Penn-Delco School District

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The Penn-Delco School District is a public education school district in Delaware County, Pennsylvania that encompasses the following municipalities: Aston Township, Brookhaven Borough, and Parkside Borough.

Started in 1960 by Dr. William G. Moser, who served as the district's first superintendent, the district was carved out of the nearby present-day Chester-Upland School District and was instrumental for the building of the Sun Valley Senior High School and administration building on land donated by the Sun Oil Company (now present-day Sunoco). In addition to the regular curriculum, in 1976, the U.S. Marine Corps Jr. ROTC (MCJROTC) program was offered for the first time and is only one of three MCJROTC units in the Delaware Valley area – the others being in nearby Chester City and in Bensalem.

Dr. Leslye Abrutyn, former Superintendent of Schools for the district, having been appointed by the Penn-Delco School Board in 1996, and stepped down from her position in 2007, was arrested and charged with obstruction of justice and perjury for her role in a scandal involving former school board president and GOP Vice-Chairman Keith Crego. Crego, an Aston Township resident who resigned in 2006 after an altercation with an ex-girlfriend who served for a short time on the board, was charged with embezzlement, siphoning off district funds using a defunct after-school center, along with possession, with the intent of delivering anabolic steroids. Dr. Abrutyn later plead no contest in Common Pleas Court and was sentenced to 12 months probation, a $50,000 fine, and 150 hours of community service, with the intention of Dr. Abrutyn to testify against Mr. Crego at his upcoming trial in 2008.

[edit] Schools in the Penn-Delco School District

Currently, the Penn-Delco School District operates the following schools:

  • Aston Elementary School, Aston
  • Coebourn Elementary School, Brookhaven
  • Northley Middle School, Aston
  • Parkside Elementary School, Parkside
  • Pennell Elementary School, Aston
  • Sun Valley High School, Aston

In addition, the following schools were once operated by the district, but have been closed and/or demolished:

  • Washington Grammar School, Brookhaven (later became Brookhaven Elementary School, then the Brookhaven Municipal Building before being demolished. A Walgreens drug store was built on the site.)
  • Green Ridge Elementary School, Aston (demolished in 1997 and is now the site of the Aston Community Center and Aston Free Library)
  • Brookhaven Junior High School, Brookhaven (later became Brookhaven Middle School before being sold to The Christian Academy)

The Sun Valley High School Vanguards play all interscholastic games in the Del-Val League, and prior to 2006, has played inter-league games with schools in the Ches-Mont and Southern Chester County Leagues. It will become an associate member of the new unified Ches-Mont League starting in the 2007-08 school year, with full membership, along with rival Chichester High School, a possibility in the 2008-09 year. Its ice hockey team has no school sponsorship and is an independent affiliate of the ICSHL

Penn-Delco School District Website- http://www.pdsd.org