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Bayonne School District, New Jersey
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| Bayonne School District |
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| Bayonne, New Jersey |
| District details |
| Superintendent: Dr. Patricia L. McGeehan |
| # of school board members: 10 |
| Website: Link |
Bayonne School District is a school district in New Jersey. The district was the 20th-largest school district in the state in the 2014-2015 school year and served 10,007 students.[1]
About the district
Bayonne School District is located in northwest New Jersey in Hudson County. The seat of county government is Jersey City. Hudson County was home to an estimated 677,983 residents between 2010 and 2016, according to the United States Census Bureau.[2]
Demographics
Hudson County slightly outperformed New Jersey as a whole in terms of higher education attainment from 2011 to 2015. The United States Census Bureau found that 37.5 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had obtained a bachelor's degree or higher, compared to 36.8 percent of all state residents. The median household income in the county was $59,741, compared to $72,093 statewide. County residents lived below the poverty level at a rate of 17.7 percent, while that rate was 10.8 percent for all state residents.[2]
| Racial Demographics, 2016[2] | ||
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| Race | Hudson County (%) | New Jersey (%) |
| White | 65.1 | 72.4 |
| Black or African American | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.2 | 0.6 |
| Asian | 15.9 | 9.8 |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Two or More Races | 2.6 | 2.2 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 43.2 | 20.0 |
Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.
Superintendent
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The current superintendent of Bayonne School District is Dr. Patricia L. McGeehan. She was first appointed to the position in 2000, and her contract ran through June 30, 2017. The Bayonne school board declined to renew her contract on June 29, 2016.[3][4]
School board elections
The Bayonne Board of Education is overseen by a nine-member board elected at large to three-year terms. From 1979 to 2014, the members of the board were appointed by the mayor rather than elected.[5] On November 4, 2014, voters approved a ballot question changing the board from a system of appointed membership to one of elected membership, with 76.5 percent voting for the change. The board's first elected members won their seats in the November 2015 general election.[6]
| Bayonne Board of Education | |
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| Member | Term Ends |
| Maria Valado | 2020 |
| Michael Alonso | 2020 |
| Christopher Munoz | 2020 |
| Joseph Broderick | 2018 |
| Ava Finnerty | 2018 |
| Charles Ryan | 2018 |
| Denis Wilbeck | 2019 |
| Carol Cruden | 2019 |
| Mary Jane Desmond | 2019 |
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Election dates
The Bayonne School District school board consists of nine members elected at large to three-year terms. Four seats were up for election in 2016, and three seats were up for election in 2017.
Budget
From 1993 to 2013, the Bayonne School District had an average of $101,873,714 in revenue and $102,675,524 in expenditures, according to the United States Census Bureau's survey of school system finances. The district had a yearly average of $48,820,762 in outstanding debt. The district retired $2,326,000 of its debt and issued $6,985,429 in new debt each year on average.[7]
Revenue
The table below separates the district's revenue into the three sources identified by the agency: local, state, and federal.
| Revenue by Source | |||||||||||
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| Fiscal Year |
Local | State | Federal | Revenue Total | |||||||
| Total | % of Revenue | Total | % of Revenue | Total | % of Revenue | ||||||
