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Southern Columbia Area School District is a small, rural, public school district located in Catawissa, Pennsylvania. It serves communities in two counties. In Columbia County the District serves: Catawissa Borough, Catawissa Township, Locust Township, Roaring Creek Township, and Cleveland Township. This includes the boroughs of: Slabtown and Numidia. In Northumberland County it serves Ralpho Township. Southern Columbia Area School District encompasses approximately . According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 9,803. By 2010, the US Census Bureau reported that the District's population increased to 10,386 people.〔US Census Bureau, 2010 Census Poverty Data by Local Education Agency, 2011〕 The per capita income of residents was $18,969 in 2009, while the median family income was $45,889.〔American Fact Finder, U.S. Census Bureau, 2010〕 In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501〔US Census Bureau, American Fact Finder, State and County quick facts, 2010〕 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010.〔(【引用サイトリンク】author=US Census Bureau )〕 The District is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania. According to District officials, in school year 2009-10, the Southern Columbia Area School District provided basic educational services to 1,488 pupils. The District employed: 108 teachers, 115 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 7 administrators. Southern Columbia Area School District received more than $6.6 million in state funding in school year 2009-10. Per school district officials, in school year 2007-08, the Southern Columbia Area School District provided basic educational services to 1,424 pupils through the employment of 114 teachers, 141 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 7 administrators. Southern Columbia Area School District operates three schools: G.C. Hartman Elementary Center (Kindergarten through Fourth Grade), Southern Columbia Area Middle School (Fifth grade through Eighth Grade), and Southern Columbia Area High School serving grades nine through twelve. Both the Elementary and the Junior/Senior High Schools are accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. ==Governance== Southern Columbia Area School District is governed by 9 individually elected board members (serve four-year terms), the Pennsylvania State Board of Education, the Pennsylvania Department of Education and the Pennsylvania General Assembly.〔Pennsylvania Public School Code Governance 2010〕 The District is divided into three regions with 3 board members are elected from each of those regions.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Board of Education )〕 The federal government controls programs it funds like Title I funding for low-income children in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and the No Child Left Behind Act, which mandates the district focus resources on student success in acquiring reading and math skills. The Superintendent and Business Manager are appointed by the school board. The Superintendent is the chief administrative officer with overall responsibility for all aspects of operations, including education and finance. The Business Manager is responsible for budget and financial operations. Neither of these officials are voting members of the School Board. The School Board enters into individual employment contracts for these positions. In Pennsylvania, public school districts are required to give 150 days notice to the Superintendent regarding renewal of the employment contract. The Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives Sunshine Review gave the school board and district administration a "D" for transparency based on a review of "What information can people find on their school district's website". It examined the school district's website for information regarding; taxes, the current budget, meetings, school board members names and terms, contracts, audits, public records information and more.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Pennsylvania Project )〕 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「Southern Columbia Area School District」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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