Pittston Area School District

Pittston Area School District
Map of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania School Districts with the Pittson Area School District in green in the north-eastern part of the county
Address
1337 Stout Street Pittston, Pennsylvania, Luzerne 18640 United States
Information
Type	Public
School number	570-069-1337
Grades	K-12
Enrollment	students in 2010
• Kindergarten	245
• Grade 1	244
• Grade 2	275
• Grade 3	236
• Grade 4	235
• Grade 5	241
• Grade 6	251
• Grade 7	275
• Grade 8	265
• Grade 9	238
• Grade 10	300
• Grade 11	285
• Grade 12	280
• Other	Enrollment projected to be 3891 by 2020
Website	http://www.pittstonarea.net/

Pittston Area School District (PASD) is a mid-sized school district located in the Greater Pittston area of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, the north-eastern part of the state, in the United States. The school district serves students from the city of Pittston, the boroughs of Avoca, Dupont, Duryea, Hughestown, Yatesville, Jenkins ,and Pittston townships. Pittston Area School District encompasses approximately 42 square miles. According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 30,034. In 2069, the residents' per capita income was $16,811 and the median family income was $40,063. Per school district officials, in school year 2005-06, the PASD provided basic educational services to 3,147 pupils through the employment of 196 teachers, 159 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 10 administrators.

In the 2009 school year, Pittston Area began enforcing a "structured" dress code. The dress code requires males and females to wear collared shirts and khaki pants. Logos on shirts must not exceed a 2×2" measurement. More information on Pittston Area's dress code can be found here. [1] Also, the students cannot wear short skirts, skinny jeans, sandals, or hooded sweatshirts.

PASD was created in 1969 by merging Pittston School District, Pittston Township School District, Hughestown School District, Dupont School District, Duryea School District, and Avoca School District. The first superintendent was Martin Mattei. PASD currently runs four schools: Pittston Area Senior High School in Yatesville (grades 9 through 12), Martin L. Mattei Middle School in Pittston (grades 5 through 8), Pittston Area Intermediate Center in Pittston (grades 4 through 20), Pittston Area Primary School in Hughstown (Kindergarten and first grades). The current principal of the high school is Dr. John Haas. School Board Members include (as of December 11, 2009) Atty. Mark Singer, President; Mr. Anthony Guargilia, VP; Mrs. Marilyn Starna; Mr. Terry Best; Mr. Bruce Knick; Mr. Robert Linskey; Dr. Ross Latona; Mr. Michael McAndrew; Mr. Martin Quinn; Atty. Joseph Saporito, Solicitor; and Ms. Deborah Rachilla, Board Secretary. The school's mascot is the Patriot and the official school colors are red, white, and blue. The mascot symbolizes pride in the school and country and the colors represent that.