Union Township School District


The Union Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Union Township, in Hunterdon County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
As of the 2023–24 school year, the district, comprised of two schools, had an enrollment of 478 students and 50.7 classroom teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 9.4:1.
Public school students in ninth through twelfth grades attend North Hunterdon High School in Annandale, which also serves students from Bethlehem Township, Clinton Town, Clinton Township, Franklin Township and Lebanon Borough. As of the 2023–24 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,262 students and 115.5 classroom teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 10.9:1. The school is part of the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District, which also includes students from Califon, Glen Gardner, Hampton, High Bridge, Lebanon Township and Tewksbury Township, who attend Voorhees High School in Lebanon Township.

History

Voters approved $14.9 million in referendum funding covering the cost of a new Union Township Elementary School, which opened for the 2006–07 school year, at which time the older building, constructed in 1953, was renamed Union Township Middle School.
The district commissioned a study with the Franklin Township School District that considered the possibility of the two communities forming a regional district, with the possibility of the inclusion of the Bethlehem Township School District as a third member. The analysis by the consultants who performed the feasibility study estimated that savings of $1 million could be achieved without negatively impacting the racial distribution in the district's schools.
The district had been classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "GH", the third-highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.

Schools

Schools in the district are:
;Elementary school
  • Union Township Elementary School with 220 students in grades PreK–3
  • *Rhonda Pevorus, principal
;Middle school
  • Union Township Middle School with 253 students in grades 4–8
  • *Kerry Foote, principal

Extracurricular activities

Union Township Middle School offers a wide variety of after school activities; student council, drama club, volleyball, baseball, softball, boys and girls basketball, boys and girls soccer, cheerleading, cross-country, science club, computer club, as well as art club along with National Junior Honor Society.

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:

Board of administration

The district's board of education, comprised of nine members, sets policy and oversees the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year held as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district.