Editing Scotch Plains, New Jersey (section)

==Education==
{{main|Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District}}
[[File:SPFHS.jpg|left|thumb|Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School]]
Public school students in Scotch Plains attend the schools of the [[Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District]], which serves students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[twelfth grade]] from the [[Fanwood, New Jersey|Borough of Fanwood]] and the Township of Scotch Plains.<ref>[https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=b353e5f174554937a7b1e054bc178f6a Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification], Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District. Accessed May 27, 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 Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District. Composition The Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Scotch Plains Township and the Borough of Fanwood."</ref><ref>[https://www.nj.gov/education/pr/1415/narrative/39/4670/000.html Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District 2015 Report Card Narrative], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed May 27, 2020. "We are indebted to the communities of Scotch Plains and Fanwood for their support, involvement, and constant commitment to educational excellence."</ref> The district has five elementary schools (grades PreK to 4), two middle schools (5–8) and a comprehensive high school (9–12).,<ref>[https://www.spfk12.org/domain/17 About Us], Scotch Plains-Fanwood Public Schools. Accessed May 27, 2020. "Scotch Plains-Fanwood is a regional school district comprised of students in Grades Preschool-Grade12 from the Township of Scotch Plains and the Borough of Fanwood. The district has five elementary schools (Preschool-Grade 4), 2 middle schools (Grades 5-8), and one comprehensive high school (Grades 9-12)."</ref> all of which are located in Scotch Plains. Students from School One, Evergreen and Brunner pool into Nettingham Middle School, while students from Coles and McGinn feed into Terrill. School One is the only elementary school that teaches [[English language learning and teaching|English as a second language]]. As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of eight schools, had an enrollment of 5,649 students and 438.0 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 12.9:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3414670&DistrictID=3414670 District information for Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed April 1, 2020.</ref> Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the [[National Center for Education Statistics]]<ref>[http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3414670 School Data for the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed April 1, 2020.</ref>) are 
Howard B. Brunner Elementary School<ref>[https://www.spfk12.org/Domain/11 Howard B. Brunner Elementary School], Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District. Accessed May 27, 2020.</ref> with 414 students in grades Pre-K–4, 
J. Ackerman Coles School<ref>[https://www.spfk12.org/Domain/12 J. Ackerman Coles School], Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District. Accessed May 27, 2020.</ref> with 552 students in grades Pre-K–4, 
Evergreen School<ref>[https://www.spfk12.org/Domain/13 Evergreen School], Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District. Accessed May 27, 2020.</ref> with 402 students in grades Pre-K–4, 
William J. McGinn School<ref>[https://www.spfk12.org/Domain/14 William J. McGinn School], Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District. Accessed May 27, 2020.</ref> with 512 students in grades K–4, 
School One<ref>[https://www.spfk12.org/Domain/15 School One], Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District. Accessed May 27, 2020.</ref> with 395 students in grades Pre-K–4, 
Malcolm E. Nettingham Middle School<ref>[https://www.spfk12.org/nettingham Malcolm E. Nettingham Middle School], Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District. Accessed August 12, 2022.</ref> with 909 students in grades 5-8, 
Terrill Middle School<ref>[https://www.spfk12.org/Domain/10 Terrill Middle School], Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District. Accessed May 27, 2020.</ref> with 811 students in grades 5–8 and 
[[Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School]]<ref>[https://www.spfk12.org/Domain/8 Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School], Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District. Accessed May 27, 2020.</ref> with 1,574 students in grades 9–12.<ref>[https://www.spfk12.org/domain/45], Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District. Accessed May 27, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/4670 New Jersey School Directory for the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref> Seats on the district's nine-member board of education are allocated based on the population of the constituent districts, with seven seats assigned to Scotch Plains.<ref>[https://www.spfk12.org/domain/47 Board Members], Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District. Accessed May 27, 2020.</ref><ref>Wilkes-Edrington, Lindsay. [https://patch.com/new-jersey/scotchplains/school-board-candidates-to-state-their-cases-tonight "School Board Candidates to State Their Cases Tonight"], Scotch Plains-Fanwood, NJ Patch, April 6, 2019. Accessed May 27, 2020. "Scotch Plains-Fanwood has nine total Board of Education members, split geographically based on population – seven from Scotch Plains and two from Fanwood."</ref>

Park Middle School was renamed in 2021 to honor Malcolm V. Nettingham, who had served with the [[Tuskegee Airmen]].<ref>Russell, Suzanne. [https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/military/2021/11/11/scotch-plains-nj-park-middle-school-tuskegee-airman/6358553001/ "'He just served': Scotch Plains Tuskegee Airman's school now bears his name"], ''[[Courier News]]'', November 11, 2021. Accessed August 12, 2022. "So the renaming of his former high school, most recently known as Park Middle School, to Malcolm E. Nettingham Middle School, during a Veterans Day ceremony on Thursday, would have been beyond his imagination, according to his son, Malcolm V. Nettingham."</ref>

Shackamaxon School, was built in 1951 (the same year as Evergreen School) and operated until 1981, when it was leased to the Jewish Federation of Central New Jersey as their Jewish Community Center and offices. The Federation bought the building outright five years later.<ref>Dyckman, Susan M. [http://www.goleader.com/99ot/99ot.pdf#page=8 "Single Classroom, Built in 1768, Marks Beginning of Public School District"], ''Our Towns'', October 28, 1999.</ref>

The [[Union County Vocational Technical Schools]] includes the [[Union County Magnet High School]], the [[Academy for Information Technology]], the [[Union County Academy for Allied Health Sciences]], the Union County [[Academy for Performing Arts]] and the Vocational-Technical School. The grouping of different schools is for vocational as well as gifted students, publicly funded by the combined taxes of Union County municipalities.<ref>[http://www.ucvts.tec.nj.us/ucvts/_zumu_sidebar/Superintendent's%20Report/ Superintendent's Report], [[Union County Vocational Technical Schools]]. Accessed December 18, 2011.</ref>

[[Union Catholic Regional High School]] (often abbreviated UC), a private [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] school, brings in students from Union County and parts of [[Essex County, New Jersey|Essex]] and [[Middlesex County, New Jersey|Middlesex]] counties and operates under the supervision of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark]].<ref>[https://catholicschoolsnj.org/high-school/union-county-catholic-high-schools/ Union County Catholic High Schools], [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark]]. Accessed July 20, 2016.</ref> The Newark Archdiocese also supervises operation of the K–8 St. Bartholomew Academy.<ref>[https://catholicschoolsnj.org/elementary/union-elementary/ Union County Catholic Elementary Schools], [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark]]. Accessed July 20, 2016.</ref>

[[Union County College]] has a facility in Scotch Plains.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111016031720/http://ucc.edu/about/Generalinformation/ColFacilities.aspx College Facilities], [[Union County College]]. Accessed December 18, 2011.</ref>