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Pittston Area School District (PASD) is a mid-sized school district located in the Greater Pittston area of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, the north-eastern part of the state, in the United States. The school district serves students from the city of Pittston, the boroughs of Avoca, Dupont, Duryea, Hughestown, Yatesville, Jenkins ,and Pittston townships. Pittston Area School District encompasses approximately 42 square miles. According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 30,034. In 2009, the residents' per capita income was $16,811 and the median family income was $40,063.〔American Fact Finder, US Census Bureau, 2010〕 Per school district officials, in school year 2005-06, the PASD provided basic educational services to 3,147 pupils through the employment of 196 teachers, 159 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 10 administrators. In the 2009 school year, Pittston Area began enforcing a "structured" dress code. The dress code requires males and females to wear collared shirts and khaki pants. Logos on shirts must not exceed a 2×2" measurement. More information on Pittston Area's dress code can be found here. () Also, the students cannot wear short skirts, skinny jeans, sandals, or hooded sweatshirts. PASD was created in 1966 by merging Pittston School District, Pittston Township School District, Hughestown School District, Dupont School District, Duryea School District, and Avoca School District. The first superintendent was Martin Mattei. PASD currently runs four schools: Pittston Area Senior High School in Yatesville (grades 9 through 12), Martin L. Mattei Middle School in Pittston (grades 5 through 8), Pittston Area Intermediate Center in Pittston (grades 2 through 4), Pittston Area Primary School in Hughstown (Kindergarten and first grades). The current principal of the high school is Mr. John Haas. School Board Members include (as of December 11, 2009) Atty. Mark Singer, President; Mr. Anthony Guargilia, VP; Mrs. Marilyn Starna; Mr. Terry Best; Mr. Bruce Knick; Mr. Robert Linskey; Dr. Ross Latona; Mr. Michael McAndrew; Mr. Martin Quinn; Atty. Joseph Saporito, Solicitor; and Ms. Deborah Rachilla, Board Secretary. The school's mascot is the Patriot and the official school colors are red, white, and blue. The mascot symbolizes pride in the school and country and the colors represent that. ==Academic achievement== Pittston Area School District was ranked 200th out of 498 Pennsylvania school districts in 2011 by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on student academic performance based on the PSSAs for: reading, writing, math and two years of science.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Statewide Honor Roll. )〕 *2010 - 191st〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Statewide Honor Roll. )〕 *2009 - 223rd *2008 - 245th *2007 - 254th out of 501 Pennsylvania school districts.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Three of top school districts in state hail from Allegheny County, )〕 In 2009, the academic achievement of the pupils in the district was in the 54th percentile among Pennsylvanian's 500 school districts. Scale (0-99; 100 is state best)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pittston Area School District 2009 PSSA RESULTS )〕 In 2007, the student achievement at Pittston Area School District ranked 3rd among Luzerne County public school districts. At PASD, 91% of students were on grade level in mathematics, while 87% were on grade level in reading. In the county, 87% of pupils were on grade level in mathematics and 87% were on grade level for reading. Wyoming Area School District had the highest achievement with 94% of students on grade level in both mathematics and reading.〔Lackawanna and Luzerne Indicators Report - Education, The Institute, May 2009〕 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「Pittston Area School District」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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