Editing Seaside Heights, New Jersey (section)

==Education==
The [[Seaside Heights School District]] is a public [[school district]] for students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[sixth grade]] at Hugh J. Boyd Jr. Elementary School.<ref>[https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=19a6d073d476482fa54ed36c8d8f74c6 Seaside Heights Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification], Seaside Heights School District. Accessed March 17, 2022. "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 six in the Seaside Heights School District. Composition: The Seaside Heights School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Seaside Heights."</ref><ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/29/4710 School Performance Reports for the Seaside Heights School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed April 1, 2024.</ref> As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 222 students and 24.5 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 9.1:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3414790&DistrictID=3414790 District information for Seaside Heights School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 15, 2022.</ref> The original school facility, Seaside Heights Elementary School, was built in 1926 and later demolished after the opening of a larger school building on the bay front. The current school was built in the late 1960s, and is dedicated to Hugh J. Boyd Jr., its longtime superintendent of schools who died in 1983.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97794208/obituary-for-hugh-j-boyd-aged-55/ "Hugh J. Boyd Jr., 55; lifeguard, school head"], ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', November 26, 1983. Accessed March 17, 2022, via [[Newspapers.com]]. Hugh J. Boyd Jr., 55, who spent his career commuting from the classroom to the beach to the football field, died Thursday at the Kimball Medical Center in Lakewood, N.J.... John coached football at Atlantic City High School; Joseph was athletic director at Central Regional High School in Berkeley Township, and Hugh Boyd was principal of the Seaside Heights Elementary School, which was renamed for him in 1977."</ref> The district's Early Childhood Center addition was dedicated in 2007 in the name of longtime Board of Education Member Harry M. Smith III.<ref>Michels, Chelsea. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97794290/seaside-heights-school-wing-named/ "Wing named to honor school board member"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', May 30, 2007. Accessed March 17, 2022, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "The Seaside Heights Board of Education and Toms River Regional Schools will celebrate the dedication of the Harry M Smith in Early Childhood Center Memorial Wing at Hugh J. Boyd Jr. Elementary School at 2 p.m. Friday."</ref>

Public school students in [[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 Park, New Jersey|Seaside Park]].<ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/29/0770/000.html Central Regional School District 2016 School Report Card Narrative] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804132547/https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/29/0770/000.html |date=August 4, 2017 }}, [[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 2020–21 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 February 15, 2022.</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 March 17, 2022.</ref> with 842 students in grades 7 and 8 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 March 17, 2022.</ref> with 1,568 students in grades 9–12.<ref>[https://www.centralreg.k12.nj.us/our-schools Our Schools], Central Regional School District. Accessed March 17, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/29/0770 School Performance Reports for the Central Regional School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed April 1, 2024.</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 high school district's [[board of education]] is comprised 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/20/0770.pdf#page=61 ''Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the Central Regional School District''], [[New Jersey Department of Education]], for year ending June 30, 2020. Accessed March 17, 2022. "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. The School District provides a full range of educational services appropriate to junior and senior high schools for students of the Boroughs of Island Heights, Ocean Gate, Seaside Heights, Seaside Park and the Township of Berkeley, Ocean County, New Jersey."</ref> Seaside Heights is allocated one of the board's nine seats.<ref>[https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0141&id=1d83281cc62644ee87d88976c9147e84 Central Regional Board of Education District Policy 0141 - Board Member Number and Term], Central Regional School District. Accessed March 17, 2022. "The Board of Education shall consist of nine members. The constituent districts and the members to which they are entitled are: Berkeley - five members, Island Heights - one member, Ocean Gate - one member, Seaside Heights - one member, and Seaside Park - one member. The term of a Board member shall be three years."</ref><ref>[https://www.centralreg.k12.nj.us/district/board-of-education/board-members Board Members], Central Regional School District. Accessed March 17, 2022.</ref>