Rochelle Park, New Jersey Rochelle Park, New Jersey Map highlighting Rochelle Park's locale within Bergen County.

Inset: Bergen County's locale within New Jersey.

Map highlighting Rochelle Park's locale within Bergen County.

Inset: Bergen County's locale within New Jersey.

Enumeration Bureau map of Rochelle Park, New Jersey Enumeration Bureau map of Rochelle Park, New Jersey Rochelle Park is a township in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.

What is now Rochelle Park was originally incorporated as Midland Township on March 7, 1871, from portions of New Barbadoes Township.

Rochelle Park was formed as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on November 5, 1929, replacing Midland Township, based on the results of a popular vote held on that same day that passed by a 503-69 margin. The chief impetus behind the change in name was to avoid confusion with the close-by improve of Midland Park. The township was titled for the port town/city of La Rochelle, France. Rochelle Park is positioned in the 5th Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 38th state legislative district. Prior to the 2011 reapportionment following the 2010 Census, Rochelle Park had been in the 37th state legislative district. New Jersey's Fifth Congressional District is represented by Josh Gottheimer (D, Wyckoff). New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Cory Booker (D, Newark, term ends 2021) and Bob Menendez (D, Paramus, 2019). Gordon (D, Fair Lawn) and in the General Assembly by Tim Eustace (D, Maywood) and Joseph Lagana (D, Paramus). The Governor of New Jersey is Chris Christie (R, Mendham Township). The Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey is Kim Guadagno (R, Monmouth Beach). Bergen County is governed by a directly propel County Executive, with legislative functions performed by a seven-member Board of Chosen Freeholders. As of 2015, the County Executive is James J.

Tedesco III (D, Paramus; term ends December 31, 2018). The seven freeholders are propel at-large in partisan elections on a staggered basis, with two or three seats coming up for election each year, with a Chairman, Vice Chairman and Chairman Pro Tempore chose from among its members at a reorganization meeting held each January. Bergen County's Freeholders are Freeholder Chairwoman Joan Voss (D, 2017; Fort Lee), Vice Chairman Steve Tanelli (D, 2015; North Arlington) Chairman Pro Tempore John A.

The Rochelle Park School District serves enhance school students in pre-kindergarten through eighth undertaking at Midland School, which opened in 1926. As of the 2014-15 school year, the precinct and its one school had an enrollment of 668 students and 40.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student teacher ratio of 16.5:1. Students in enhance school for ninth through twelfth grades attend Hackensack High School in Hackensack, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Hackensack Public Schools, together with students from Maywood and South Hackensack. As of the 2014-15 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,815 students and 135.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student teacher ratio of 13.4:1. Rochelle Park is about 2.6 miles from Hackensack High School which is about an eight-minute drive on average.

Public school students from the township, and all of Bergen County, are eligible to attend the secondary education programs offered by the Bergen County Technical Schools, which include the Bergen County Academies in Hackensack, and the Bergen Tech ground in Teterboro or Paramus.

As of May 2010, the township had a total of 18.16 miles (29.23 km) of roadways, of which 13.34 miles (21.47 km) were maintained by the municipality, 3.14 miles (5.05 km) by Bergen County, 1.05 miles (1.69 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation and 0.63 miles (1.01 km) by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority. The Rochelle Park Area, of the Saddle River County Park, offers a biking/jogging path, pavilion, tennis courts, basketball court, playground and softball field.

The Rochelle Park region of the park can be accessed at Rail Road Avenue, Lotz Lane, and Howard Avenue See also: Category:People from Bergen County, New Jersey.

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Officially Rochelle Park, Township of Rochelle Park.

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