Pennsbury School District

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Pennsbury School District is located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The district serves Falls Township, Lower Makefield Township and Yardley, as well as portions of Morrisville, Newtown and Tullytown. For the 2008-2009 school year, there were 11,083 students enrolled in the district (does not include Bucks Technical High School and Intermediate Unit student totals) with a budget of $174,054,000. [1] There is a total of 1,581 administrative, professional, and support staff.

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[edit] Schools

There are 15 public schools in Pennsbury School District:

Type Name Grades Enrollment [2]
High School Pennsbury High School 9-12 3,415
Middle School Charles H. Boehm 6-8 745
Middle School Pennwood 6-8 1,009
Middle School William Penn 6-8 960
Elementary School Afton KG-5 638
Elementary School Edgewood KG-5 772
Elementary School Eleanor Roosevelt KG-5 510
Elementary School Fallsington KG-5 189
Elementary School Makefield KG-5 482
Elementary School Manor KG-5 454
Elementary School Oxford Valley KG-5 489
Elementary School Penn Valley KG-5 326
Elementary School Quarry Hill KG-5 670
Elementary School Village Park KG-5 283
Elementary School Walt Disney KG-5 358

[edit] Governance

The Board is composed of nine residents with voting power, each elected for a four-year term. The district Chief Executive Officer is Paul B. Long, Ed.D.

[edit] History

[edit] 2005 Teacher's Strike

In 2005, the Pennsbury School District experienced a teacher's strike that generated significant regional coverage by the media. After voting down a tentative contract agreement, the leadership of the Pennsbury Education Association (PEA), the union to which all of Pennsbury's teachers belong, was authorized by its members to strike on October 24, 2005. The strike lasted a total of 21 days, the maximum allowed by Pennsylvania state law, and students went back to class on November 22, 2005. According to both the PEA and the school board, salary and health benefits were the main issues. Teachers objected to having to pay more for their health insurance, and wanted to see teacher salaries stay competitive with neighboring school districts. Both sides entered non-binding arbitration on November 22, 2005, as mandated by state law, and posted their final offers on December 6, 2005. In January 2006, teachers and the school board reached a resolution and the contract was accepted.

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[edit] General

[edit] District Schools

[edit] High school

[edit] Middle schools

[edit] Elementary schools

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[edit] Misc.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Pennsbury School District: Pennsbury on a Page". http://209.18.101.212/pennsbury/About%20Pennsbury/Pennsbury%20on%20a%20Page/. Retrieved 2008-11-02. 
  2. ^ "National Center for Education Statistics". http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=4218840. Retrieved 2008-02-15. 
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