape May County in New Jersey)
Coordinates: 38°56′55″N 74°54′19″W / 38.94861°N 74.90528°W / 38.94861; -74.90528Coordinates: 38°56′55″N 74°54′19″W / 38.94861°N 74.90528°W / 38.94861; -74.90528
Country United States
State New Jersey
CountyCape May
TownshipLower
Elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID882861[1]

Schellenger Landing[1] or Schellenger's Landing is an unincorporated community located within Lower Township in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States.[2]

Schellenger Landing is where boats dock and where a bridge between Cape Island and the Mainland is located.[3]

The name comes from a group of people who had moved to the area.[4]

Education[]

Lower Cape May Regional High School in the Erma area
Lower Township Branch, Cape May Library, on Bayshore Road in Villas CDP
Fishing Creek Schoolhouse

The Lower Township School District serves public school students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade.[5] As of the 2017–18 school year, the district, comprised of four schools, had an enrollment of 1,718 students and 143.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.0:1.[6] Schools in the district (with 2017-18 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are David C. Douglass Veterans Memorial School[8] (Villas CDP) with 410 students in grades PreK-K, Carl T. Mitnick School[9] (Cold Spring) with 401 students in grades 1–2, Maud T. Abrams School[10] (Cold Spring) with 436 students in grades 3-4 and Charles W. Sandman Consolidated School[11] (Cold Spring) with 449 students in grades 5–6.[12][13] The Lower Township School District participates in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program, which allows non-resident students to attend the district's schools without cost to their parents, with tuition paid by the state. Seats in the program for non-resident students are specified by the district and are allocated by lottery.[14][15]

For seventh through twelfth grades, public school students attend the schools of the Lower Cape May Regional School District, in the Erma area, which also serves students from Cape May City and West Cape May, along with students from Cape May Point who attend the district as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[16][17] Schools in the district (with 2017-18 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[18]) are Richard M. Teitelman Middle School[19] with 458 students in grades 7-8 and Lower Cape May Regional High School[20] with 871 students in grades 9-12.[21] In the 2011–12 school year, the city of Cape May paid $6 million in property taxes to cover the district's 120 high school students, an average of $50,000 per student attending the Lower Cape May district. Cape May officials have argued that the district's funding formula based on assessed property values unfairly penalizes Cape May, which has higher property values and a smaller number of high school students as a percentage of the population than the other constituent districts, especially Lower Township.[22] The district's board of education is comprised of nine members, who are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year[23][24] Seats on the board are allocated based on population, with Lower Township assigned seven seats.[25]

Students are also eligible to attend Cape May County Technical High School in Cape May Court House, which serves students from the entire county in its comprehensive and vocational programs, which are offered without charge to students who are county residents.[26][27] Special needs students may be referred to Cape May County Special Services School District in Cape May Court House.

Wildwood Catholic Academy (PreK-12) in North Wildwood, of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden, is the closest Catholic school. Villas had its own Catholic K-8 school, St. Raymond's School, until 2007, when it merged into Our Lady Star of the Sea School in Cape May.[28] In 2010 Our Lady Star of the Sea merged into Cape Trinity Regional School (PreK – 8) in North Wildwood.[29] That school in turn merged into Wildwood Catholic Academy in 2020.[30] As of 2020 Bishop McHugh Regional School in Dennis Township takes students from Lower Township.[31]

Two of the initial properties of Cape Christian Academy, formed circa 1990 as a merger of South Cape Christian Academy and Cape May County Christian School were in Lower Township.[32] The current consolidated school building is in Middle Township, with a Cape May Courthouse postal address and within the CMCH census-designated place.[33] Richard Degener of the Press of Atlantic City described it as being in Burleigh. Its campus has 6.5 acres (2.6 ha) of area.[32]

