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The Old Forge School District is a diminutive, suburban, public school district serving the municipality of Old Forge, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Scranton in Lackawanna County. The District is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania. The District encompasses . According to 2000 federal census data, it served a resident population of 8,798. By 2010, the District's population declined to 8,310 people.〔US Census Bureau, 2010 Census Poverty Data by Local Educational Agency, 2011〕 The educational attainment levels for the Old Forge School District population (25 years old and over) were 89.4% high school graduates and 22.6% college graduates.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=School District Comparative Analysis Profiles )〕 According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 41.7% of the District’s pupils lived at 185% or below the Federal Poverty level as shown by their eligibility for the federal free or reduced price school meal programs in 2012.〔Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, Education Facts Student Poverty Concentration by LEA, 2012〕 In 2009, the Old Forge School District residents' per capita income was $19,228, while the median family income was just $46,152.〔American Fact Finder, US Census Bureau, 2009〕 In Lackawanna County, the median household income was $43,673.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pennsylvania Median household income, 2006-2010 by County )〕 In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 〔(【引用サイトリンク】author=US Census Bureau )〕 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010.〔(【引用サイトリンク】author=US Census Bureau )〕 According to District officials, in school year 2007-08, the Old Forge School District provided basic educational services to 932 pupils. It employed 65 teachers, 35 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 6 administrators. In 2011 the enrollment K-12 was 925 pupils.〔Pennsylvania Department of Education enrollment and projections 2011〕 In school year 2009-10, the Old Forge School District provided basic educational services to 933 pupils. The District employed: 70 teachers, 38 full-time and part-time support personnel, and increased to 7 administrators. Old Forge School District received more than $4.4 million in state funding in school year 2009-10. Old Forge School District has a cooperative agreement with Luzerne County Community College.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Luzerne County Community College Report )〕 Old Forge School District operates two schools: Old Forge Elementary School (K-6th) and Old Forge Junior Senior High School (7th-12th). The Northeastern Educational Intermediate Unit IU19 provides the District with a wide variety of services like specialized education for disabled students and hearing, speech and visual disability services and professional development for staff and faculty. Old Forge High School students do not have access to Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County which is the region's vocational technical school. ==History== Since 1910, the town of Old Forge has had its own school district. Originally, there were several elementary schools throughout Old Forge serving each section of town, such as ''Central'', ''Lawrenceville'', ''Moosic Road'', ''Sussex'', ''Sibley'', and ''Rendham''. The high school was located on South Main Street (the site of the recently closed Eckerd's, now Ace Hardware), which housed grades 9-12. A separate building in the rear of the main high school served as another elementary school and a gymnasium. This structure was destroyed by fire in the late 1950s. In 1956, it was decided that all schools should be consolidated into one large building. Many feel that it was the building of a new school that saved Old Forge from the growing trend of jointures that was taking place throughout the area in the 1960s and 1970s. Groundbreaking began on July 21, 1956 at the current site located on Marion Street. The new school opened for the 1960–1961 school year and is still in use to this day, receiving major renovations during the 1990s. All the old schools have since been demolished. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Old Forge School District」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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