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| 1993 | $33,592,000 | 56.19% | $22,324,000 | 37.34% | $3,864,000 | 6.46% | $59,780,000 | ||||
| 1994 | $36,109,000 | 61.24% | $19,165,000 | 32.50% | $3,692,000 | 6.26% | $58,966,000 | ||||
| 1995 | $37,815,000 | 63.65% | $17,905,000 | 30.14% | $3,689,000 | 6.21% | $59,409,000 | ||||
| 1996 | $46,128,000 | 67.05% | $19,456,000 | 28.28% | $3,215,000 | 4.67% | $68,799,000 | ||||
| 1997 | $44,339,000 | 65.74% | $20,101,000 | 29.81% | $3,001,000 | 4.45% | $67,441,000 | ||||
| 1998 | $51,756,000 | 63.90% | $26,020,000 | 32.13% | $3,215,000 | 3.97% | $80,991,000 | ||||
| 1999 | $49,074,000 | 59.68% | $29,942,000 | 36.42% | $3,206,000 | 3.90% | $82,222,000 | ||||
| 2000 | $51,517,000 | 55.34% | $37,719,000 | 40.52% | $3,854,000 | 4.14% | $93,090,000 | ||||
| 2001 | $49,455,000 | 53.79% | $38,599,000 | 41.98% | $3,892,000 | 4.23% | $91,946,000 | ||||
| 2002 | $47,961,000 | 52.78% | $38,267,000 | 42.11% | $4,636,000 | 5.10% | $90,864,000 | ||||
| 2003 | $49,969,000 | 52.81% | $39,604,000 | 41.85% | $5,056,000 | 5.34% | $94,629,000 | ||||
| 2004 | $51,999,000 | 52.82% | $40,551,000 | 41.19% | $5,891,000 | 5.98% | $98,441,000 | ||||
| 2005 | $72,681,000 | 59.65% | $43,042,000 | 35.32% | $6,128,000 | 5.03% | $121,851,000 | ||||
| 2006 | $61,324,000 | 51.65% | $49,849,000 | 41.98% | $7,558,000 | 6.37% | $118,731,000 | ||||
| 2007 | $62,935,000 | 51.11% | $53,247,000 | 43.24% | $6,962,000 | 5.65% | $123,144,000 | ||||
| 2008 | $63,608,000 | 49.55% | $58,121,000 | 45.28% | $6,638,000 | 5.17% | $128,367,000 | ||||
| 2009 | $73,734,000 | 50.95% | $62,981,000 | 43.52% | $8,005,000 | 5.53% | $144,720,000 | ||||
| 2010 | $61,409,000 | 42.44% | $63,110,000 | 43.61% | $20,180,000 | 13.95% | $144,699,000 |
| 2011 | $62,873,000 | 47.81% | $59,346,000 | 45.13% | $9,295,000 | 7.07% | $131,514,000 |
| 2012 | $60,782,000 | 45.06% | $63,874,000 | 47.35% | $10,232,000 | 7.59% | $134,888,000 |
| 2013 | $70,817,000 | 48.89% | $64,875,000 | 44.79% | $9,164,000 | 6.33% | $144,856,000 |
| Avg. | $54,279,857 | 54.86% | $41,338,000 | 39.26% | $6,255,857 | 5.88% | $101,873,714 |
Expenditures
The table below separates the district's expenditures into five categories identified by the agency:
- Instruction: operation expenditures, state payments on behalf of the district for instruction and benefits, and retirement system transfers
- Support Services: support services, food services, and retirement system transfers for support service staff
- Capital Spending: capital outlay expenditures (i.e., construction, land or facilities purchases, and equipment purchases)
- Debt & Gov. Payments: payments to state and local governments and interest on school system debt
- Other: all other non-K-12 programs, except food services
| Expenditures by Category | |||||||||||
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| Fiscal Year |
Instruction | Support Services | Capital Spending | Debt & Gov. Payments | Other | Budget Total | |||||
| Total | % of Budget | Total | % of Budget | Total | % of Budget | Total | % of Budget | Total | % of Budget | ||
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| 1993 | $32,946,000 | 57.07% | $18,798,000 | 32.56% | $3,951,000 | 6.84% | $311,000 | 0.54% | $1,719,000 | 2.98% | $57,725,000 |
| 1994 | $32,805,000 | 57.55% | $21,281,000 | 37.34% | $1,299,000 | 2.28% | $308,000 | 0.54% | $1,305,000 | 2.29% | $56,998,000 |
| 1995 | $34,547,000 | 57.33% | $21,427,000 | 35.56% | $2,664,000 | 4.42% | $258,000 | 0.43% | $1,365,000 | 2.27% | $60,261,000 |
| 1996 | $38,640,000 | 56.01% | $23,848,000 | 34.57% | $5,247,000 | 7.61% | $188,000 | 0.27% | $1,065,000 | 1.54% | $68,988,000 |
| 1997 | $43,177,000 | 62.56% | $23,590,000 | 34.18% | $1,607,000 | 2.33% | $135,000 | 0.20% | $511,000 | 0.74% | $69,020,000 |
| 1998 | $42,707,000 | 56.89% | $26,009,000 | 34.64% | $5,491,000 | 7.31% | $161,000 | 0.21% | $705,000 | 0.94% | $75,073,000 |
| 1999 | $49,091,000 | 57.56% | $26,727,000 | 31.34% | $8,333,000 | 9.77% | $177,000 | 0.21% | $958,000 | 1.12% | $85,286,000 |
| 2000 | $49,869,000 | 52.39% | $30,386,000 | 31.92% | $11,895,000 | 12.50% | $2,057,000 | 2.16% | $988,000 | 1.04% | $95,195,000 |
