Editing Asbury Park, New Jersey (section)

==Education==
===Public schools===
The [[Asbury Park Public Schools]] serve students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[twelfth grade]].<ref>[https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=446eedcd0fa94e6198d7707eb31fd43d Asbury Park Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification], [[Asbury Park Public Schools]]. Accessed March 17, 2020. "Purpose: The Asbury Park 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 Asbury Park School District. Composition: The Asbury Park School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of the City of Asbury Park."</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>

Students from [[Allenhurst, New Jersey|Allenhurst]] attend the district's schools as part of a [[sending/receiving relationship]].<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 November 10, 2014.</ref> In July 2014, the [[New Jersey Department of Education]] approved a request by [[Interlaken, New Jersey|Interlaken]] under which it would end its sending relationship with the Asbury Park district and begin sending its students to the [[West Long Branch Public Schools]] through eighth grade and then onto [[Shore Regional High School]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/education/legal/commissioner/2014/jul/298-14.pdf Board of Education of the Borough of Interlaken v. Board of Education of the City of Asbury Park, et al.], [[New Jersey Department of Education]], July 17, 2014. Accessed November 10, 2014. "It Is Ordered on this 17th day of July 2014 that – pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:38-13 and N.J.A.C. 6A:3-6.1 – the application of Interlaken for severance of its send-receive relationship with Asbury Park and to establish send-receive relationship with West Long Branch and Shore Regional, as set forth in its petition of appeal, is Approved."</ref> Students from [[Deal, New Jersey|Deal]] had attended the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship that was terminated and replaced with an agreement with Shore Regional.<ref>[https://www.shoreregional.org/cms/lib/NJ01000964/Centricity/Domain/4/Jan%207%202016%20Reorg%20Board%20Agenda.pdf Reorganization Agenda January 7, 2016] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022073509/https://www.shoreregional.org/cms/lib/NJ01000964/Centricity/Domain/4/Jan%207%202016%20Reorg%20Board%20Agenda.pdf |date=October 22, 2018 }}, [[Shore Regional High School]]. Accessed October 21, 2018. "Whereas, the content of the announcement was to advise the public that the Deal Board of Education filed a Petition of Appeal with the Commissioner of Education to sever its Sending-Receiving Relationship with the Asbury Park Board of Education, and to establish a new Sending-Receiving Relationship with the Shore Regional High School Board of Education"</ref>

As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of four schools, had an enrollment of 1,771 students and 175.0 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 10.1:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3400930&DistrictID=3400930 District information for Asbury Park School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 15, 2022.</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=3400930 School Data for the Asbury Park Public Schools], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 15, 2022.</ref>) are 
Bradley Elementary School<ref>[https://bes.asburypark.k12.nj.us/ Bradley Elementary School], Asbury Park Public Schools. Accessed November 18, 2022.</ref> with 301 students in grades PreK-5, 
[[Thurgood Marshall]] Elementary School<ref>[https://tmes.asburypark.k12.nj.us/ Thurgood Marshall Elementary School], Asbury Park Public Schools. Accessed November 18, 2022.</ref> with 247 students in grades PreK-5, 
Dr. [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] Upper Elementary School<ref>[https://mlk.asburypark.k12.nj.us/ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Upper Elementary School], Asbury Park Public Schools. Accessed November 18, 2022.</ref> with 370 students in grades 6-8 and 
[[Asbury Park High School]]<ref>[https://aphs.asburypark.k12.nj.us/ Asbury Park High School], Asbury Park Public Schools. Accessed November 18, 2022.</ref> with 682 students in grades 9-12.<ref>[https://www.asburypark.k12.nj.us/our_schools Our Schools], Asbury Park Public Schools. Accessed January 28, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://www.asburypark.k12.nj.us/about_apsd/allstaff/district District Administration], Asbury Park Public Schools. Accessed January 28, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/25/0100 School Performance Reports for the Asbury Park School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed March 31, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://www.visitmonmouth.com/page.aspx?Id=236 County School list A-D], [[Monmouth County, New Jersey]]. Accessed November 18, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/0100 New Jersey School Directory for the Asbury Park Public Schools], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref>

In March 2011, the state monitor overseeing the district's finances ordered that Barack Obama Elementary School be closed after the end of the 2010–2011 school year, citing a 35% decline in enrollment in the district during the prior 10 years. Students currently attending the school would be reallocated to the district's two other elementary schools, with those going into fifth grade assigned to attend middle school.<ref>Shields, Nancy. [http://www.app.com/article/20110317/NJNEWS/110317060/State-monitor-orders-Asbury-s-Barack-Obama-School-closed "State monitor orders Asbury's Barack Obama School closed"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', March 18, 2011. Accessed April 1, 2011.</ref> During the summer of 2012, the school board approved funding for development plans to house the Board of Education in the vacant Barack Obama Elementary School. The school board awarded $894,000 to an architect firm to handle the renovation design and subsequent project bids. The estimated cost of the renovation was $1.6 million.<ref name=BOE2012/>