Cape May County Library operates the Lower Township Library in Villas.[34]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Schellenger Landing, New Jersey
  2. ^ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed March 15, 2017.
  3. ^ Tischler, Susan (2005-03-01). "Schellenger's Landing: 100 years of fishing in Cape May". Capemay.com. Cape Publishing, Inc. Retrieved 2021-05-16.
  4. ^ DeAngelis, Martin (2013-09-18). "History on the harbor". Press of Atlantic City. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
  5. ^ Lower Township Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Lower Township School District. Accessed February 11, 2020. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through six in the Lower Township School District. Composition: The Lower Township School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Lower Township."
  6. ^ District information for Lower Township Elementary School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
  7. ^ School Data for the Lower Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
  8. ^ David C. Douglass Veterans Memorial School, Lower Township School District. Accessed February 11, 2020.
  9. ^ Carl T. Mitnick School, Lower Township School District. Accessed February 11, 2020.
  10. ^ Maud T. Abrams School, Lower Township School District. Accessed February 11, 2020.
  11. ^ Charles W. Sandman Consolidated School, Lower Township School District. Accessed February 11, 2020.
  12. ^ Student-Parent Handbook 2019-2020, Lower Township School District. Accessed February 11, 2020.
  13. ^ New Jersey School Directory for the Lower Township School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  14. ^ Interdistrict Public School Choice Program List of Operating Choice Districts: 2018-2019 School Year, New Jersey Department of Education, September 18, 2017. Accessed January 11, 2018.
  15. ^ Lower Township Elementary District Choice Program Profile, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed January 11, 2018.
  16. ^ Interdistrict Public School Choice, Lower Cape May Regional School District. Accessed February 11, 2020. "Lower Cape May Regional High School is a four year comprehensive public High School that serves students from Cape May, West Cape May, Lower Township, Cape May Point and now Choice School students."
  17. ^ Linehan, Mary. "Cape May makes new push to dissolve Lower Cape May Regional school district", The Gazette of Cape May, June 20, 2013. Accessed January 11, 2018. "The regional school district was formed in 1956 and now serves as a limited purpose regional school district educating students from Cape May, Cape May Point, West Cape May and Lower Township. Cape May Point students attend on a 'sending-receiving' basis."
  18. ^ School Data for the Lower Cape May Regional High School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2019.
  19. ^ General Information, Richard M. Teitelman Middle School. Accessed February 11, 2020.
  20. ^ General Information, Lower Cape May Regional High School. Accessed February 11, 2020.
  21. ^ New Jersey School Directory for the Lower Cape May Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 26, 2016.
  22. ^ Fichter, Jack. "Cape May Paying $50K Per Student to Regional School District", Cape May County Herald, January 4, 2012. Accessed March 21, 2018. "Cape May — Taxpayers here pay $50,000 per year for each student sent to the Lower Cape May Regional High School District, a total of $6 million per year.... Deputy Mayor Jack Wichterman said Cape May was paying $6 million to send 120 kids to the regional school district.... 'We have no say in the formula that's utilized to determine how much money we pay to that school district,' he said. 'There are several formulas that can be used and the one that the Lower Township members of that school board chose to use is the one that penalizes the City of Cape May because our real estate values are so much higher than they are in Lower Township.'"
  23. ^ Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Lower Cape May Regional School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2018. Accessed February 3, 2020. "The Lower Cape May Regional School District (District) is a Type II school district located in Cape May County, New Jersey and covers an area of approximately 34 square miles. As a Type II school district, it functions independently through a Board of Education. The Board is comprised of nine members elected to three-year terms. These terms are staggered so that three member’s terms expire each year. The purpose of the School District is to provide educational services for all of Lower Cape May Regional’s students in grades 7 through 12."
  24. ^ Board of Education, Lower Cape May Regional School District. Accessed February 11, 2020.
  25. ^ Crowley, Terence J. A Response to the Cape May Study to Reconfigure the Lower Cape May Regional School District, Lower Cape May Regional School District, January 6, 2014. Accessed February 11, 2020. "The Lower Cape May Regional District (Regional is classified as a Limited Purpose District.... It is a Type II district and apportions the Board of Education seats based upon the most recent United States Census. It has nine seats on the Board and that are apportioned as follows: Cape May City 1; West Cape May 1; Lower Township 7."
  26. ^ Frequently Asked Questions, Cape May County Technical High School. Accessed October 27, 2019. "All residents of Cape May County are eligible to attend Cape May County Technical High School.... The Cape May County Technical High School is a public school so there is no cost to residents of Cape May County."
  27. ^ Technical High School Admissions, Cape May County Technical High School. Accessed October 27, 2019. "All students who are residents of Cape May County may apply to the Technical High School."
  28. ^ Ianeri, Brian (2009-05-12). "Our Lady Star of the Sea school in Cape May to close in 2010". Press of Atlantic City. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
  29. ^ DiPasquale, Donna (2010-06-22). "After 92 years, Star of the Sea School closes its doors". Cape Publishing, Inc. Retrieved 2020-09-11. - The author was the principal of Our Lady Star of the Sea Regional School.
  30. ^ Franklin, Chris (2020-06-04). "2 Jersey Shore Catholic schools slated to close have been saved". Nj.com. NJ Advance Media. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
  31. ^ "Areas We Serve". Bishop McHugh Regional Catholic School of Dennis Township. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
  32. ^ Jump up to: a b Degener, Richard (1993-09-23). "PROPERTIED CLASS / CAPE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY BUYS LAND FOR CENTRAL CAMPUS". The Press of Atlantic City. p. C1. - Available from Newsbank, ID# news/0EAEAA6D18083359.
  33. ^ "Home". Cape Christian Academy. Retrieved 2021-07-15. 10 Oyster Road Cape May Court House, NJ 08210 - See map of CDP from the 2010 U.S. Census - page 1 and page 2. In contrast it is across from but not in the Burleigh CDP: Seen here.
  34. ^ "Lower Township". Cape May County Library. Retrieved 2020-09-18.

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