Editing Pleasantville, New Jersey (section)

==Education==
Students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[twelfth grade]] are educated by the [[Pleasantville Public Schools]].<ref>[https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=f19938d57d4c4632a7436e3bb6e7c3e1 Pleasantville Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification], Pleasantville Public Schools. Accessed June 11, 2020. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through twelve in the Pleasantville School District. Composition: The Pleasantville School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Pleasantville."</ref> The district is one of 31 former [[Abbott district]]s statewide that were established pursuant to the decision by the [[New Jersey Supreme Court]] in ''Abbott v. Burke''<ref>[https://www.njsda.gov/About/WhatWeDo#History What We Do: History], [[New Jersey Schools Development Authority]]. Accessed March 1, 2022. "In 1998, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in the ''Abbott v. Burke'' case that the State must provide 100 percent funding for all school renovation and construction projects in special-needs school districts. According to the Court, aging, unsafe and overcrowded buildings prevented children from receiving the "thorough and efficient" education required under the New Jersey Constitution.... Full funding for approved projects was authorized for the 31 special-needs districts, known as 'Abbott Districts'."</ref> which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the [[New Jersey Schools Development Authority]].<ref>[https://www.njsda.gov/About/WhatWeDo What We Do], [[New Jersey Schools Development Authority]]. Accessed March 1, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://www.njsda.gov/Content/FactSheets/31_SDA_Districts.pdf SDA Districts], [[New Jersey Schools Development Authority]]. Accessed March 1, 2022.</ref>

As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of six schools, had an enrollment of 3,743 students and 316.4 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 11.8:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3413200&DistrictID=3413200 District information for Pleasantville Public School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref> Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the [[National Center for Education Statistics]]<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3413200 School Data for the Pleasantville Public Schools], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref>) are 
Decatur Avenue Early Childhood Center<ref>[https://www.pps-nj.us/pps/Schools/Early%20Childhood%20Education/ Decatur Avenue Early childhood Center], Pleasantville Public Schools. Accessed September 7, 2023.</ref> with NA students in grade PreK, 
Leeds Avenue School<ref>[https://www.pps-nj.us/pps/Schools/Leeds%20Avenue%20School/ Leeds Avenue School], Pleasantville Public Schools. Accessed September 7, 2023.</ref> with 567 students in grades PreK-5, 
North Main Street School<ref>[https://www.pps-nj.us/pps/Schools/North%20Main%20Street%20School/ North Main Street School], Pleasantville Public Schools. Accessed September 7, 2023.</ref> with 308 students in grades PreK-5, 
South Main Street School<ref>[https://www.pps-nj.us/pps/Schools/South%20Main%20Street%20School/ South Main Street School], Pleasantville Public Schools. Accessed September 7, 2023.</ref> with 478 students in grades PreK-5, 
Washington Avenue School<ref>[https://www.pps-nj.us/pps/Schools/Washington%20Avenue%20School/ Washington Avenue School], Pleasantville Public Schools. Accessed September 7, 2023.</ref> with 407 students in grades K-5, 
Pleasantville Middle School<ref>[https://www.pps-nj.us/pps/Schools/Middle%20School/ Pleasantville Middle School], Pleasantville Public Schools. Accessed September 7, 2023.</ref> with 847 students in grades 6-8 and 
[[Pleasantville High School (New Jersey)|Pleasantville High School]]<ref>[https://www.pps-nj.us/pps/Schools/High%20School/ Pleasantville High School], Pleasantville Public Schools. Accessed September 7, 2023.</ref> with 893 students in grades 9-12.<ref>[https://www.pps-nj.us/pps/Schools/ Schools], Pleasantville Public Schools. Accessed September 7, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://www.atlantic-county.org/documents/education/Directory22-23.pdf#page=50 ''2022-2023 Public School Directory''], [[Atlantic County, New Jersey]]. Accessed September 7, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/01/4180 School Performance Reports for the Pleasantville Public School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed April 1, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/4180 New Jersey School Directory for the Pleasantville Public Schools], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref> Students from [[Absecon, New Jersey|Absecon]] attend the district's high school for [[ninth grade|ninth]] through [[twelfth grade]]s as part of a [[sending/receiving relationship]] with the [[Absecon Public School District]].<ref>Bogdan, Jennifer. [https://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/press/atlantic/for-the-first-time-in-decades-absecon-s-students-are/article_dcdff8c4-5fe9-11e0-bd81-001cc4c03286.html "For the first time in decades, Absecon's students are choosing public schools over private schools"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', April 5, 2011. Accessed June 11, 2020. "For the first time in at least 30 years, more than half of the school district's eighth-graders are choosing public high schools over private ones. In past years, as many as 90 percent of the district's students opted for private school. But about 55 percent of the district's 93 eighth-graders have plans to go on to publicly funded schools in September, including Pleasantville High School, Atlantic County Institute of Technology and Charter Tech High School for the Performing Arts."</ref> Absecon has sought to end its agreement with Pleasantville and send its students to [[Absegami High School]] under a new sending/receiving relationship with the [[Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District]] that Absecon argues would give its students a better education at a lower cost, without negatively impacting the demographics in Pleasantville High School. About 10% of Absecon's graduating students have been choosing to attend Pleasantville High School, for which the Absecon district has been paying $18,000 per student each year.<ref>Lowe, Claire. [https://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/education/judge-to-hear-absecon-schools-request-to-leave-pleasantville-attorney-says/article_17a2a748-39ef-54a2-ae1c-9ccff505d6e2.html "Judge to hear Absecon schools request to leave Pleasantville, attorney says"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', February 25, 2020. Accessed June 11, 2020 . "The Absecon School District will appear before a judge in July to argue why it should be allowed to leave its sending and receiving relationship with the Pleasantville School District.... The K-8 district submitted its request to the state Department of Education in August to sever its decades-old agreement with Pleasantville, citing the cost and quality of education there. The petition calls for students from Absecon to instead attend Absegami High School in neighboring Galloway Township."</ref>

