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Council raises concern over proposed Washington Twp. charter school; resolution on agenda to ask state to reject
Summary
Councilman Mazzola and local school leaders said a proposed Washington Township charter school — to operate out of Gloucester County Community Church — could pull students from Pitman amid declining enrollment; a resolution asking the New Jersey Department of Education to reject the application was listed on the agenda.
Councilman Mazzola raised the proposed Washington Township charter school application, saying it would operate out of Gloucester County Community Church on Chapel Heights Road and could draw students away from Pitman schools, which the council said are already facing declining enrollment and State Aid cuts.
April Miller, president of the Pitman Board of Education, attended and told the council the charter is in phase one of the approval process; she said she hopes coordinated opposition from Pitman and neighboring towns will discourage the application from advancing to later review stages. Council members said a resolution encouraging the New Jersey Department of Education to reject the charter is on the meeting agenda but the minutes do not record a formal vote on that resolution.
