Darien Public Schools is a school district headquartered in Darien, Connecticut, United States. The district has seven schools.
The nine-member Board of Education in Darien is part of the Darien town government, and the total school budget must be approved by the town government Board of Finance and Representative Town Meeting, although the Board of Education has ultimate control over how its town-appropriated budget is spent.
Total enrollment in public schools in Darien is 4,475 students (22.7 percent of the town population). A total of 85 percent of the total student population is in public schools.
The 2005-2006 town education budget is $56.7 million, representing an estimated $11,928 in spending per pupil. Teacher salaries in the 2005-2006 fiscal year ranged from a low of $37,875 to a high of $90,766. Donald Fiftal, superintendent of schools, received a salary of $185,000 in the 2005-2006 fiscal year.
The town has five Elementary Schools: Hindley School, Holmes School, Ox Ridge School, Royle School, and Tokeneke School. A $27 million addition was completed in 2000 to the town's middle school, Middlesex Middle School, and a new $73 million campus for Darien High School was completed in the fall of 2005.
Read more about Darien Public Schools: Students, High School Academic Statistics, Connecticut Mastery Test Scores, Royle School, Ox Ridge School
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