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 2000, 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 Harrisburg mayor Stephen R. Reed, and which gave the mayor direct oversight of the troubled district. It was the first time a mayor had taken on the role in the state. Since then, graduation rates are up 71 per-cent and the number of students continuing to higher education are up 263 per-cent.[1]
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The district is comprised of the following schools:
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[edit] References
- ^ Baker, Brian (July 13, 2006). Stephen Reed, Mayor of Harrisburg. citymayor.com/. Retrieved on January 14, 2007.
