Fort Cherry School District
| Fort Cherry School District | |
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110 Fort Cherry Road McDonald, Pennsylvania 15057 United States |
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| District information | |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | "…learning is for life" |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Established | 1959 |
| Superintendent | Dr. Jill Jacoby |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 1,243 (as of 2015-16) |
| Teachers | 95 (as of 2015-16) |
| District mascot | Ranger |
| Colors | Red and White |
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| Website | Fort Cherry School District |
Fort Cherry School District is a small, rural public school district located in southwestern Pennsylvania. It covers a portion of suburban Pittsburgh and some outlying rural areas. The district serves students in a 58-square-mile (150 km2) area that includes the towns of McDonald and Midway and the village of Hickory, as well as the townships of Robinson and Mount Pleasant. According to a 2008 local census, it serves a resident population of 8,878. The residents' per capita income was $17,963, while median family income was $45,688. According to District officials, in school year 2007-08 the Fort Cherry School District provided basic educational services to 1,236 pupils through the employment of 95 teachers, 16 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 9 administrators. Fort Cherry School District received more than $8.9 million in state funding in school year 2007-08.
Established in 1959, this area was previously a fort created and inhabited by Tom Cherry and his family. This fort was eventually torn down to create Fort Cherry High School, with Fort Cherry Elementary Center eventually being added next to the high school.
The 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. 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.
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