"Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 80th in 2012 out of 328 schools. Edison High School was ranked 135th in 2014 and 174th in 2012. James Monroe Elementary School was destroyed in a six-alarm fire on March 22, 2014. With nearly $24 million in insurance proceeds, the school was rebuilt and reopened to students in January 2017. The school district has a technology program, which involves kindergarteners and first graders with iPads, students in second through eighth with Chromebooks, and ninth through 12th with MacBooks. Connect-ED For the 2007–08 school year, students were asked to provide home telephone numbers for the new ConnectED system. This automated notification system allows automated telephone calls to be placed to parents and staff in the event of an emergency. The system is also connected to the district-wide attendance system. Should a student be absent from school, a call is automatically placed to the telephone number provided. Awards and recognition In 2009–10, Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School] received the National Blue Ribbon Award of Excellence from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve. Board of Education The Edison school district is run by a nine-member elected board of education, which operates independently of the township's municipal government. The Board provides oversight of the district's senior administrators, who in turn directly manage the schools. The current members of Edison Board of Education are Shannon Peng, Joseph Romano, Biral Patel, Brian Rivera, Mohin Patel, Virginia White, Douglas Schneider, Jerry Shi and Vishal Patel Administration Core members of the district's administration are: Dr. Bernard Bragen, Superintendent Overcrowding In recent years, overcrowding in public schools has become a noticeable issue. Additions to school buildings have already been built at Woodbrook and Menlo Park Elementary Schools, and portable classrooms have been installed at Franklin D. Roosevelt Preschool and Woodrow Wilson Middle School. Voters rejected a $189.5 million proposal to expand six schools in December 2019, as well as a modified $183.2 million proposal in March 2020. References External links Edison Township Public Schools School Data for the Edison Township Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics Edison, New Jersey New Jersey District Factor Group GH School districts in Middlesex County, New Jersey