State College Area School District
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| State College Area School District | |
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| "We are the future!" | |
| Type | Public |
| Superintendent | Patricia Best |
| Students | approximately 7,300 |
| Location | State College, Pennsylvania United States  |
| Website | State College Area School District |
The State College Area School District (SCASD) is a school district based in State College, Pennsylvania that serves students and includes public schools in the Borough of State College, Pennsylvania, and the surrounding townships of College, Ferguson, Halfmoon, Harris, and Patton. This district operates 10 elementary schools, three secondary schools (two middle schools and one high school), and charters four schools for operation.
The State College Area School District serves approximately 7,300 students, and is the second largest employer in Central Pennsylvania. The Superintendent of Schools is Dr. Tom Sullivan; it is governed by a Board of Directors consisting of nine members.
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[edit] Schools
[edit] Elementary Schools
- Boalsburg Elementary School
- Corl Street Elementary School
- Easterly Parkway Elementary School
- Ferguson Township Elementary School
- Gray's Woods Elementary School
- Houserville Elementary School
- Lemont Elementary School
- Panorama Village Elementary School
- Park Forest Elementary School
- Radio Park Elementary School
[edit] Secondary schools
[edit] Middle schools
[edit] High school
- State College Area High School and the Delta Program
[edit] State High Renovation Controversy
There is a debate between school board members and an organization named State High Vision (SHV). The school board plans High School Facilities Plan to demolish one of the high school buildings and disintegrate the other. The school board believes this is the most cost effective option and that they have looked at all of the options. State High Vision, an organization of some community citizens, claims that the plan was decided on with little community input. SHV also doesn’t like the creation of what they deem a Mega school (3,400 students in one building), claiming that students learn better in a smaller environment. A handful of students held walk outs in protest of the renovation project in 2007.
[edit] District Master Plan
Currently[vague] the district, with the help of DeJong Inc. and the input of the community, is trying to craft a master plan to guide the district in the coming years.
However, proposals to close smaller neighborhood schools, such as Corl Street and Lemont, in order to create larger consolidated elementary schools has been met with fierce opposition from the community. Many residents contend that the proposals are costly, wasteful of valuable resources, and poorly envisioned for its historic properties. In particular, the proposal to close Lemont Elementary School [1], a splendid limestone structure from the 1930s in the historic village of Lemont, has garnered community involvement. A group opposed to its closing has formed as the Friends of Lemont School to convince the District to remain committed to neighborhood schools and be respectful of its historic schools through rehabilitating them rather than abandoning them. The historic school's possible closure promises to be a bellwether issue for the election cycle of 2009.
[edit] External links
- State College Area School District (SCASD) website
- SCASD School Buildings
- High School Facilities Project
- State High Vision
- The Sensible Solution
- Vote for Change
- Friends of Lemont School
- Centre Daily Times article--"History, Craftsmanship Make Lemont School Worth Saving
