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Mercer County Technical Schools
1085 Old Trenton Road
West Windsor
, Mercer County, New Jersey, 08690
District information
MottoMagic Happens Here
Grades9-12 (Academy)
11-12 (Shared-Time)
SuperintendentMatthew C. Carey
Business administratorDeborah Donnelly
Schools2
Students and staff
Enrollment275 (as of 2020-21) [1]
Faculty134
Student–teacher ratio6.14:1
District mascotWizards
Other information
Website www.mcts.edu
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 Vocational
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$25,21018$18,89133.4%
1Budgetary Cost20,2951817,29617.3%
2Classroom Instruction9,150129,0451.2%
6Support Services2,794182,26923.1%
8Administrative Cost3,557192,35351.2%
10Operations & Maintenance4,585213,01452.1%
16Median Teacher Salary59,657865,035
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending. [2]
*Of Vocational districts with any number of students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=21

Mercer County Technical Schools (MCTS), also known as the Area Vocational Technical Schools of Mercer County, is a countywide vocational public school district based in Trenton and Pennington. Serving the high school-aged population of Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The district's programs are offered on a shared-time basis whereby a student is enrolled in their home school for academic and other educational activities and then attends a technical school on a half-day basis. The district also offers full-time academies for those in high school that caters to specific academic areas of study.

The superintendent for the district is also the superintendent for the Mercer County Special Services School District.

Full-time schools

Schools in the district (with 2020-21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics [3]) are: [4] [5]

School Grades Number of students Location
Health Sciences Academy 9-12 98 Assunpink Center

1085 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, NJ 08690

STEM Academy 113 Arthur R. Sypek Center

129 Bull Run Road, Hopewell Township, NJ 08534

Culinary Arts Academy 61

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are: [6] [7]

  • Matthew C. Carey, superintendent
  • Deborah Donnelly, school business administrator
  • Lisa Flynn, assistant school business administrator / board secretary
  • Alan Munford, principal, Assunpink Center
  • Jared Warren, principal, Sypek Center
  • Ryan Haimer, principal, adult evening programs

Board of education

The district's board of education sets policy and oversee the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. The board is comprised of seven members, the county superintendent of schools, who serves on an ex officio basis, and six members who are appointed by the Mercer County Executive to three-year terms of office on a staggered basis with the approvaal of Mercer County Board of County Commissioners, with two member terms up for reappointment and expiring each year. 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. [8] [9]

References

  1. ^ District information for Mercer County Vocational School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 27, 2018.
  2. ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ^ ""Mercer County Technical Schools" - Search Results". nces.ed.gov. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
  4. ^ School Performance Reports for the Mercer County Vocational School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 3, 2024.
  5. ^ New Jersey School Directory for the Mercer County Vocational School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  6. ^ District Leadership, Mercer County Technical Schools. Accessed September 27, 2018.
  7. ^ New Jersey School Directory for Mercer County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  8. ^ Mercer County Special Services School District Board, Mercer County, New jersey. Accessed April 19, 2024."The Board of Education of the Mercer County Special Services School District is composed of seven members, six of whom are appointed by the County Executive and approved by the Board of Chosen Freeholders. The County Superintendent of Schools serves as the seventh member of the Board of Education."
  9. ^ Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the Mercer County Special Services School District, New Jersey Department of Education, for year ending June 30, 2023. Accessed April 19, 2024. "The District is an instrumentality of the State of New Jersey, established to function as an educational institution. The Board consists of appointed officials and is responsible for the fiscal control of the District. The Board is comprised of six members appointed to three-year terms as well as the Executive County Superintendent of Schools. The purpose of the School District is to provide programs adapted to each student’s unique needs and abilities, in grades pre-K through 12." See "Roster of Officials" on page 13.

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