Collingswood Public Schools
The Collingswood Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Collingswood, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising seven schools, had an enrollment of 2,135 students and 184.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.6:1. The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "FG", the fourth-highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic  characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J. Students in ninth through twelfth grades from Woodlynne attend Collingswood High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Woodlynne School District. Students in grades 6-12 from Oaklyn attend Collingswood Schools as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Oaklyn Public School District. Schools. Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are: Administration. Core members of the district's administration are: Board of education. The  district's board of education, with nine members, sets policy and oversees the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the day-to-day operation of the district. Oaklyn and Woodlynne each have a representative appointed to serve on the Collingswood district board to represent the  interests of their respective district. Programs. On November 15, 1994, the International Educational Systems (IES) Language Foundation was scheduled to begin an afterschool language program for students of the Collingswood district in the 2nd through 6th grades. For a $36 ($ adjusted for inflation) monthly fee students could take Spanish or French classes. They were to be held for one hour once per week. Controversy. The school district gained national and international media attention for calling the police on a 3rd grader, who allegedly made inappropriate remarks about brownies served at an end-of-year school party. The incident  has brought attention to a school district policy of involving armed law enforcement officers to deal with all school discipline matters including name calling, resulting in up to five police visits a day according to Superintendent Scott Oswald. According to media reports, students are denied access to their parents and legal counsel during law enforcement interrogations, which take place within the school.