Butler Public Schools

Students from Butler attended high school in Paterson, New Jersey until Butler High School was opened in 1903. From the time the school opened, the school served students from much of Morris County, along with those from Bloomingdale, Ringwood, Wanaque and West Milford in Passaic County until they built their own schools or established alternate arrangements with other school districts. In September 1954, the Butler district notified its eight sending communities that growing enrollment of borough residents would mean that there would be no space available at Butler High School and that the local districts serving students from Passaic County communities and Pequannock Township would have to make alternate arrangements by 1958. While Pequannock, Ringwood and Wanaque met the 1958 deadline, West Milford left four years later and Jefferson Township, Kinnelon and Riverdale ended their sending relationship in 1964. ==Schools==

Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are: ;Elementary school • Aaron Decker School with 379 students in grades K-4 • James Manco, principal ;Middle school • Richard Butler School with 299 students in grades 5-8 • Michelle Papa, principal with 455 students in grades 9-12 • Rory Fitzgerald, principal ==Administration==

Core members of the district's administration are: • Daniel Johnson, superintendent • Pamela Vargas, business administrator and board secretary ==Board of education==

The district's board of education, comprised of nine members, sets policy and oversees the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. The Bloomingdale district sends a non-voting representative to the board. 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 district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district. ==References==