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The Farrell Area School District is a diminutive, rural, public school district serving parts of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Farrell Area School District encompasses approximately including: the communities of Farrell and Wheatland, both of which are adjacent to the much larger Sharon, Pennsylvania. According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 6,798. By 2010, the District's population declined to 5,739 people.〔US Census Bureau, 2010 Census Poverty Data by Local Educational Agency, 2011〕 In 2009, Farrell Area School District residents' per capita income was $14,623, while the median family income was $29,821.〔American Fact Finder, US Census Bureau, 2009〕 For the 1997-98 school year, the Farrell Area School Board approved a budget of approximately $10.2 million to educate 1,203 students. Per District officials, in school year 2007-08, the Farrell Area School District provided basic educational services to 953 pupils through the employment of 97 teachers, 8 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 4 administrators. Farrell Area School District received more than $9.9 million in state funding in school year 2007-08. The District reported having 860 pupils enrolled in 2009-10. It employed: 94 teachers, 63 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 5 administrators. Farrell Area School District received $9.2 million in state funding in the 2009-10 school year. Farrell Area School District operates one elementary school and a combined junior/senior high school. ==Governance== The school district is governed by 9 individually elected board members (serve four-year terms), the Pennsylvania State Board of Education, the Pennsylvania Department of Education and the Pennsylvania General Assembly.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pennsylvania Public School Code Governance 2010 - Title-22 )〕 The federal government controls programs it funds like Title I funding for low-income children in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and the No Child Left Behind Act, which mandates the district focus resources on student success in acquiring reading and math skills. The Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives Sunshine Review gave the school board and district administration a "D-" for transparency based on a review of "What information can people find on their school district's website". It examined the school district's website for information regarding; taxes, the current budget, meetings, school board members names and terms, contracts, audits, public records information and more.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Pennsylvania Project )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Farrell Area School District」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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