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Millville Area School District is a small, rural, public school district in Columbia County, Pennsylvania. It is centered in the borough of Millville and also serves the townships of Pine, Greenwood, and Madison. Millville Area School District encompasses approximately . According to 2000 federal census data, it served a resident population of 5,500. By 2010, the district's population rose to 5,563 people.〔US Census Bureau, 2010 Census Poverty Data by Local Educational Agency, 2011〕 The educational attainment levels for the Millville Area School District population (25 years old and over) were 87% high school graduates and 19.6% college graduates.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=School District Comparative Analysis Profiles )〕 According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 38.8% 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, Millville Area School District residents’ per capita income was $17,931, while the median family income was $41,867.〔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 )〕 Millville Area School District operates two schools: Millville Area Elementary School and Millville Area Junior Senior High School. Per school district officials, in school year 2005-06, the Millville Area School District provided basic educational services to 756 pupils. It employed 74 teachers, 58 full-time and part-time support personnel and 7 administrators. In school year 2009-10, the Millville Area School District provided basic educational services to 736 pupils. The district employed: 76 teachers, 66 full-time and part-time support personnel and 7 administrators. Millville Area School District received more than $5.6 million in state funding in school year 2009-10. Millville Area District had an enrollment of 746 pupils in 2011-12. The District reported employing: 66 teachers, 64 full-time and part-time support personnel, and seven administrators. The District received $5.9 million in state funding in the 2011-2012 school year. Millville Area High School students may choose to attend Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School which provides training in the trades. The Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit IU16 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. The District is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania. ==Governance== Millville 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.〔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.〔The Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives, The Pennsylvania Project, May 20, 2010〕 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「Millville Area School District」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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