The Monmouth County Vocational School District (MCVSD) is a vocational and technical public school district in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, serving the need to provide area highs school and adult students with relevant skills to implement technology and to develop as lifelong learners.
As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's nine schools had an enrollment of 1,636 students and 215.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 7.59:1.
Monmouth County Vocational School District has 15 unique learning environments. The shared time programs located in Aberdeen Township, Freehold Township, Hazlet Township, Keyport, Long Branch, Middletown Township and Wall Township provide students with trade field experience.
Many of the academies provide students with academic and professional field experience. In addition, MCVSD manages three specialty schools for students at risk as well as the MCVSD Law Enforcement Program for students interested in a career in Law Enforcement.
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Schools
Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment date from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:
- Academy of Allied Health & Science (AAHS) in Neptune Township (281 students; in grades 9-12)
- Biotechnology High School (BTHS) in Freehold Borough (314; 9-12)
- Communications High School (CHS) in Wall Township (323; 9-12)
- High Technology High School (HTHS) in the Lincroft section of Middletown Township (283; 9-12)
- Marine Academy of Science and Technology (MAST) in Sandy Hook in Middletown Township (297; 9-12)
- Academy of Law and Public Safety in Long Branch
- CLASS Academy, an alternative high school program in Tinton Falls (79; 9-12)
- KIVA High School in Tinton Falls (12; 9-12)
- Monmouth County Career Center in Freehold (33; 9-12)
- Monmouth County Vocational Technical High School in Hazlet (14; 11-12)
Awards and recognition
- For the 2001-02 school year, the Academy of Allied Health & Science received the National Blue Ribbon Award of Excellence from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.
- For the 1999-2000 school year, the school was named a "Star School" by the New Jersey Department of Education, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve.
- Governor's School of Excellence 2003-2004.
- For the 2006-07 school year, the Academy of Allied Health & Science received a second National Blue Ribbon Award of Excellence from the United States Department of Education, (the first school in the entire Northeast region to receive the ribbon a second time) the highest honor that an American school can achieve.
- The school was recognized by Governor Jim McGreevey in 2003 as one of 25 schools selected statewide for the First Annual Governor's School of Excellence award.
- For the 2003-04 school year, High Technology High School received the National Blue Ribbon Award of Excellence from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.
- High Technology High School was twice named a "Star School" by the New Jersey Department of Education, the highest form of recognition for a New Jersey school, in both 1994-95.
- High Technology High School was twice named within the top five high schools in the nation by U.S. News magazine, in both 2007 and 2008. In 2007, it received the 5th place rank, and in 2008, it received the 4th best high school ranking.
- In 2007, 2008, and 2010, High Technology High School was recognized by Newsweek magazine as a Public Elite school, due to its exceptional quality and its high average scores on standardized testing like the SAT and ACT.
- In 2010, Biotech was recognized by Newsweek magazine as a Public Elite school, due to its exceptional quality and its high average scores on standardized testing like the SAT and ACT.
- In 2013 and 2014 Biotechnology High School was ranked the number one high school in New Jersey by U.S. News magazine.
- The school was one of 11 in the state to be recognized in 2014 by the United States Department of Education's National Blue Ribbon Schools Program.
- Marine Academy was named a "Star School" by the New Jersey Department of Education, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve, in the 1993-94 school year.
- For the 1997-98 school year, the Marine Academy was designated a Blue Ribbon School by the United States Department of Education.
- For the 2012-13 school year, Communications High School received the Blue Ribbon Award from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:
- Timothy McCorkell, Superintendent
- Collette Flatt, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
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