New Jersey Department of Education

Governor Phil Murphy • Lt. Governor Tahesha Way

Boonton Choice District Profile for 2021-22 School Year

Boonton Town
434 Lathrop Avenue
Boonton, NJ 07005 
Morris County

District grades: PK-12
Approved choice grades: 9-12
Total number of students enrolled in district: 1456

Choice parent information center phone number: 973.335.9700 x4019
Name of program contact: James Nash
Phone number & email of program contact: 973.335.9700 x4019; james.nash@boontonschools.org
Website: www.boontonschools.org/domain/1345

Choice Program

The Boonton School District introduced the Gateway Academy as an inter-district school choice option for students who live within twenty miles of Boonton High School in September 2013. This academy program is designed for students who meet stringent academic criteria. If accepted into the Gateway Academy, participating students engage in academic coursework that will provide the opportunity to gain a full year of collegiate credit during the regular school day at Boonton High School and within the traditional four-year high school period.

International and national trips compliment Boonton High School’s unique academic program and Gateway Academy students also have the distinct honor of touring Ivy League campuses each year. Each month, Gateway Academy students attend and present at lunchbox lectures. Gateway Academy students also participate in a targeted four-year mentor program that will enhance leadership skills and culminate in a unique senior year multimedia thesis project.

The Gateway Academy is not a segregated program. Students are fully integrated into the vibrant culture of Boonton High School’s extra- and co-curricular programs and enjoy the school’s enhanced facilities and innovative new activities. Boonton High School is a small,

comprehensive academic school that promotes student achievement, creative growth, and leadership development. Forging connections with students and parents is paramount to the staff and administrators of Boonton High School.

 

Choice Seats Availability

The purpose of the chart below is to inform parents of choice seat availability before the application deadline in early December. After the deadline, the information will be outdated.

The Department of Education limits the number of choice seats that each district can fill. The “maximum number of new choice students that can be enrolled” tells parents how many new choice students the district can enroll in the next school year. If more than the maximum number of applications is received, a lottery will be held and a waitlist will be developed. Waitlists will be developed for all approved choice grades even if no seats are currently available. NA indicates the district is not accepting choice applications for those grades.

Maximum Number of New Choice Students that can be Enrolled: 
School Name: Boonton High School
Specialized Choice Program Name: Gateway Academy

Grade

Seat availability per grade
K  
1  
2  
3  
4  
5  
6  
7  
8  
9  
10  
11  
12  

 

 

District Choice Policies

Indicate Yes/No/NA 

The district accepts Tier 2 students (see definitions of Tier 1 and Tier 2 ).

 Yes

The district gives enrollment preference to choice applicants who have a sibling currently attending the choice district, provided there are choice seats available in the choice-approved grades/programs and the students meet any program-specific criteria.

 Yes

The district gives enrollment preference to choice applicants who have completed the terminal grade of the sending district (i.e., students who attend a choice district with grades that terminate before 12th grade and have a natural progression to this choice district), provided there are choice seats available in the choice-approved grades/programs and the students meet any program-specific criteria.

 N/A

The district gives enrollment preference to resident students who move before the application deadline. If resident students move and file choice applications for the following year prior to the deadline, the district will give them enrollment preference (i.e., accept them after the enrollment preference students described in b. and c. above, but ahead of other applicants), provided there are choice seats available in the choice-approved grades/programs and the students meet any program-specific criteria. If the district has already reached its approved choice enrollment maximum, this preference will not apply.

 Yes

The district gives special consideration to resident students who move after the application deadline. Students in this situation may apply as late applicants and be added to the front of the district’s waitlist, provided the students will enroll in a choice-approved grade/program and they meet any program-specific criteria. No additional choice seats above the maximum will be approved by the NJDOE to accommodate these students.

 No

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