Students from across the county are eligible to apply to attend Gloucester County Institute of Technology, a four-year high school in Deptford Township that provides technical and vocational education. As a public school, students do not pay tuition to attend the school. Washington Township has two major economic centers. The "town center" is focused around the square formed by Greentree Road, Egg Harbor Road, Ganttown Road, and Hurffville-Crosskeys Road. Washington Township High School, the TD Bank Arts Centre, Washington Lake Park, and the township municipal building are located around this general vicinity. The other major center is located around Route 42, which connects Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to the Jersey Shore. Washington Township is sometimes referred to as "South Jersey's Premier Community", "South Philly South", or "Little South Philly" as a large percentage of its citizens moved to the town from the Italian South Philadelphia region over the past several decades. It is also known simply as "Township". The Township government is frequently named as a Defendant in lawsuits alleging civil rights violations from numerous municipal employees. The most recent being Paul Martin v. Washington Township before the Superior Court of New Jersey L-997-17). According to minutes of council meetings, Washington Township paid Martin over $150,000 to settle his claims of employment discrimination. Recently, a juvenile and his parents have sued Washington Township and the town's solicitor Stuart Platt, for violating the juvenile male's civil rights. At a council meeting, the juvenile had commented that Washington Township's five minute limit on public commentary and decorum code were reminiscent of a Nazi regime. Platt filed citizen issued criminal complaints against the juvenile which were dismissed as frivolous. (See L.M., a juvenile vs. Washington Township and Stuart A. Platt, Superior Court of New Jersey Docket No L-677-19; filed May 31, 2019). Additionally, the Township is a Defendant in a civil rights lawsuit wherein the municipal government is alleged to have used criminal and civil law suits to silence critics of incumbent Mayor Joann Gattinelli (See McBride v. Washington Township et al. United States District Court at Camden 1:19-cv-17196). Washington Township could be viewed as the frontline between open space and home developers. A township that was once composed of several isolated housing areas gravitating around the Wedgwood, Whitman Square, Birches, Birches West, and Hurffville neighborhoods has expanded outwards.  , the township had a total of of roadways, of which were maintained by the municipality, by Gloucester County, by the New Jersey Department of Transportation and by the South Jersey Transportation Authority.