Editing Erma, New Jersey (section)

==Education==
[[File:Lower Cape May Regional High School.jpg|thumb|[[Lower Cape May Regional High School]]]]
As with other parts of Lower Township, it is served by [[Lower Township School District]] for primary grades and [[Lower Cape May Regional School District]] (LCMR) for secondary grades;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st34_nj/schooldistrict_maps/c34009_cape_may/DC20SD_C34009.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Cape May County, NJ|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-06-27}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st34_nj/schooldistrict_maps/c34009_cape_may/DC20SD_C34009_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> the latter operates Teitelman Middle School and [[Lower Cape May Regional High School]].

The LCMR district describes its facilities as being in Erma;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lcmrschooldistrict.com/boardofeducation|title=Board of Education|publisher=[[Lower Cape May Regional School District]]|access-date=2020-09-28|quote=[...]in the Administration Building, located at 687 Route 9, Erma, Township of Lower, County of Cape May, State of New Jersey.}} - All LCMR School District facilities have the same postal address.</ref> the schools and district headquarters are not in the census-designated place.<ref name=ErmaCDPmap/> The ''[[Cape May County Herald]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.capemaycountyherald.com/news/article_5e4b48de-a5d3-11eb-b341-4f8f6ca77399.html|title=LCMR Field House to Serve as County’s 2nd Covid Vaccination Site |newspaper=[[Cape May County Herald]]|date=2021-01-28|accessdate=2021-05-16|quote=Lower Cape May Regional High School, in Erma.}} (photo caption) - As it is a press release the article itself was written by the government of Lower Township, but the photo caption indicates a different authorship.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.capemaycountyherald.com/news/article_5e4b48de-a5d3-11eb-b341-4f8f6ca77399.html|title=Vaccine Site to Relocate to LCMR|newspaper=[[Cape May County Herald]]|date=2021-04-25|accessdate=2021-05-16|quote=Lower Cape May Regional High School, in Erma.}} (photo caption) - As it is a press release the article was written by the Cape May County Department of Health, but the photo caption indicates a different authorship.</ref> and the ''[[Press of Atlantic City]]'' describe the school complex as being in Erma.<ref>{{cite web|last=D'Amico|first=Diane|url=https://pressofatlanticcity.com/education/stopping-bullying-in-schools-not-so-simple/article_725381d4-7c53-11e5-a862-8fd9f8983efc.html|title=Stopping bullying in schools not so simple|newspaper=[[Press of Atlantic City]]|date=2015-10-17|accessdate=2021-05-16|quote=Lower Cape May Regional High School in Erma}} (photo caption)</ref>

The elementary schools are in as follows: David C. Douglass Memorial Elementary School (pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten) is in [[Villas, New Jersey|Villas CDP]]. The other three elementary schools are in [[Cold Spring, New Jersey|Cold Spring]]: Carl T. Mitnick (grades 1–2), Maud Abrams (grades 3–4), and Sandman Consolidated (grades 5–6).

Students are also eligible to attend [[Cape May County Technical High School]] in the Cape May Court House area, which serves students from the entire county in its comprehensive and vocational programs, which are offered without charge to students who are county residents.<ref>[https://www.capemaytech.com/faq.html Frequently Asked Questions], [[Cape May County Technical High School]]. Accessed October 27, 2019. "All residents of Cape May County are eligible to attend Cape May County Technical High School.... The Cape May County Technical High School is a public school so there is no cost to residents of Cape May County."</ref><ref>[https://www.capemaytech.com/hs-admissions.html Technical High School Admissions], [[Cape May County Technical High School]]. Accessed October 27, 2019. "All students who are residents of Cape May County may apply to the Technical High School."</ref> Special needs students may be referred to [[Cape May County Special Services School District]] in the Cape May Court House area.