The Cape May County Special Services School District (CMCSSSD) is a

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headquartered in Middle Township, in

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, United States, whose schools offer educational and therapeutic services for students of elementary and high school age from across the county who have emotional of physical disabilities that cannot be addressed by their sending districts. As of the 2011–12 school year, the district's two schools had an enrollment of 267 students and 45.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 5.89:1.District information for Cape May County Special Services School District

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. Accessed December 16, 2014. Its facility has a Cape May Court House postal address but is not within the CMCH

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History

It was established in 1974.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2011-12 enrollment data from the

) are: *Ocean Academy (98 students; in grades 1–8) *Cape May County High School (169; 9–12) **Annamarie Haas, Principal Previously middle school grades were organized as George E. Bailey Middle School, and the high school was Alternative High School.

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:New Jersey School Directory for Cape May County

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. Accessed December 29, 2016. *Barbara Makoski, Superintendent *Kathleen Allen, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

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