Editing Dover, New Jersey (section)

==Education==
The [[Dover School District (New Jersey)|Dover School District]] serves students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[twelfth grade]].<ref>[https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=5f05919009164f078e189fd1bcfd24a8 Dover Public Schools District Policy 0110 - Identification], Dover School District. Accessed February 26, 2023. "Purpose The Board of Education exists for providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades PK through 12 in the Dover School District. Composition: The Dover School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Dover in County of Morris."</ref> As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of five schools, had an enrollment of 3,448 students and 244.6 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 14.1:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3403930&DistrictID=3403930 District information for Dover Public School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref> Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment from the [[National Center for Education Statistics]]<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3403930 School Data for the Dover School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref>) are 
Academy Street Elementary School<ref>[https://ase.dover-nj.org/ Academy Street Elementary School], Dover School District. Accessed February 26, 2023.</ref> with 470 students in grades K-6, 
East Dover Elementary School<ref>[https://ede.dover-nj.org/ East Dover Elementary School], Dover School District. Accessed February 26, 2023.</ref> with 389 students in grades K-6, 
North Dover Elementary School<ref>[https://nde.dover-nj.org/ North Dover Elementary School], Dover School District. Accessed February 26, 2023.</ref> with 658 students in grades PreK-6, 
Dover Middle School<ref>[https://dms.dover-nj.org/ Dover Middle School], Dover School District. Accessed February 26, 2023.</ref> with 524 students in grades 7-8 and 
[[Dover High School (New Jersey)|Dover High School]]<ref>[https://dhs.dover-nj.org/ Dover High School], Dover School District. Accessed February 26, 2023.</ref> with 1,094 students in grades 9-12.<ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/27/1110 School Performance Reports for the Dover Public School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed March 31, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/1110 New Jersey School Directory for the Dover School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref>

The district serves students from [[Victory Gardens, New Jersey|Victory Gardens]], which has been fully consolidated into the Dover School District since 2010.<ref>Martin, Liz. [http://www.northjersey.com/news/92283744_Voters_have_their_say_on_the_budgets.html "Voters have their say on the budgets"], ''Neighbor News'', April 28, 2010. Accessed July 11, 2016. "The school board goes from 11 members to 10 after this election as the temporary Board seat assigned to the Victory Gardens representative Danielle Press expired permanently on April 20. Now that Victory Gardens has merged with the Dover school district, there will no longer be a dedicated Victory Gardens seat on the Board. Any resident from either Dover or Victory Gardens will be eligible to run for any available Board seat."</ref><ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/education/news/2009/0701nonops.htm 13 Non-Operating School Districts Eliminated], [[New Jersey Department of Education]] press release dated July 1, 2009. Accessed July 11, 2016.</ref> Students in grades 7–12 from [[Mine Hill Township, New Jersey|Mine Hill Township]] attend the district's schools as part of a [[sending/receiving relationship]].<ref>[http://www.nj.gov/education/pr/1415/narrative/27/1110/040.html Dover High School 2015 Report Card Narrative], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed July 11, 2016. "Dover High School, located 40 miles from New York City, services approximately 900 high school students from the Town of Dover, the Borough of Victory Gardens, and the Township of Mine Hill."</ref>

Sacred Heart School was a [[Catholic school]] serving students in pre-school through eighth grade that operated under the auspices of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson]]. A successful fundraising effort in 2006 had kept the school open despite plans to close the school, but in 2009 the Paterson Diocese announced that declining enrollment and financial difficulties would lead to the school's closure at the conclusion of the 2008–2009 school year.<ref>Diamant, Jeff; and Adarlo, Sharon. [http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/morris/index.ssf?/base/news-5/1231479314253250.xml&coll=1 "Dover's Sacred Heart School, saved in 2006, to close in June"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', January 9, 2009. Accessed September 3, 2003. "An 85-year-old Catholic school in Dover will close in June, two years after parents and alumni worked to stave off that fate by raising money and working to increase enrollment. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson said the student body at Sacred Heart School has since dropped back to unsustainable levels -- 121 from preschool through eighth grade -- and the current term will be the school's last."</ref>

The [[Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art]], a [[technical school]] founded in 1976 by cartoonist [[Joe Kubert]] and his wife Muriel and the only accredited school devoted to cartooning and graphic art, is located in Dover.<ref name=Kubert>Jennings, Dana. [https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/14/nyregion/paper-pencil-and-a-dream.html "Paper, Pencil And a Dream"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 14, 2003. Accessed March 29, 2012. "Mr. Kubert said that Dover, which has 18,000 people and is bisected by the Rockaway River, suits him. He and his wife, Muriel, raised their five children here, and it was here that they opened their school."</ref>