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The Jersey Shore Area School District is a large rural, public school district in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania and Clinton County, Pennsylvania. The district encompasses approximately . It is centered on the borough of Jersey Shore and serves the surrounding Lycoming County municipalities of Limestone Township, Bastress Township, Nippenose Township, Porter Township, Piatt Township, Anthony Township, Mifflin Township, Watson Township, Cummings Township, McHenry Township, Brown Township, and Salladasburg. It also encompasses Avis, Pine Creek Township, and Crawford Township in Clinton County. The District was organized in 1966 by a consolidation of eleven smaller school districts. Jersey Shore Area School District received more than $18.6 million in state funding in school year 2009-10. According to 2010 state census data, it serves a resident population of 17,858. District officials, in school year 2009-10 the Jersey Shore Area School District provided basic educational services to 2,686 pupils through the employment of 212 teachers, 180 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 19 administrators. According to 2000 federal census data, Jersey Shore Area School District served a resident population of 19,807. In the 2007-2008 school year, Jersey Shore Area School District provided basic educational services to 2,805 pupils. The District employed of 213 teachers, 53 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 15 administrators in 2008. Jersey Shore Area School District operates six schools: Avis Elementary School, Jersey Shore Elementary School, Nippenose Elementary School, Salladasburg Elementary School, Jersey Shore Area Middle School (6-8), and Jersey Shore Area High School (9-12). The District has a separate administration building. Due to steadily declining enrollment, the Board is grappling with consolidating elementary schools. ==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.〔Pennsylvania Public School Code Governance 2010〕 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「Jersey Shore Area School District」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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