Sending/receiving relationship
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A sending/receiving relationship is one in which a public school district sends some or all of its students to attend the schools of another district. This is often done to achieve costs savings in smaller districts or continues after districts have grown as part of a historical relationship.
At times, the sending district may be granted representation on the receiving district's board of education. On the receiving district's board of education, the sending represenative votes ONLY on issues pertaining to the students received and district-wide issues.
Demographic changes in either of districts may cause the sending district to seek to end the relationship. Some districts have sought to gain local control of education methods and facilities by pulling out of an exisiting sending relationship.
For example, the Englewood Cliffs Public Schools has sought to end its agreement with the Englewood Public School District to have its students pulled out of Dwight Morrow High School, a plan that has been vigorously opposed by the Englewood district and the New Jersey Department of Education.
