Hoboken was pretty bad too, until recently. I wonder what happened
in Hoboken to finally turn things around in the school. Anyone know?
As Hoboken is another historic city that went through
gentrification, although never quite had the crime rate/poverty that
AP has/had. The gentrification of Hoboken, I believe, started in the
80s. By about 2000, all the yuppies were there in very expensive
apartments ... You can see the scores below have only just started
to get better. Was it just that only young people lived there until
recently, and now families live in Hoboken too, and those families
demand better schools? Or did something else happen?
Grade 11
Language Arts Literacy
83% (2006)
77% (2005)
65% (2004)
63% (2003)
The state average for Language Arts Literacy was 84% in 2006.
Math
74% (2006)
73% (2005)
61% (2004)
40% (2003)
The state average for Math was 76% in 2006.
Source: NJ Dept. of Education, 2005-2006
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "fancypaaantz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> It makes me angry. All that money they are spending, not to
mention
> my property taxes are $7200 for a tiny house, and the scores are
> horrible... And if I have kids in the relatively near future, I
> cannot send them to school here. So I would either pay super high
> property taxes plus private school tuition or move. Jees, with the
> money they are spending, they could almost hire a teacher for
every
> 2 kids!
>
> New Jersey schools > Asbury Park schools > Asbury Park School
> District
>
> HSPA Results
>
> Scale: % at or above proficient
>
> Grade 11
>
> Language Arts Literacy
> 40% (2006)
> 33% (2005)
> 44% (2004)
> 33% (2003)
> The state average for Language Arts Literacy was 84% in 2006.
>
> Math
> 25% (2006)
> 23% (2005)
> 26% (2004)
> 13% (2003)
> The state average for Math was 76% in 2006.
>
> Source: NJ Dept. of Education, 2005-2006
>
>
>
>
> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "FleurDeLis" <sharon_b283@>
> wrote:
> >
> > The amount they're spending is sinful, because it isn't being
> funneled
> > down to the kids! Does the Administrators present the expenses
at
> > Board Meetings? Who decides how tax dollars are being spent and
> for
> > what? If the test scores aren't measuring up, who is called on
the
> > carpet, for doing a lousy job? Does AP District have an
oversight,
> > person? The teacher who isn't teaching, should be canned!
> >
> > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "oakdorf" <oakdorf@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Tommy is closer to the number then I was
> > >
> > > I think AP is somewhere around $57m in state aid - down from
> around
> > $80m in state aid.
> > > Add to that what the taxpayers pay in school taxes and you
have a
> > nice budget. heavy in
> > > admin, legal costs. One of the highest per student costs in the
> > nation. "Only an avg of
> > > $11 per month increase".
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > June 10, 2007
> > > EDUCATION
> > > Abbott School Districts Among the Top Spenders
> > >
> > > By FORD FESSENDEN
> > > NEW JERSEY'S Abbott districts, the urban school systems that
sued
> > the state 26 years ago
> > > to gain equal footing with affluent districts, are now among
the
> > highest-spending school
> > > districts in the country, according to newly released data
from
> the
> > United States Census
> > > Bureau.
> > >
> > > The districts spent more money per student than most rich
> districts
> > in New Jersey in
> > > 2004-5, the census data show. Among the 30
> > kindergarten-to-12th-grade districts of
> > > 500 or more students that spent the most, 22 were Abbotts,
> including
> > the top three
> > > Asbury Park, Hoboken and Newark. There are 31 Abbott districts.
> > >
> > > Asbury Park spent $23,572 per student, according to the census,
> > while the highest-
> > > ranking non-Abbott district, Wildwood City, spent $19,912. The
> state
> > average was
> > > $13,613, and the national average was $8,315.
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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