Greater Nanticoke Area School District
The Greater Nanticoke Area School District is a midsized, public school district in Luzerne County. The District is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania. The District serves the borough of Nanticoke and the surrounding townships of Plymouth, Newport, and Conyningham. Greater Nanticoke Area School District encompasses approximately 52 square miles (130 km2). According to 2000 federal census data, it served a resident population of 19,443. By 2010, the district's population declined to 19,097 people. In 2009, the per capita income was $16,077 while the median family income was $37,672. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010.
Per Greater Nanticoke Area School District officials, in school year 2007-08 the Greater Nanticoke Area School District provided basic educational services to 2,323 pupils through the employment of 137 teachers, 110 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 8 administrators.
The Greater Nanticoke Area School District operates five schools: a high school (grades 8-12), Educational Center (grades 6 & 7), Elementary Center (grades 3-5), Kennedy Elementary grade 2, K.M.Smith Elementary (grades K & 1).
Greater Nanticoke 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. 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.
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