Bloomfield Tech High School (also Essex County Bloomfield Tech or Bloomfield Tech) is a regional

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located in Bloomfield, that offered

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and academic instruction for students in Essex County, in the

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, as part of the Essex County Vocational Technical Schools. The school was also home to the first Green Energy Academy in a high school setting, which opened in 2009. The district offered adult programs in the evening at Bloomfield Tech. As of the 2016-17 school year, the school had an enrollment of 483 students and 40.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 11.9:1. There were 296 students (61.3% of enrollment) eligible for

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and 86 (17.8% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Bloomfield Tech

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. Accessed July 22, 2019. At the end of the 2017-18 school year, Bloomfield Tech High School closed along with North 13th Street Tech and has been replaced by the newly constructed Donald M. Payne Sr. School of Technology in Newark. The students and staff of West Caldwell Tech used the former Bloomfield Tech facility while the West Caldwell school building was being renovated. Officials celebrated the official reopening of the renovated West Caldwell Tech with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in October 2021. Bloomfield Tech High School was transferred from Essex County Vocational Technical Schools to Essex County in June 2023 after approval by the Essex County Vocational Technical Schools Board of Education during their March 13, 2023 meeting. The building was transferred for $100. (link: https://www.essextech.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/1003/2023/04/Agenda-3-13-23.pdf) The Township of Bloomfield Town Council, during their October 2023 Council meeting, voted unanimously to purchase the property from Essex County for $10 Million. (link: http://bloomfieldtownnj.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=12&ID=1395&Inline=True)

Awards, recognition and rankings

In 2015, Bloomfield Tech was one of 15 schools in New Jersey, and one of nine public schools, recognized as a

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in the exemplary high performing category by the

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. During the 2009–10 school year, Bloomfield Tech High School was also awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, the highest award an American school can receive. Schooldigger.com ranked the school tied for 102nd out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (an increase of 58 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (83.9%) and language arts literacy (99.1%) components of the

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(HSPA).

Athletics

The Bloomfield Tech SpartansEssex County Vocational-Technical Bloomfield
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. Accessed March 19, 2015. compete in the

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, which is comprised of public and private high schools in Essex County and was established following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the

(NJSIAA). With 400 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 school year as North II, Group I for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 73 to 481 students in that grade range. The girls basketball team won the Group I state championship in 2004 (against runner-up Riverside High School in the playoff finals), 2005 (vs. Salem High School), 2006 (vs. Salem) and 2009 (vs.

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). The three consecutive state titles from 2004 to 2006 are tied for the seventh-longest streak in state history.Girls Basketball Championship History: 1919–2024

, updated March 2024. Accessed September 1, 2024. In 2004, the girls' basketball team took the North II, Group I sectional title with a 70-44 win against Belvidere High School and went on to win the Group I state title with a 71-59 win against Riverside in the championship game played at the

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. The team repeated as winner of the North II Group I title in 2005 with a 58-46 win against

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. The boys basketball team won the Group I state championship in 2003 (defeating

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in the tournament finals), 2004 (vs. Burlington City High School), 2006 (vs. LEAP Academy University Charter School) and 2007 (vs.

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). After trailing by as many as 15 points, the team won the 2013 Group I title against Paulsboro by a 61-59 score in the playoff finals, with the winning basket coming as a

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to earn the program's first state championship. The team won the 2007 North II, Group I state sectional championship with a 78-74 win over Science Park High School. The team won the 2007 Group I state championship with a 73-59 win over Create Charter High School. The boys and girls' basketball teams both won their respective Group I state championships in 2006, the boys defeating LEAP Academy University Charter School of Camden, 73-51, and the girls topping Salem High School.

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are: *Ayisha Ingram-Robinson – Principal

Notable alumni

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(born 1987),

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player for

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of the

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who was drafted by the

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in 2010. * Hector Santiago (born 1987; class of 2006), starting pitcher for the

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. * Herb Scherer (1929–2012), professional basketball player for the

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.Staff
"Former Blackbird Herb Scherer Passes Away"
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, July 3, 2012. Accessed July 29, 2012. "Herb was born on December 21, 1928, at home in Maplewood, New Jersey. He attended Bloomfield Technical High School and Long Island University where he graduated in 1950 with a BS degree in physical education. A college basketball star, Herb was on the starting five of the nationally ranked LIU Blackbirds. Herb was drafted by the New York Knicks in 1950 where he played from 1951–1952. He married Mary Buist on June 9, 1951 and they settled in Parsippany, New Jersey for the next thirty years in the home he built for them."

References

External links

Bloomfield Tech High SchoolEssex County Vocational Technical Schools
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Statistical data for the Essex County Vocational Technical Schools

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