Franklin Regional School District
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3210 School Rd Murrysville, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County 15668-1553 United States |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1962 |
| Superintendent | Gennaro Piraino |
| Grades | K–12 |
| Number of students | 3,690 pupils |
| • Kindergarten | 253 |
| • Grade 1 | 227 |
| • Grade 2 | 249 |
| • Grade 3 | 269 |
| • Grade 4 | 273 |
| • Grade 5 | 313 |
| • Grade 6 | 296 |
| • Grade 7 | 298 |
| • Grade 8 | 308 |
| • Grade 9 | 307 |
| • Grade 10 | 311 |
| • Grade 11 | 315 |
| • Grade 12 | 330 |
| • Other | Enrollment projected to be 3200 in 2019 |
| Color(s) | Blue and Gold |
| Athletics conference | Keystone |
| Team name | Panthers |
| Budget | 2011-12: $46,091,449 |
| Tuition | for nonresident and charter school students ES - $8,558.37, HS - $8,433.17 |
| per pupil spending | $12,044.68 (2010) |
| per pupil spending | $11,680 (2008) |
| Website | www |
Franklin Regional School District is a midsized, suburban public school district located in Murrysville, Pennsylvania, serving Murrysville and the neighboring communities of Delmont and Export. Franklin Regional School District encompasses approximately 38 square miles (98 km2). According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 22,264 people. According to District officials, in school year 2007-08, Franklin Regional School District provided basic educational services to 3,784 pupils through the employment of 265 teachers, 132 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 18 administrators. Franklin Regional School District received more than $12.3 million in state funding in school year 2007-08.
On April 9, 2014, a mass stabbing incident occurred at the Franklin Regional High School in which at least 20 people were injured, some of them seriously.
The school district consists of five buildings: Franklin Regional High School (grades 9–12), Franklin Regional Middle School (grades 6–8), Heritage Elementary School, Newlonsburg Elementary School, and Sloan Elementary School (each grades K–5). All buildings except for Sloan Elementary are situated on the school's main campus at the intersection of School Road and Old William Penn Highway in Murrysville.
The school's campus at one time extended to additional schools: Sardis Elementary School in Sardis, Delmont Elementary School in Delmont, White Valley Elementary School in White Valley, and Duff Elementary in Export. The Delmont and Duff school buildings are still standing and have been repurposed for other uses (the Delmont building houses the town library). White Valley Elementary was torn down in the late 1980s and the site is now a playground.
The school district is bordered by six other school districts: Burrell S.D., Kiski Area S.D., Greensburg-Salem S.D., Penn-Trafford S.D., as well as Gateway S.D. and Plum S.D.(in Allegheny County).
The school district is a "AAA" (Triple-A) sized school district for football classification (with "AAAA" (Quad-A) being the largest classification).
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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