Port Jervis City School District

Port Jervis City School District
Port Jervis Middle School, a school that is run by Port Jervis City School District
Address
9 Thompson Street Port Jervis, New York , 12771 United States
District information
Type	Local school district
Grades	K–12
Superintendent	John Bell
Schools	4
NCES District ID	3623520[1]
Students and staff
Students	2,504
Teachers	225.52
Staff	148.79
Student–teacher ratio	11.1:1
Colors	Red and black
Other information
Website	www.pjschools.org

Port Jervis City School District (PJCSD) is an American school district headquartered in Port Jervis, New York. The district runs four schools, 2 elementary schools, 1 middle school, and one high school. The district's students come from Port Jervis and sections of Deerpark,^[2] including Sparrow Bush, in Orange County.^[3] It also serves sections of Forestburgh and Mamakating in Sullivan County.^[4]

History

In 2017, the school board decided to remove Tom Bongiovi as superintendent, with a severance of almost $299,262; Bongiovi left on July 25, 2017.^[5][6] By 2018, the school board had selected Mike Rydell as the new superintendent.^[7]

On July 19, 2022, Port Jervis City School District held a meeting where it named John Bell the new superintendent. Previously, Bell had served as the superintendent of the nearby Delaware Valley School District from 2012 to 2022. He also graduated from Port Jervis High School, The High School run by the district, in 1985.^[8][9]

Demographics

From circa 1928, the Montague Township School District of Montague Township, New Jersey sent its high school-aged students to Port Jervis High School; the Montague district was the only New Jersey school district to send its students outside of New Jersey to complete certain grade levels.^[10] The district also sent middle school-aged students to Port Jervis Middle School.^[11] In 2013, the Montague district decided to begin sending its students to High Point Regional High School instead,^[10] effective September 2014.^[12] Some parents had sought to continue sending their children to Port Jervis High, so High Point officials were looking into possible agreements related to that.^[11] By 2017, all grade levels for high school students were to be sent to High Point.^[13] The Montague District also began housing middle school students at the Montague School.^[14]

As a result, the Port Jervis District was projected to lose $1,800,000 by 2018 towards lost tuition fees that were previously paid by Montague Township. The Port Jervis district planned to spread the impact of the tuition loss across several fiscal years.^[15] By 2016 the Montague district owed the Port Jervis district $441,327 in tuition, causing the latter to sue the former.^[16]

The district had stated in its 2019-2020 profile that "the community has a relatively low socioeconomic status".^[2]

In 2013, the district had 128 students enrolled at the secondary level who were from Montague Township, New Jersey.^[15]

Schools

• Port Jervis High School (Deerpark, with a Port Jervis postal address)^[17]
• Port Jervis Middle School (Port Jervis)
• Hamilton Bicentennial Elementary School (Cuddebackville, Deerpark)
• Anna S. Kuhl Elementary School (Deerpark, with a Port Jervis postal address)^[18]

Anna S. Kuhl and Port Jervis High are on the same property.^[19]

References

1. "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Port Jervis City School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
2. "Port Jervis High School 2019-2020". Port Jervis City School District. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 5, 2021. Retrieved May 5, 2021. - Archive
3. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Orange County, NY" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
4. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Sullivan County, NY" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
5. Cohen, Jessica (July 28, 2017). "Port Jervis School Board's 'new direction' leaves Bongiovi out". Times Herald-Record. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
6. Cohen, Jessica (September 7, 2017). "Resigned Port Jervis schools head to receive nearly $300K". Times Herald-Record. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
7. Cohen, Jessica (May 18, 2018). "Port Jervis school board chooses superintendent on eve of election". Times Herald-Record. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
8. "'I'm coming back home': Port Jervis grad John Bell is school district's new superintendent". Times Herald-Record. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
9. Kuddar, Kaleigh. "John Bell leaving DVSD to head Port Jervis schools". www.pikecountycourier.com. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
10. Obernauer, Eric (February 13, 2020). "High Point, Montague send-receive to go before judge". New Jersey Herald. Retrieved April 2, 2021. Prior to [...] 2013, Montague had sent its middle and high school students to Port Jervis for at least 85 years,[...]for a portion of their public education.
11. "High Point to seek state clarification on Montague school deal". New Jersey Herald. September 4, 2014. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
12. Obernauer, Eric (July 13, 2020). "Montague's petition to end deal with High Point HS to be decided by NJ education commissioner". New Jersey Herald. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
13. Montague Township School District 2015 District Narrative, New Jersey School Report Card. Accessed June 7, 2016. "In September 2014, the district began to transition incoming ninth grade students from the Port Jervis City School District in Port Jervis New York into High Point Regional School District in New Jersey. The transition of high school students into High Point Regional School District will be complete by 2017."
14. "Re: Enrollment Options for the 2016-17 School Year and Beyond" (PDF). Law Offices of Daniel M. Perez, Esq. Retrieved April 2, 2021. - On the Montague School District site
15. Nani, James (February 28, 2013). "Port faces $1.8M tuition loss". Times Herald-Record. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
16. Yakin, Heather (January 6, 2016). "Port schools sue Montague over unpaid tuition". Times Herald-Record. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
17. "Home". Port Jervis High School. Retrieved January 18, 2022. 10 Route 209 Port Jervis, New York 12771 - Despite the "Port Jervis" postal address, the school is physically in Deerpark.
    • Compare full address to the zoning map of Deerpark: "Zoning Map" (PDF). Town of Deerpark. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
    • Compare to the map of Port Jervis: "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Port Jervis city, NY" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
18. "Home". Anna S. Kuhl Elementary School. Retrieved January 18, 2022. 10 Route 209 Port Jervis, New York 12771 - Despite the "Port Jervis" postal address, the school is physically in Deerpark.
    • Compare full address to the zoning map of Deerpark: "Zoning Map" (PDF). Town of Deerpark. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
    • Compare to the map of Port Jervis: "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Port Jervis city, NY" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
19. "Port Jervis High School Profile" (PDF). Port Jervis School District. Retrieved January 18, 2022.

External links

• Port Jervis City School District