Established
in 2006, the Community
Partnership for Egg Harbor Township Schools, Inc.
is a non-profit public charity dedicated to providing financial
assistance to the Egg Harbor Township Public School District. Our
Board of Trustees is comprised of prominent business leaders,
concerned community members, parents, & school district staff
members who volunteer their time to advocate for the needs of Egg
Harbor Township School District students & staff, raising money for
academic programs, cutting-edge technology, extra-curricular
activities & capital projects.
To
date, the Community Partnership has raised more than $147,000 for: a
new High
School
LED Marquee
Sign,
new
Playgrounds
at Davenport & Slaybaugh School
complexes, an Atlantic Riding
Center for the Handicapped Pilot Program for our at-risk
special-needs
students, Interactive
Classroom Technology,
Life-saving Automated
External Defibrillators
(AEDs), Alder
Avenue Middle School Renaissance
Program, Advanced
Placement Tests, Varsity Boys & Girls Lacrosse
Uniforms & Safety Equipment,
Alumni Website, Percussion
Music Program
for Miller Elementary School &
soon a Concert Grand Piano!
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In
1978, casino gambling was introduced in nearby Atlantic City bringing
an abundance of job seekers and their families to the area. At the
same time, Egg Harbor Township was designated a mandated Regional
Growth
Area
by the NJ State Pinelands Commission creating the ‘perfect storm’
of overpopulation in the Township. What was an economic windfall to
the area's hospitality and real estate industries has crippled the
local public school district by adding more than 300 new students per
year with no additional state or federal funding. As a former rural
farming community, the infrastructure of the Township and its schools
were not adequately prepared to handle the growth explosion and the
influx of school-age children that arrived. As a result, class
sizes are dangerously large, academic programs and services are being
dropped by budgetary constraints, and students are falling through
the cracks.
In
order to provide additional resources to Egg Harbor Township Public
Schools, the Community
Partnership for Egg Harbor Township Schools, Inc. hosts
several fundraising events each year, offers District facility Naming
Opportunities, conducts an Annual Fund Drive, and seeks grant
funding to support the current and future educational needs of the
student body.
Proud Members of the:
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The Community Partnership is extremely proud to announce that this website was created and designed by Joshua Davidson, an Egg Harbor Township High School graduate. Josh has built his own very successful website design company, ChopDawg Studios, which currently serves a client base of more than 400 and 10 employees. For information on ChopDawg Studios, please visit www.chopdawgstudios.com
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