Conestoga Valley School District
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2110 Horseshoe Road Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17602 United States |
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| District information | |
| Type | Public school district |
| Motto | Character. Community. Commitment. |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Established | 1958 |
| Superintendent | Gerald G. Huesken |
| Schools | Conestoga Valley High School Conestoga Valley Middle School Brownstown Elementary School, Fritz Elementary School, Leola Elementary School, Smoketown Elementary School |
| Budget | $55,814,667 |
| District ID | 4206480 |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 4354 |
| Teachers | 321 |
| Staff | 571 |
| Student-teacher ratio | Grades K-2 - 19:1 Grades 3-12 - 21:1 |
| Athletic conference | Lancaster-Lebanon League |
| District mascot | Buckskin |
| Colors | Red and blue |
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| State District ID | 113361703 |
| Website | www |
The Conestoga Valley School District is a school district covering East Lampeter Township, Upper Leacock Township and West Earl Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It is a member of Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit (IU) 13. The district operates one High School, one Middle School and four Elementary Schools.
In 1958, East Lampeter Township, Upper Leacock Township, and West Earl township merged their school systems to form the Conestoga Valley School District. Its original high school was dedicated on present-day Smoketown Elementary School as East Lampeter High School. Sometime after 1970, the high school was moved to another location along Horseshoe Road, renamed Conestoga Valley High School, and built completely new while the old building was dedicated as Smoketown Elementary School.
Located in Bird In Hand, Penn Johns Elementary School was the previous fifth elementary school of Conestoga Valley. It was the last remaining school for the Plain community that over time lost its original purpose and transitioned into a regular elementary school that served all local residents. It was established around 1953 as an Amish and Old Order Mennonite school, but the Amish community no longer attended the school. In 2007, the Conestoga Valley school board voted to close the school for good, citing new teacher certification requirements, operating costs, and new curriculum requirements. The school served around 35 students at the time of closing taught by only two teachers, one for grades 1-4 and one for grades 5-8. The 35 students then matriculated into the four remaining elementary schools.
For the 2009-2010 school year and beyond, the school board voted to change the school hours of all schools in the district. In previous years, elementary school hours went from 8:20 a.m. to 2:25 p.m. and middle and high school hours went from 7:50 a.m to 3:10 p.m. These hours were changed to 8:50 a.m. to 3:25 p.m. for the elementary schools, 7:35 a.m. to 2:40 p.m. for the middle school, and 7:35 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. for the high school.
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