City public school students are also eligible to attend the [[Atlantic County Institute of Technology]] in the [[Mays Landing, New Jersey|Mays Landing]] section of [[Hamilton Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey|Hamilton Township]]<ref>[http://www.acitech.org/cms/schools/institute-of-technology/admissions-acit/frequently-asked-questions Frequently Asked Questions], [[Atlantic County Institute of Technology]]. Accessed May 17, 2017. "What does it cost to attend ACIT? As a public school, there is no cost to Atlantic County residents of high school age. New Jersey Title 18A:54-20.1 entitles students the right to choose ACIT for their high school education."</ref> or the [[Charter-Tech High School for the Performing Arts]], located in [[Somers Point, New Jersey|Somers Point]].<ref>[http://www.chartertech.org/about/profile.jsp Profile], [[Charter-Tech High School for the Performing Arts]]. Accessed May 18, 2017.</ref>

On September 6, 2007, the FBI arrested five members of the Pleasantville school board as part of a federal corruption case that included several state lawmakers and other public officials. Included in the arrest sweep were Assemblymen [[Mims Hackett]] and [[Alfred E. Steele]], and [[Passaic, New Jersey|Passaic]] Mayor Samuel Rivera.<ref>Baldwin, Tom. [https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-09-06-nj-probe_N.htm "11 arrested in N.J. corruption probe"], ''[[USA Today]]'', September 6, 2007. Accessed September 6, 2007. "Among the arrested were state Assemblymen Mims Hackett Jr. and Rev. Alfred Steele aides in their legislative offices acknowledged. Also reportedly arrested was Samuel Rivera, the mayor of Passaic, and Keith Reid, the chief of staff to Newark City Council President Mildred Crump."</ref> Indictments were filed against four sitting members of the Board of Education, charging that they had accepted bribes to steer insurance or roofing business from the district. Charged were Jayson Adams (accused of accepting $15,000 in bribes), James McCormick ($3,500), James Pressley ($32,200) and Rafael Velez ($4,000). Former board member Maurice 'Pete' Callaway, a member of the Pleasantville City Council, was accused of accepting $13,000 in bribes as part of the scheme.<ref>Staff. [https://web.archive.org/web/20071230024549/http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk1JmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk3MTkxODE2JnlyaXJ5N2Y3MTdmN3ZxZWVFRXl5Mg== "Who's who: Overview of the politicians charged in bribery scandal"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', September 7, 2007, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of December 30, 2007. Accessed March 5, 2015.</ref><ref>Chen, David W. [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/07/nyregion/07corrupt.html "11 Arrested in New Jersey Corruption Inquiry"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 7, 2007. Accessed March 5, 2015.</ref>