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The Jamestown Area School District is a diminutive, rural, public school district serving parts of Mercer County, Pennsylvania and Crawford County, Pennsylvania. It encompasses including the communities of Jamestown and Greene Township in Mercer County, and the municipalities of West Shenango Township and South Shenango Township in Crawford County. The enrollment, in 2011 was 580 pupils. This is among the 10% lowest enrollment in districts within the Commonwealth. According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 4,377. By 2010, the district's population declined to 4,245 people.〔US Census Bureau, 2010 Census Poverty Data by Local Educational Agency, 2011〕 In 2009, the Jamestown Area School District residents' per capita income was $16,562, while the median family income was $40,690.〔American Fact Finder, US Census Bureau, 2009〕 According to District officials, during the school year 2007-08, the Jamestown Area School District provided basic educational services to 676 pupils through the employment of 47 teachers, 28 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 5 administrators. Jamestown Area School District received more than $4.2 million in state funding in school year 2007-08. In school year 2009-10, Jamestown Area School District provided basic educational services to 571 pupils. The District employed: 47 teachers, 30 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 4 administrators. Jamestown Area School District received more than $4.3 million in state funding in school year 2009-10. Jamestown Area School District operates: Jamestown Area Elementary School and Jamestown Area Junior Senior High School. ==Governance== Jamestown Area School District is governed by 9 individually elected school 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 fluency and basic 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「Jamestown Area School District」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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