| Bald Eagle Area School District | |
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| Address | |
| 751 South Eagle Valley Road Wingate, Pennsylvania, 16823 United States |
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| Information | |
| Superintendent | Mr. Daniel F. Fisher |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Kindergarten | 111 |
| Grade 1 | 156 |
| Grade 2 | 137 |
| Grade 3 | 141 |
| Grade 4 | 150 |
| Grade 5 | 147 |
| Grade 6 | 134 |
| Grade 7 | 106 |
| Grade 8 | 159 |
| Grade 9 | 152 |
| Grade 10 | 159 |
| Grade 11 | 150 |
| Grade 12 | 180 |
| Mascot | Eagles |
| Yearbook | Aquila |
| Website | http://www.beasd.org/ |
The Bald Eagle Area School District covers the Boroughs of Howard, Milesburg, Port Matilda, Snow Shoe and Unionville and Boggs Township, Burnside Township, Howard Township, Huston Township, Snow Shoe Township, Union Township and Worth Township in Centre County, Pennsylvania.
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The high school offers a Dual Enrollment program. This state program permits high school students to take courses, at local higher education institutions, to earn college credits. Students remain enrolled at their high school. The courses count towards high school graduation requirements and towards earning a college degree. The students continue to have full access to activities and programs at their high school. The college credits are offered at a deeply discounted rate. The state offers a small grant to assist students in costs for tuition, fees and books.[1] Under the Pennsylvania Transfer and Articulation Agreement, many Pennsylvania colleges and universities accept these credits for students who transfer to their institutions.[2]
For the 2009-10 funding year, the school district received a state grant of $5,752 for the program.[3]
In 2007, the district employed 141 teachers. The average teacher salary in the district was $43,092 for 181 days worked.[4]
The district administrative costs per pupil in 2008 were $680 per pupil. The lowest administrative cost per pupil in Pennsylvania was $398 per pupil.[5]
The district is funded by a combination of: a local earned income tax, a property tax, a real estate transfer tax, coupled with substantial funding from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the federal government. Grants can provide an opportunity to supplement school funding without raising local taxes. In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pension income and Social Security income are exempted from state personal income tax and local earned income tax, regardless the of income level.[6]
The Act 1 of 2006 Index regulates the rates at which each school district can raise property taxes in Pennsylvania. Districts are not allowed to raise taxes above that index unless they allow voters to vote by referendum, or they seek an exception from the state Department of Education. The base index for the 2010-2011 school year is 2.9 percent, but it can be adjusted higher, depending on a number of factors, such as property values and the personal income of district residents. Act 1 included 10 exceptions including: increasing pension costs, increases in special education costs, a catastrophe like a fire or flood, increasing rising health care costs for contracts in effect in 2006 or dwindling tax bases. The base index is the average of the percentage increase in the statewide average weekly wage, as determined by the PA Department of Labor and Industry, for the preceding calendar year and the percentage increase in the Employment Cost Index for Elementary and Secondary Schools, as determined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the U.S. Department of Labor, for the previous 12-month period ending June 30. For a school district with a market value/personal income aid ratio (MV/PI AR) greater than 0.4000, its index equals the base index multiplied by the sum of .75 and its MV/PI AR for the current year.[7]
The School District Adjusted Index for the Bald Eagle Area School District 2006-2007 through 2010-2011.[8]
In the Spring of 2010, 135 Pennsylvania school boards asked to exceed their adjusted index. Approval was granted to 133 of them and 128 sought an exception for pension costs increases.[9]
The district offers a variety of clubs, activities and sports.
By Pennsylvania law, all K-12 students in the district, including those who attend a private nonpublic school, cyber charter school, charter school and those homeschooled, are eligible to participate in the extracurricular programs including all athletics. They must meet the same eligibility rules as the students enrolled in the district's schools.[10]