Buena Regional School District

The Buena Regional School District is a comprehensive regional public school district serving students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Buena Borough and Buena Vista Township, two municipalities in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.^[3] Students are sent to the district's high school for grades 9 - 12 from both Estell Manor City and Weymouth Township as part of sending/receiving relationships with the respective school districts.^[4][5]

Buena Regional School District
Address
914 Main Avenue Richland , Atlantic County, New Jersey, 08350 United States
Coordinates	39.50213°N 74.896921°W / 39.50213; -74.896921
District information
Grades	Pre-K to 12
Superintendent	David Cappuccio Jr.
Business administrator	Pasquale Yacovelli
Schools	5
Students and staff
Enrollment	1,691 (as of 2020–21)[1]
Faculty	150.0 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio	11.3:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group	A
Website	www.buenaschools.org
Ind. Per pupil District spending Rank (*) K-12 average %± vs. average 1A Total Spending $19,128 51 $18,891 1.3% 1 Budgetary Cost 13,750 36 14,783 −7.0% 2 Classroom Instruction 8,004 29 8,763 −8.7% 6 Support Services 2,372 51 2,392 −0.8% 8 Administrative Cost 1,491 31 1,485 0.4% 10 Operations & Maintenance 1,515 27 1,783 −15.0% 13 Extracurricular Activities 358 26 268 33.6% 16 Median Teacher Salary 64,296 40 64,043 Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2] *Of K-12 districts with 1,800-3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=68

As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprising five schools, had an enrollment of 1,691 students and 150.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.3:1.^[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "A", the lowest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.^[6]

History

In June 2009, the New Jersey Department of Education ruled that Newfield, a non-operating district seeking to cut costs for its tuition students, could end its relationship with the Buena Regional School District and as of the 2011–12 school year could start sending incoming high school students in grades 7–9 to Delsea Regional High School, under a transition in which students at Buena's high school would remain in the district until they graduated.^[7][8]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics^[9]) are:^{[10][11][12][13]}

Elementary schools

• Collings Lakes Elementary School^[14] with 197 students in grades K-2
  • Richard A. Lawrence, principal^[15]
• John C. Milanesi Elementary School^[16] with 259 students in grades PreK-2
  • Moses White, principal^[17]
• Dr. J.P. Cleary Elementary School^[18] with 309 students in grades 3-5
  • Leonard Long, principal^[19]

Middle school

• Buena Regional Middle School^[20] with 336 students in grades 6-8
  • Karen Cavalieri, principal^[21]

High school

• Buena Regional High School^[22] with 535 students in grades 9-12
  • Christina Collazo-Franco, principal^[23]

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:^[24][25]

• David Cappuccio Jr., superintendent^[26]
• Pasquale Yacovelli, business administrator and board secretary

Board of education

The district's board of education is comprised of nine members who set policy and oversee the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district.^[27][28] Seats on the board of education are allocated based on population, with six assigned to Buena Vista Township and three to Buena Borough.^[29]