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The Grove City Area School District is a small, rural, public school district serving south eastern region of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. It encompasses the communities of Grove City, Pine Township, Wolf Creek Township, Springfield Township, and Liberty Township. Grove City Area School District encompasses approximately . According to 2000 federal census data, it served a resident population of 16,494. By 2010, the district's population was 17,687 people.〔US Census Bureau, 2010 Census Poverty Data by Local Educational Agency, 2011〕 In 2009, the District residents' per capita income was $17,309, while median family income was $45,646 a year.〔American Fact Finder, US Census Bureau, 2009〕 According to District officials, in school year 2007-08, the Grove City Area School District' provided basic educational services to 2,232 pupils through the employment of 197 teachers, 104 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 11 administrators. Grove City Area School District received more than $12.2 million in state funding in school year 2007-08. In school year 2009-10, the Grove City Area School District provided basic educational services to 2,433 pupils. The District employed: 192 teachers, 98 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 11 administrators. Grove City Area School District received more than $12.5 million in state funding in school year 2009-10. The District is one of 16 full and partial public school districts operating in Mercer County and one of 500 public school districts in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Grove City Area School District operates: Highland Primary Center (Kindergarten and first grade), Hillview Intermediate Center (2nd - 5th grade), a middle school for grades 6th-8th, and a 9th - 12th high school. Grove City Area School District employs the Response to Instruction and Intervention model to provide special education services and for behavioral issues in the elementary schools. ==Governance== Grove City Area 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 "F" 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「Grove City Area School District」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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