Editing Hardwick Township, New Jersey (section)

==Education==
For [[kindergarten]] through [[sixth grade]], public school students attend Blairstown Elementary School in [[Blairstown, New Jersey|Blairstown Township]] as part of the [[Blairstown Township School District]].<ref>Novak, Stephen J. [http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/warren-county/index.ssf?/base/news-1/124650754933310.xml&coll=3 "Hardwick Township School District among 13 'nonoperating' districts eliminated Wednesday"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713200107/http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/warren-county/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fnews-1%2F124650754933310.xml&coll=3 |date=2011-07-13 }}, ''[[The Express-Times]]'', July 2, 2009. Accessed March 15, 2011. "The Hardwick district had a board of education and a part-time board secretary. But without a school of its own, it paid tuition to send its students to Blairstown Township. They'll continue to go there next school year, when the neighboring district takes control through a state order."</ref><ref name=WarrenDistricts>[https://www.warrencountynj.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/4963/637976372031370000#page=9 ''Warren County 2022-2023 Public School Directory''], [[Warren County, New Jersey]]. Accessed December 27, 2022.</ref> The Hardwick Township Board of Education was dissolved and merged into the Blairstown district as of July 1, 2009. The tax levies for the 2009–2010 year were left unchanged, with the tax levy for subsequent years apportioned based 78.8% on enrollment and 21.2% on the equalized value of property on the two municipalities.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/education/counties/Non-ops/Hardwick.pdf Letter from Commissioner Lucille Davy to the Hardwick Township School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]], June 30, 2009. Accessed June 5, 2013.</ref> As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 466 students and 46.7 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 10.0:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3401800&DistrictID=3401800 District information for Blairstown Elementary Township School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed April 1, 2020.</ref>

Students in [[seventh grade|seventh]] through [[twelfth grade]]s for public school attend the [[North Warren Regional High School]] in Blairstown, a public secondary high school that also serves students from the townships of Blairstown, [[Frelinghuysen Township, New Jersey|Frelinghuysen]] and [[Knowlton Township, New Jersey|Knowlton]].<ref>[https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=4ee1e4137ee1416d98452fdd3119ad8c North Warren Regional Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification], [[North Warren Regional High School]]. Accessed March 31, 2020. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades seven through twelve in the North Warren Regional High School District. Composition: The North Warren Regional High School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Blairstown Township, Frelinghuysen Township, Knowlton Township and Hardwick Township."</ref><ref>[https://www.nj.gov/education/pr/1314/narrative/41/3675/41-3675-000.html North Warren Regional High School 2014 Report Card Narrative], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. March 31, 2020. "The North Warren Regional School District is home to approximately 950 students from the communities of Blairstown, Frelinghuysen, Hardwick, and Knowlton."</ref><ref>[http://www.northwarren.org/ Home Page], North Warren Regional School District. Accessed March 31, 2020. "North Warren Regional is a public secondary school district, serving students in grades 7-12 in the townships of Blairstown, Frelinghuysen, Hardwick, and Knowlton. The district covers 96.8 square miles bordering the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area in scenic Warren County."</ref><ref name=WarrenDistricts/> As of the 2018–19 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 799 students and 77.6 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 10.3:1.<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3409550&ID=340955005844 School data for North Warren Regional School], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed April 1, 2020.</ref> Seats on the high school district's nine-member [[board of education]] are allocated based on the population of the constituent municipalities, with one seat allocated to Hardwick Township.<ref>[https://www.northwarren.org/board-of-education Board of Education], [[North Warren Regional High School]]. Accessed June 3, 2020. "The Board of Education is an elected council who, in compliance with State, and Federal laws, establish the policies, and regulations, by which the school is governed. The Board of Education is comprised of nine residents, each elected for a three-year term."</ref>

Students from the township and from all of Warren County are eligible to attend Ridge and Valley Charter School in Frelinghuysen Township (for grades K–8, with Hardwick residents granted admissions priority)<ref>[http://www.ridgeandvalley.org/about-us/f-a-q/ F.A.Q.], Ridge and Valley Charter School. Accessed July 17, 2017. "Enrollment is open, on a space available basis, to all K–8 students residing in N.J. with priority given to students residing in the districts of Blairstown, Hardwick, Knowlton, Frelinghuysen, and North Warren Regional School."</ref> or [[Warren County Technical School]] in [[Washington, New Jersey|Washington borough]] (for 9–12),<ref>[http://www.wctech.org/wcts/About%20Us/ About Us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927093127/http://www.wctech.org/wcts/About%20Us/ |date=2013-09-27 }}, [[Warren County Technical School]]. Accessed September 12, 2013.</ref> with special education services provided by local districts supplemented throughout the county by the [[Warren County Special Services School District]] in [[Oxford Township, New Jersey|Oxford Township]] (for Pre-K–12).<ref name=WarrenDistricts/>