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The Wyoming Area School District is a midsized, suburban, public school district located in northeastern Luzerne County and southeastern Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. It is situated midway between Wilkes-Barre and Scranton (USA). The District is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania. Wyoming Area School District is composed of six municipalities: West Pittston, Exeter, Wyoming, West Wyoming, Harding and Falls Township, covering approximately primarily in Luzerne County. According to 2000 federal census data, it served a resident population of 20,386. The 2010 federal census data, reported a decline of the District's resident population to 19,386 people. In 2009, Wyoming Area School District residents' per capita income was $18,034, while the median family income was $43,321.〔American Fact Finder, US Census Bureau, 2010〕 In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 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 )〕 By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100. Per school district officials, in school year 2007-08, the Wyoming Area School District provided basic educational services to 2,860 pupils through the employment of 171 teachers, 127 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 12 administrators. By the 2009-10 school year, Wyoming Area School District enrollment had declined significantly to 2,650 pupils. The Wyoming Area School District employed: 169 teachers, 137 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 10 administrators. Wyoming Area School District received more than $11.1 million in state funding in school year 2009-10. WASD received more than $10.2 million in state funding in school year 2007-08. Wyoming Area School District operates five schools from grades K-12 consisting of the Secondary Center in Exeter, the Tenth Street Elementary School in Wyoming, the John F. Kennedy Elementary School in Exeter, the Montgomery Avenue Elementary School in West Pittson and the Sarah J. Dymond Elementary School in Harding. Wyoming Area offers a full-day kindergarten. The district has aligned the curricula to the state standards. ==Governance== Wyoming Area School District is governed by 9 individually elected board members (serve without compensation for a term of four years), 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 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「Wyoming Area School District」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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