In 2006, Asbury Park's Board of Education was affected by the city's decision to redevelop waterfront property with eminent domain. In the case ''Asbury Park Board of Education v. City of Asbury Park and Asbury Partners, LLC'', the [[New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division]] affirmed a ruling in favor of eminent domain of the Board of Education building on Lake Avenue.<ref>[http://law.justia.com/cases/new-jersey/appellate-division-unpublished/2006/a1216-04-opn.html ''Asbury Park Board Of Education V. City Of Asbury Park And Asbury Partners, LLC''], Justia.com, Docket No. A-1076-04T1|, April 6, 2006. Accessed November 10, 2014.</ref> The Board of Education moved to the third and fourth floors of 603 Mattison Avenue, the former ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'' building, where it paid $189,327 in rent per year.<ref name=BOE2012>Mulshine, Molly. [http://asburyparksun.com/school-admins-finalize-move-to-obama-building/ " School admins finalize move to Obama building Relocation should be complete by next summer"], ''Asbury Park Sun'', September 13, 2012. Accessed June 15, 2014. "The board of education [BOE] is finalizing plans for administrative offices to move from downtown Asbury Park to the Barack H. Obama building on Bangs Avenue [pictured above]. The district's administrative staff has occupied a floor of The Press Building at 603 Mattison Ave. [right] for several years, paying $189,327 annually, or about $15,000 per month, for the space."</ref>

In February 2007, the offices of the Asbury Park Board of Education were raided by investigators from the State Attorney General's office, prompted by allegations of corruption and misuse of funds.<ref>[http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=our_schools&id=5058703 "Investigators probe Asbury Park Board of Ed"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070304144716/http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=our_schools&id=5058703 |date=March 4, 2007 }}, [[WABC-TV]], February 22, 2007. Accessed April 1, 2011.</ref>

Per-student expenditures in Asbury Park have generated statewide controversy for several years. In 2006, ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported that Asbury Park "spends more than $18,000 per student each year, the highest amount in the state."<ref>Nussbaum, Debra. [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/03/nyregion/education/the-week-team-from-state-to-monitor-asbury-park-schools.html "The Week; Team From State to Monitor Asbury Park Schools"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 3, 2006. Accessed August 4, 2012. "Asbury Park, one of the state's poorest districts, has 2,600 students and spends more than $18,000 per student each year, the highest amount in the state."</ref> In both 2010 and 2011, the Asbury Park K–12 school district had the highest per-student expenditure in the state.<ref>Staff. [http://wbjb.org/home.php/2011/02/08/per-student-costs-rising-at-shore-highest-asbury-24g-lowest-toms-river-10g-2/ "Per-student costs rising at Shore: Highest: Asbury, $24G; lowest: Toms River, $10G"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621022501/http://wbjb.org/home.php/2011/02/08/per-student-costs-rising-at-shore-highest-asbury-24g-lowest-toms-river-10g-2 |date=June 21, 2013 }}, [[WBJB]]. Accessed August 4, 2012. "The highest per-student cost for a K-12 district was in Asbury Park, which held the top spot last year."</ref> As of the 2010 school reports, the high school has not met goals mandated by the [[No Child Left Behind Act]] and has been classified as "In Need of Improvement" for six years.<ref>[http://education.state.nj.us/rc/nclb/nclbreport.php?c=25;d=0100;s=010 2010 NCLB Report for Asbury Park High School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814044848/http://education.state.nj.us/rc/nclb/nclbreport.php?c=25;d=0100;s=010 |date=August 14, 2014 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed August 4, 2012.</ref>

===Charter schools===
The Hope Academy Charter School, founded in 2001, is an alternative public school choice that serves students in [[kindergarten]] through [[eighth grade]]. Admission is based on a lottery of submitted applications, with priority given to Asbury Park residents and siblings of existing students.<ref>[http://www.hopeacademycs.org/applications.html Applications] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809163538/http://www.hopeacademycs.org/applications.html |date=August 9, 2016 }}, Hope Academy Charter School. Accessed July 29, 2016.</ref>

Students from Asbury Park in [[ninth grade|ninth]] through [[twelfth grade]]s may also attend [[Academy Charter High School]], located in [[Lake Como, New Jersey|Lake Como]], which also serves residents of [[Allenhurst, New Jersey|Allenhurst]], [[Avon-by-the-Sea, New Jersey|Avon-by-the-Sea]], [[Belmar, New Jersey|Belmar]], [[Bradley Beach, New Jersey|Bradley Beach]], [[Deal, New Jersey|Deal]], [[Interlaken, New Jersey|Interlaken]] and Lake Como, and accepts students on a lottery basis.<ref>[http://www.nj.gov/education/pr/1314/narrative/80/6010/80-6010-910.html Academy Charter High School 2013 Report Card Narrative], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed June 15, 2016. "Academy Charter High School allocates seats in each grade level based upon the resident student population of each of the following towns: Allenhurst, Asbury Park, Avon, Belmar, Bradley Beach, Deal, Interlaken and Lake Como."</ref>