Harrisburg School District
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The Harrisburg School District is a public school district based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The school district boundaries are synonymous with the city of Harrisburg.
Harrisburg public schools provide education for the city's youth, beginning with preschool through twelfth grade. There are over 11,000 students in the district and roughly 1,200 faculty and staff. A multi-year restructuring and reform plan is aimed at making the district a model urban educational system.
In July 2003, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a ruling that upholds the law adopted by the Pennsylvania General Assembly, and signed by then Governor Tom Ridge, that permitted a change in the governance of the Harrisburg School District from an elected school board to a board of control named by the Mayor and which gave the Mayor direct oversight of the District.
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The district is comprised of the following schools: Hamilton; Lincolin; Camp Curtin; Steele; Ben Franklin; Marshall; Melrose; Shimmell; Math and Science Academy; Rowland; Downey; Scott; William Penn; Thomas Morris Chester; Foose; Harrisburg High; SciTech High; and the Harrisburg Career and Technology School.
