About Us
Educating Greatness
Developing a vision of doing what is best for all students and making them academically competitive in a global society
The Jersey City Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district located in Jersey City, in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. Rooted in rich history, the Jersey City Board of Education continues to offer new opportunities to meet the rapidly growing diverse population in the city. Our vision is to build a new educational community that provides a world-class education for every child in Jersey City. This means delivering an academically enriched and culturally responsive educational program that prepares every student for success while building knowledge, strengthening character, and fostering leadership.
McNair Academic High School was the second-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 328 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2012 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked second in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. William L. Dickinson High School is the oldest high school in the city and James J. Ferris High School is represented by some of the top students of Jersey City who are members of the National Academy Foundation Magnet Programs. Academy I Middle School is one of the top middle schools in the country. Has been recognized with several achievements, including first place in the Lexus Environmental Challenge in 2008.
Did you know, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Public School PS#11 is the nation's oldest-continuous school site, the first free school, and the first public school building in New Jersey and Jersey City?
The real promise is to give every student E.A.R.S(Enrichment, Acceleration, Resources, Support)
| Superintendent | |
| Dr. Norma Fernandez | |
| Superintendent's Cabinet Members | |
| Dr. Dennis Frohnapfel | Acting School Business Administrator |
| Dr. Gerard Crisonino | Assistant Superintendent/Special Education Department |
| Ms. Ellen M. Ruane | Assistant Superintendent/Curriculum & Instruction |
| Dr. Magda Savino | Assistant Superintendent/Division A |
| Ms. Anne Beirne | Executive Assistant to the Superintendent |
| Mr. Robert J. Pruchnik | General Counsel/Superintendent's Office |
| Dr. Ruth Cummings-Hypolite | Director/Early Childhood |
| Dr. Joseph Galano | Director/Division B |
| Mr. Jaime Morales | Director/ Secondary Division |
| Mr. Edwin Rivera | Director/Human Resources |
| Mr. Debasis Gupta | Director/Technology |
| Board Members | |
| Natalia Ioffe | President |
| Noemi Velazquez | Vice President |
| Younass Mohamed Barkouch | |
| Paula Jones-Watson | |
| Afaf Muhammad | |
| Lorenzo Richardson | |
| Lekendrick Shaw | |
| Christopher Tisdale | |
| Gina Verdibello | |