| 2001 | $54,407,000 | 58.66% | $30,647,000 | 33.04% | $4,534,000 | 4.89% | $2,240,000 | 2.42% | $916,000 | 0.99% | $92,744,000 |
| 2002 | $56,632,000 | 58.31% | $30,176,000 | 31.07% | $7,407,000 | 7.63% | $1,854,000 | 1.91% | $1,049,000 | 1.08% | $97,118,000 |
| 2003 | $58,340,000 | 61.75% | $30,859,000 | 32.66% | $1,918,000 | 2.03% | $1,582,000 | 1.67% | $1,775,000 | 1.88% | $94,474,000 |
| 2004 | $60,354,000 | 60.93% | $32,815,000 | 33.13% | $2,838,000 | 2.87% | $1,330,000 | 1.34% | $1,717,000 | 1.73% | $99,054,000 |
| 2005 | $66,209,000 | 53.52% | $33,527,000 | 27.10% | $20,729,000 | 16.76% | $1,337,000 | 1.08% | $1,899,000 | 1.54% | $123,701,000 |
| 2006 | $75,921,000 | 54.26% | $37,052,000 | 26.48% | $20,649,000 | 14.76% | $4,301,000 | 3.07% | $2,007,000 | 1.43% | $139,930,000 |
| 2007 | $75,997,000 | 53.61% | $39,902,000 | 28.15% | $23,645,000 | 16.68% | $209,000 | 0.15% | $2,008,000 | 1.42% | $141,761,000 |
| 2008 | $80,994,000 | 59.98% | $43,007,000 | 31.85% | $5,104,000 | 3.78% | $3,912,000 | 2.90% | $2,018,000 | 1.49% | $135,035,000 |
| 2009 | $86,695,000 | 60.03% | $47,341,000 | 32.78% | $4,423,000 | 3.06% | $3,717,000 | 2.57% | $2,252,000 | 1.56% | $144,428,000 |
| 2010 | $83,629,000 | 59.67% | $43,887,000 | 31.31% | $6,185,000 | 4.41% | $5,197,000 | 3.71% | $1,256,000 | 0.90% | $140,154,000 |
| 2011 | $78,951,000 | 63.43% | $41,868,000 | 33.64% | $1,386,000 | 1.11% | $670,000 | 0.54% | $1,597,000 | 1.28% | $124,472,000 |
| 2012 | $78,163,000 | 61.19% | $43,587,000 | 34.12% | $755,000 | 0.59% | $3,777,000 | 2.96% | $1,455,000 | 1.14% | $127,737,000 |
| 2013 | $82,783,000 | 65.17% | $42,145,000 | 33.18% | $350,000 | 0.28% | $191,000 | 0.15% | $1,563,000 | 1.23% | $127,032,000 |
| Avg. | $60,136,048 | 58.47% | $32,803,762 | 32.41% | $6,686,190 | 6.28% | $1,614,857 | 1.38% | $1,434,667 | 1.46% | $102,675,524 |
Debt
The table below shows the amount of debt retired, issued, and outstanding in the district for each year.
| Debt | |||
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| Fiscal Year |
Retired | Issued | Outstanding |
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| 1993 | $50,000 | $0 | $0 |
| 1994 | $50,000 | $0 | $250,000 |
| 1995 | $50,000 | $ | $200,000 |
| 1996 | $50,000 | $0 | $150,000 |
| 1997 | $50,000 | $0 | $100,000 |
| 1998 | $50,000 | $0 | $50,000 |
| 1999 | $50,000 | $0 | $0 |
| 2000 | $3,040,000 | $0 | $42,736,000 |
| 2001 | $2,190,000 | $0 | $37,035,000 |
| 2002 | $2,215,000 | $0 | $31,390,000 |
| 2003 | $2,315,000 | $0 | $29,075,000 |
| 2004 | $2,460,000 | $55,309,000 | $97,090,000 |
| 2005 | $2,565,000 | $59,671,000 | $82,150,000 |
| 2006 | $2,174,000 | $0 | $79,580,000 |
| 2007 | $4,550,000 | $0 | $74,634,000 |
| 2008 | $4,530,000 | $0 | $70,104,000 |
| 2009 | $5,032,000 | $15,636,000 | $80,708,000 |
| 2010 | $5,640,000 | $0 | $103,519,000 |
| 2011 | $5,935,000 | $8,880,000 | $105,486,000 |
| 2012 | $5,850,000 | $0 | $91,890,000 |
| 2013 | $0 | $7,198,000 | $99,089,000 |
| Avg. | $2,326,000 | $6,985,429 | $48,820,762 |
Contact information
Bayonne School District
669 Ave. A
Bayonne, NJ 07002
Phone: (201) 858-5800
See also
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Common Core of Data, file ccd_lea_052_1414_w_0216161a, 2014-2015," accessed November 16, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 United States Census Bureau, "Hudson County, New Jersey," accessed September 5, 2017
- ↑ NJ.com, "Bayonne school board renews superintendent's contract amid concerns from residents, city officials," February 7, 2015
- ↑ NJ.com, "Bayonne school board declines to renew superintendent's contract," June 30, 2016
- ↑ NJ.com, "Bayonne's first school board election in over 35 years is coming up: Who's running?" July 28, 2015
- ↑ NJ.com, "Overwhelming majority of Bayonne voters choose to have an elected school board," November 5, 2014
- ↑ United States Census Bureau, "Public School System Finances: Historical Data," accessed December 1, 2015
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