Mechanicsburg Area School District
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100 E. Elmwood Ave, 2nd floor SouthCentral Pennsylvania Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, Cumberland County 17013-4101 United States |
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| Type | Public |
| Motto | Tradition, Pride, Excellence |
| School board | 9 locally elected members |
| Superintendent | Dr. Mark K. Leidy effective July 1, 2010 (salary $136,360 in 2012) |
| Specialist | Vandrew, Alan, Business Manager (salary $119,848 in 2012) |
| Dean | Mark Krempa Dean of students HS |
| Administrator | Huff, Julia, Asst Super (salary $104,919 in 2012) |
| Director | Kauffman, Robert (salary $101,213 in 2012) |
| Principal | Ference, Leonard, MS (salary $118,962 in 2012) |
| Principal | Harris, David, HS (salary $104,568 in 2012) |
| Principal | Mcintosh, John, ES (salary $100,146 in 2012) |
| Principal | Benner, Laurie, ES ($92,703 in 2012) |
| Principal | Archibald, Krista, ES ($85,066 in 2012) |
| Head teacher | Bigham, Paul, (salary $93,345 in 2012) |
| Staff | 283 staff |
| Faculty | 271 teachers 2011 |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Age | 4 years old preschool to 21 years special education students |
| Pupils | 3,731 pupils (2010) |
| • Kindergarten | 270 |
| • Grade 1 | 316 |
| • Grade 2 | 268 |
| • Grade 3 | 252 |
| • Grade 4 | 267 |
| • Grade 5 | 305 |
| • Grade 6 | 280 |
| • Grade 7 | 290 |
| • Grade 8 | 299 |
| • Grade 9 | 312 |
| • Grade 10 | 283 |
| • Grade 11 | 310 |
| • Grade 12 | 279 |
| Language | English |
| Mascot | Wildcats |
| Budget |
$58,271,025 (2014-2015) |
| per pupil spending | $13,304 in 2008 |
| Per pupil spending | $13,040.75 2010 |
| Website | http://www.mbgsd.org/pages/Mechanicsburg_ASD |
$58,271,025 (2014-2015)
$55 million for 2013-14
$53.6 million budget for 2012-13 $51,924,860 (2011-12)
The Mechanicsburg Area School District is a midsized, suburban, public school district serving the Harrisburg suburbs of Mechanicsburg and Upper Allen Township in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. The Mechanicsburg Area School District encompasses approximately 16 square miles (41 km2). According to the 2000 federal census data, it served a resident population of 25,901. In 2010, the population had grown to 28,664 people. The US Census Bureau reported that district residents' per capita income was $23,507 while the median family income was $60,722 a year. In school year 2007-08, Mechanicsburg Area School District provided basic educational services to 3,687 pupils through the employment of 297 teachers, 208 full-time and part-time support personnel and 25 administrators. In school year 2009-10, the Mechanicsburg Area School District provided basic educational services to 3,703 pupils and employed: 314 teachers, 217 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 35 administrators. Mechanicsburg Area School District received more than $9.9 million in state funding in school year 2007-08.
Mechanicburg Area School District operates: Mechanicsburg Kindergarten Academy, Broad Street Elementary School, Elmwood Elementary School, Northside Elementary School, Shepherdstown Elementary School, Upper Allen Elementary School, Mechanicsburg Area Middle School and Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School. In addition, the District owns the award-winning Trails & Trees Environmental Center, 30-acre (120,000 m2) education area behind the middle school.
Mechanicburg Area 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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