Wilkes-Barre Area School District

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Wilkes-Barre Area School Disctrict
Address
730 South Main St. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 18711 USA
Information
Superintendent	Jeffrey T. Namey
Enrollment	6,870 (2006[1])
Type	Public
Grades	K–12
Language	English
Phone Number	(570) 826-7182
Homepage	http://www.wbasd.k12.pa.us/

Wilkes-Barre Area School District is a public school district located in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The district includes the city of Wilkes-Barre as well as smaller surrounding municipalties. As of the 2007-2008 school year, Dr. Jeffrey T. Namey is the district superintendent. James L. Coughlin is currently the largest school in the district housing over 1100 students. Meyers High school houses around 949 students and G.A.R has around 917 students.

Contents 1 Municipalities 2 Schools 2.1 High Schools 2.2 Elementary Schools 2.3 Charter Schools 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Municipalities

• Bear Creek Township
• Borough of Bear Creek Village
• Borough of Laflin
• Buck Township
• City of Wilkes-Barre
• Laurel Run Borough
• Plains Township
• Wilkes-Barre Township

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[edit] Schools

[edit] High Schools

• Elmer L. Meyers Junior/Senior
• G.A.R. Memorial Junior/Senior
• James M. Coughlin Junior/Senior
• Solomon Plains Junior

[edit] Elementary Schools

• Dr. David Kistler
• Boyd Dodson
• Daniel J. Flood
• Heights-Martin L. Murray
• Solomon

[edit] Charter Schools

• Bear Creek Community Charter^[3]

[edit] External links

• Wilkes-Barre Area School District Hompage

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.schoolmatters.com/schools.aspx/q/page=dp/did=1498
2. ^ http://www.luzernecounty.org/living/municipalities/ Luzerne County Municipalities
3. ^ http://www.bearcreekschool.com/ Bear Creek Community Charter School Homepage