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The Midland Borough School District is a very small public school district serving Midland, Pennsylvania in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. It features one school offering PreK-8th grade Midland Elementary-Middle School. The district encompasses approximately . The 2000 Census Data reported the median household income was $23,117 in a population of 3,137 people. By 2010, the District's population declined to 2,635 people.〔US Census Bureau, 2010 Census Poverty Data by Local Education Agency, 2011〕 The educational attainment levels for the School District population (25 years old and over) were 79.2% high school graduates and 13.2% college graduates.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=School District Comparative Analysis Profiles )〕 According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 64.9% of the District’s pupils lived at 185% or below the Federal Poverty level as shown by their eligibility for the federal free or reduced price school meal programs in 2012.〔Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, Education Facts Student Poverty Concentration by LEA, 2012〕 In 2009, the district residents’ per capita income was $17,066.〔US Census Bureau, American Fact Finder, 2009〕 In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501〔(【引用サイトリンク】author=US Census Bureau )〕 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010.〔(【引用サイトリンク】author=US Census Bureau )〕 In Beaver County, the median household income was $46,190.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pennsylvania Median household income, 2006-2010 by County )〕 By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100. According to District officials, in school year 2009-10 the Midland Borough School District provided basic educational services to 363 pupils, The District employed: 22 teachers, 20 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 4 administrators. Midland Borough School District received more than $3.4 million in state funding in school year 2009-10. In school year 2007-08 Midland Borough School District provided basic educational services to 382 pupils. It employed: 22 teachers, 21 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 4 administrators. Midland Borough School District received more than $3.5 million in state funding for the school year 2007-08. The District operates a single school Midland Elementary Middle School. The Beaver Valley Intermediate Unit IU27 provides the District with a wide variety of services like specialized education for disabled students and hearing, speech and visual disability services and professional development for staff and faculty. ;History Until 1915, Lincoln High School operated within the borough. Despite its closure, In 1985, the school board voted to close Lincoln Jr-Sr High School. With only 150 students in these grades 7th through 12th they could no longer afford to operate the school. The District made two failed attempts to merge with neighboring Western Beaver County School District (1965, and again 1985). Midland School Board entered into a 5-year tuition agreement ($200,000 a year) with Beaver Area School District (1985 to 1990). In 1990, an agreement was reached to bus students 2 miles to East Liverpool High School in East Liverpool, Ohio where they attend 9th through 12th grades and graduate. These were the only Pennsylvania public school students attending a facility in another state.〔Midland Borough, Community History Midland Borough School District History, 2011〕 In February 2015, East Liverpool notified the Midland Borough School Board of its intention to end the agreement. Students currently attending East Liverpool will be permitted to graduate, but no new students will be admitted to the district. ==Governance== Midland Borough 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 Superintendent and Business Manager are appointed by the school board. The Superintendent is the chief administrative officer with overall responsibility for all aspects of operations, including education and finance. The Business Manager is responsible for budget and financial operations. Neither of these officials are voting members of the School Board. The School Board enters into individual employment contracts for these positions. In Pennsylvania, public school districts are required to give 150 days notice to the Superintendent regarding renewal of the employment contract.〔Pennsylvania General Assembly, Pennsylvania School Code, 2013〕 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「Midland Borough School District」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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