Shared Services have been occurring in the ETSD for many years. Shared service partnerships are currently in place with other school districts, the Evesham Township Municipal Government, local police and fire departments, and the State of New Jersey. These shared services not only promote collegiality and teamwork, but also result in cost savings to the school district.
Some of our current and most successful shared services include, but are not limited to, the following:
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ACES - “Alliance for Cooperative Energy Services” (joint purchasing of electricity and natural gas);
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ACT - “Alliance for Cooperative Telecommunications” (joint purchase of communication services);
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Burlington County Joint Insurance Fund - Cooperative Property & Casualty / Worker's Compensation Insurance;
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Burlington County Special Services School District - shared PT/OT/ST and related services for special education students;
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Burlington County Educational Services Unit - shared transportation services;
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Ed-Data Services - consortium for the purchase of school supplies;
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Township of Evesham - shared services in fuel purchase and snow plowing services;
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Evesham Township Municipal Utilities Authority - fuel purchasing/bio-diesel/gasoline;
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Burlington County Recycling - joint materials recycling with County;
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Lenape Regional Curriculum Consortium Council - shared professional staff development;
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Burlington County Curriculum Consortium - county-wide shared professional staff development;
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Professional Development Provider
o ETSD provides an extensive fall and spring professional development calendar to our staff members. Outside districts are able to attend these workshops for a participation fee;
o Evesham is the only Reading Recovery Training Site in Southwestern New Jersey. The district provides the required on-going professional development that is part of this early intervention program to outside districts for a fee;
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Police Programs - LEAD & School Resource Officers (SRO) - safety/security programs;
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RAP Room - social services for students;
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e-Rate - federal technology discounts through cooperative purchasing;
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Princeton Food Services - cooperative food purchasing for cafeteria;
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US Healthworks - drug testing/employee physicals;
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Lenape Regional Schools - emergency alert system;
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Lenape Regional Consortium - banking services/trash removal;
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NJ State Health Benefits Program - state-wide cooperative jointure on health benefits purchasing.