Harbor Creek School District

Harbor Creek School District
Harbor Creek School District
	File:Harbor Creek Crest.jpg
Location
	Erie, Pennsylvania Harborcreek Township United States
District information
Type	Public
Motto	"Educational Excellence = Student Success"
Established	1900
Superintendent	Dr. Rick Lansberry
Other information
Website	http://www.hcsd.iu5.org

The Harbor Creek School District is the public kindergarten-through-12th grade education system for Harborcreek, Pennsylvania. The school district is one of 501 school districts in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. By state law, the district has nine school board members in addition to its central administration. The district is composed of one high school, one junior high school and three elementary schools with approximately 2,100 students district wide. For the 2006-2007 school year, the district had a budget of nearly $24.6 million.

Administration

Board of Education

School board members serve a term of four years. Elections are those positions are held in odd numbered years with the primary election in May and the general election in November. Elections for officers (president and vice president) are held annually, at the board's reorganization meeting, typically on the first Monday in December. The treasurer is elected by board members at the board meeting in July. Current board members are as followed, with office held, and the year of their term expiring in parenthesis:

Carol Bucklin, President (2009)
Mark Concilla, Vice President (2009)
Ray Learn, (2009)
Barb Gainer (2009)
Dr. Thomas Fortin (2009)
Theresa Herrera (2011)
James Dolak (2011)
Terri Brink (2011)
Renee Uht (2011)

Central administration

Dr. Rick Lansberry, Superintendent
Karl Dolak, Business Administrator
Mr. John Cavanagh, Curriculum Director
Andy Krahe, Athletic Director
Carl Moore, District Solicitor

Building administrators

Ed Zenewicz, Principal, Harbor Creek Senior High School-Your comb over has never fooled anyone, just shave it off!!!! Learn how to talk on the announcements!!!! Please excuse this interruption!
Andy Krahe, Assistant Principal, Harbor Creek Senior High School
Linda Allen, Principal, Harbor Creek Junior High School-Quack, Quack, you penguin!!!
Kelly Hess, Principal, Clark Elementary School
Audrey Coletta, Principal, Klein Elementary School
Dave Stoczynski, Principal, Rolling Ridge Elementary School

Central Campus

The Central Campus of the Harbor Creek School District is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 20 (Buffalo Road) and PA Route 531 (Depot Road). It contains the following facilities:

Central Administration Office
Senior High School
Junior High School
Paul J. Weitz Stadium
Baseball Field
Softball Field
Transportation/Bussing Facilities
The White House (scheduled for demolition in early 2007)
Junior High Gymnasium (Varsity Volleyball, Varsity Boys and Girls Basketball and Varsity Wrestling teams play here)

The three elementary schools as well as the former Central High School are located on property in other areas of Harborcreek Township

Harbor Creek High School

The high school serves grades 9 through 12. It is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 20 (Buffalo Road) and PA Route 531 (Depot Road).

Athletics

The Harbor Creek Huskies are a member of PIAA District 10. The teams participate in either the "AA" or the "AAA" classification, with the single exception of the golf team, which participates in the "AAAA" classification, due to the PIAA having only being one classification for that sport. The school district currently sponsors 17 varsity level sports (10 boys and 7 girls) teams:

Fall sports

Cross Country (Boys and Girls)
Football (Boys)
Golf (Boys)
Soccer (Boys and Girls)
Volleyball (Girls)

Winter sports

Basketball (Boys and Girls)
Swimming and Diving (Boys and Girls)
Wrestling (Boys)

Spring sports

Baseball (Boys)
Softball (Girls)
Tennis (Boys)
Track and Field (Boys and Girls)

PIAA State Champions

Jeff Catrabone, Wrestling, Class AA, 1991 and 1992
200 meter freestyle relay team, Boys Swimming, Class AA, 1999
Girls Softball, Class AA, 2006

Harbor Creek Junior High School

The junior high school currently serves grades 7 and 8. It is also located at the intersection of U.S. Route 20 (Buffalo Road) and PA Route 531 (Depot Road). While a separate building than the high school, it is connected to the high school via two corridors. The senior high school and junior high school share a cafeteria (located in the senior high school), but most student oriented activities for the schools occur in their own buildings.

Clark Elementary School

Clark Elementary School currently serves students in grades K through 6. While the school services the largest geographic area compared to the other two elementary schools in Harborcreek, it is the smallest building in the district in terms of student population. The area of coverage for the school is most of the southern and eastern portion (from Troupe Road to North East Township) of the district, ranging from Lake Erie to the North, North East Township on the east and Greene Township to the south. The school is located on Depot Road, roughly 1.3 miles south of the High School/Junior High School, and about 1.1 miles north of Exit 35 on Interstate 90.

Klein Elementary School

Klein Elementary School currently serves students in grades K through 6. Students living in the Northwest portion of Harborcreek Township, generally north of Buffalo Road and west of Troupe Road, attend this school. The school is located on East Lake Road, just south of Lake Erie.

2006 flood

On the morning of Monday, September 25, over 300,000 gallons of water was discovered in the basement of Klein Elementary School. The cause was attributed to debris in the public water system that found its way into the backflow prevention valve located just inside of the building. While the valve functioned properly, due to its location within the building, it was left in an open position for an estimated 55 hours which was more than enough time to fill the basement. For an unknown reason, the circuit breakers did not trip, and when the water submerged all of the electrical panels, the electricity flow heated the water to about 105 degrees. As a result, all of the equipment in that area was destroyed, submerged under 14 feet of water. The building was immediately closed, and remained closed for about one month, while the students were moved to Rolling Ridge Elementary (K-4th grades) and the Junior High School (5th and 6th grades). The cost to the school district was nearly $250,000 to replace the destroyed equipment. Through the cooperation of area contractors, the building was able to reopen on Monday, October 23.

Rolling Ridge Elementary School

Rolling Ridge Elementary School currently serves students in grades K through 6. Students living in the Southwestern portion of Harborcreek Township, generally south of Buffalo Road and west of Clark Road, attend this school. This school is the largest elementary school in the district in terms of student population. The school is located on Ridge Parkway, just south of the Eastside YMCA and Buffalo Road, and in between Nagle and Saltsman Roads. The school was remodeled in 2001. It is the only school in the district that has air conditioning.

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