Barack Obama Green Charter High School

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
Barack Obama Green Charter High School
35 Watchung Avenue
Plainfield, NJ 07060
District information
Grades Charter 9-12
Superintendent Steven King, School Lead
Business administrator Bima Baja
Schools 1
Students and staff
Enrollment 104 (as of 2010-11)[1]
Faculty 8.5 FTEs
Student-teacher ratio 12.24:1
Other information
Website Official website
Ind. Per Pupil District
Spending		 Rank
(*)		 Charter 9-12
Average		  %± vs.
Average
1A Total Spending $15,625 34 $18,047 -13.4%
1 Budgetary Cost 9,862 7 13,238 -25.5%
2 Classroom Instruction 5,753 13 7,328 -21.5%
6 Support Services 2,012 60 1,661 21.1%
8 Administrative Cost 1,814 11 2,563 -29.2%
10 Operations & Maintenance 82 1 1,661 -95.1%
Data from NJDoE 2013 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of Charter 9-12 districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=77
Barack Obama Green Charter High School
Information
Type Charter public high school
Established September 2010
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 163[1] (as of 2012-13)
Website School website

Barack Obama Green Charter High School is a public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades in Plainfield, Union County, New Jersey, United States, that focuses on education in the field of Sustainability and Leadership and operates independently of the local school district under a charter granted by the New Jersey Department of Education. The charter for the school was approved in September 2009, as part of an announcement by Governor Jon Corzine of eight charter schools granted by the state in that cycle.[3] After receiving approval from city's Board of Adjustment, the school opened in September 2010.[4]

As of the 2012-13 school year, the school had an enrollment of 163 students. There were 107 students (65.6% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 28 (17.2% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:[5]

  • Steven King, Founder/Chief Executive Officer/School Leader[6]
  • Bima Baje, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
  • Erin Richardson, Principal

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 School Data for The Barack Obama Green Charter High, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 23, 2015.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ Staff. "New Jersey Dept. of Education approves 8 new charter schools, Corzine promises quick approval of more", New Jersey Newsroom, September 23, 2009. Accessed May 21, 2013.
  4. ↑ Staff. "New Barack Obama Green Charter High School is coming to Plainfield", New Jersey Local News Service, April 11, 2010. Accessed May 21, 2013. "Plainfield will soon be home to the city’s first charter high school after the zoning Board of Adjustment unanimously approved a variance this week for the educators to set up classrooms at the Plainfield YMCA. The 120-seat Barack Obama Green Charter High School is slated to open for ninth and tenth graders at the start of the new school year at 530 West Seventh St."
  5. ↑ New Jersey School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 21, 2013.
  6. ↑ Administrative Directory, Barack Obama Charter High School. Accessed May 21, 2013.

External links

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=Barack_Obama_Green_Charter_High_School&oldid=696533141"