Editing Seaside Park, New Jersey (section)

==Education==
After the [[Seaside Park School District]], which had served public school students in [[kindergarten]] through [[sixth grade]], closed its school in 2010, a [[sending/receiving relationship]] was established with the [[Toms River Regional Schools]] for Seaside Park students in grades K–6.<ref name=TRPatch2011>Miller, Patricia A. [http://tomsriver.patch.com/articles/seaside-park-confirms-high-schoolers-will-attend-toms-river-regional "Seaside Park Confirms: High Schoolers Will Attend Toms River Regional; Borough discussing with attorneys who picks up $10,000 tab for each student"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610082924/http://tomsriver.patch.com/articles/seaside-park-confirms-high-schoolers-will-attend-toms-river-regional |date=June 10, 2011 }}, Toms River Patch, June 3, 2011. Accessed January 1, 2013. "Seaside Park closed the Seaside Park Elementary School last year and now has a sending arrangement for K-6 students with Toms River Regional. Former County Schools Superintendent Bruce Greenfield recommended in 2008 that Seaside Park align itself with a K-12 district. Central Regional accepts grades 7-12."</ref>

In 2015, the Seaside Park district submitted a petition to the [[New Jersey Department of Education]] to allow Seaside Park to establish a second send / receive relationship with the [[Lavallette School District]], under which Seaside Park students would have the choice of attending K–6 school in either Toms River or Lavallette. A number of students from Seaside Park had already been attending Lavallete Elementary School, including four of the five board of education members who voted in favor of the petition. The Lavallete district actively supported the proposal and the Toms River Schools had posed no objection when Seaside Park had originally submitted the petition.<ref>Wall, Karen. [https://patch.com/new-jersey/tomsriver/seaside-park-seeking-approval-send-elementary-students-lavallette "Seaside Park Seeking Approval To Send Elementary Students To Lavallette; Borough students attend K-6 in Toms River; the move would relieve parents – including 4 school board members – of tuition to Lavallette."], Toms River Patch, May 20, 2015. Accessed November 22, 2017. "The Seaside Park Board of Education is seeking state approval to send its elementary students to Lavallette Elementary School – a move the Toms River Regional Board of Education is not opposing....Seaside Park has been sending its elementary students to Toms River since it closed the borough's elementary school in 2010. This year, 27 students are covered under that agreement, according to Seaside Park's tentative budget for the 2015-16 school year.But several Seaside Park students already are attending Lavallette – a K-8 school – with their parents paying tuition for them to do so."</ref> In 2017, the Appellate Division affirmed a decision by the commissioner of education to allow Seaside Park to establish the dual send / receive relationship with the Lavallette district, rejecting the claims made by the Toms River Schools and noting the fact that the district had posed no objection when Seaside Park had submitted a petition to advance the proposal in 2015.<ref>Dev, Sanmathi (Sanu). [https://njschoollawblog.com/appellate-division-approves-dual-send-receive-relationship/ "Appellate Division Approves Dual Send-Receive Relationship"], The NJ School Law Blog, May 9, 2017. Accessed November 22, 2017. "In 2009, Seaside Park entered into a send-receive agreement with Toms River to educate its K-6 students after Seaside Park closed its elementary school. In March 2015, Seaside Park initiated a petition with the Commissioner requesting it to enter into a second sending-receiving relationship – this time with Lavallette – while maintaining its existing agreement with Toms River. Seaside Park argued that the send-receive relationship with Lavallette would provide greater educational choice to its families. Seaside Park never sought to end its send-receive relationship with Toms River."</ref><ref>[http://1y48qjz4w5awm6pc3j1gi512-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2017/05/a1391-15.pdf ''In the Matter of the Petition for Authorization to Enter into a Sending-Receiving Relationship with the Board of Education of the Borough of Lavallette, Ocean County''], [[Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division]], decided May 4, 2017. Accessed November 22, 2017.</ref>

Students in public school for [[seventh grade|seventh]] through [[twelfth grade]]s attend the schools of the [[Central Regional School District]], which also serves students from the municipalities of [[Berkeley Township, New Jersey|Berkeley Township]], [[Island Heights, New Jersey|Island Heights]], [[Ocean Gate, New Jersey|Ocean Gate]] and [[Seaside Heights, New Jersey|Seaside Heights]].<ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/29/0770/000.html Central Regional School District 2016 School Report Card Narrative], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed July 14, 2017. "The Central Regional School District is located in the Bayville section of Berkeley Township and draws from the constituent districts of Berkeley Township, Island Heights, Ocean Gate, Seaside Heights, and Seaside Park."</ref> Schools in the district (with 2017–2018 enrollment data from the [[National Center for Education Statistics]]<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3402910 School Data for the Central Regional School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed November 1, 2019.</ref>) are 
Central Regional Middle School<ref>[https://www.centralreg.k12.nj.us/our-schools/middle-school Central Regional Middle School], Central Regional School District. Accessed January 21, 2020.</ref> for grades 7 and 8 (761 students) and 
[[Central Regional High School]]<ref>[https://www.centralreg.k12.nj.us/our-schools/high-school Central Regional High School], Central Regional School District. Accessed January 21, 2020.</ref> for grades 9–12 (1,401 students).<ref>[https://www.centralreg.k12.nj.us/our-schools Our Schools], Central Regional School District. Accessed January 21, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/0770 New Jersey School Directory for the Central Regional School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref> The district's [[Board of Education]] consists of nine members, who are directly elected by the residents of the constituent municipalities to three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year.<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/cafr/search/18/0770.pdf ''Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the Central Regional School District''], [[New Jersey Department of Education]], June 30, 2018. Accessed March 6, 2020. "The School District is a Type II district located in the County of Ocean, State of New Jersey. As a Type II district, the School District functions independently through a Board of Education. The Board is comprised of nine members appointed to three-year terms. These terms are staggered so that three members’ terms expire each year."</ref> Seaside Park is allocated one of the board's nine seats.<ref>[https://www.centralreg.k12.nj.us/district/board-of-education/board-members Board Members], Central Regional School District. Accessed March 6, 2020.</ref>