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Pennsbury School District is located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Bucks County, Pennsylvania

- Industry and commerce :The boroughs of Bristol and Morrisville were prominent industrial centers along the Northeast Corridor during World War II. Suburban development accelerated in Lower Bucks in the 1950s with the opening of Levittown, Pennsylvania, the second such "Levittown" designed by...

, in the United States. The district serves Falls Township

Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Falls Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 34,300 at the 2010 census. Portions of Fairless Hills and Levittown, Pennsylvania, are located in the township...

, Lower Makefield Township

Lower Makefield Township, Pennsylvania

Lower Makefield Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA and usually referred to as "Yardley" due to the prominence of Yardley Borough in that area...

and Yardley

Yardley, Pennsylvania

Yardley is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The small community of Yardley is bordered by the Delaware River and Ewing, New Jersey on the east, and by Lower Makefield Township on the north, west, and south...

, as well as portions of Morrisville

Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Morrisville is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 8,728 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Morrisville is located at . It is situated on the Delaware River directly across from Trenton, New Jersey...

, Newtown

Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

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and Tullytown

Tullytown, Pennsylvania

Tullytown is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,872 at the 2010 census. Part of Levittown is located in Tullytown.-Geography:Tullytown is located at ....

. For the 2009-2010 school year, there are 11,410 students enrolled in the district (includes Bucks Technical High School and Intermediate Unit student totals) with a budget of $175,553,000. There is a total of 1,577 administrative, professional, and support staff.

Schools

There are 15 public schools in Pennsbury School District:

Type	Name	Grades	Enrollment
High School	Pennsbury High School Pennsbury High School Pennsbury High School is a public high school located in Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania, in the United States.With 3,591 students enrolled for the 2009-2010 school year, Pennsbury High School is the largest high school in Bucks County, and the teneth largest high school in the state of Pennsylvania...	9-12	3,591
Middle School	Charles H. Boehm	6-8	770
Middle School	Pennwood	6-8	963
Middle School	William Penn	6-8	998
Elementary School	Afton	KG-5	607
Elementary School	Edgewood	KG-5	674
Elementary School	Eleanor Roosevelt	KG-5	502
Elementary School	Fallsington	KG-5	217
Elementary School	Makefield	KG-5	505
Elementary School	Manor	KG-5	424
Elementary School	Oxford Valley	KG-5	416
Elementary School	Penn Valley	KG-5	321
Elementary School	Quarry Hill	KG-5	634
Elementary School	Village Park	KG-5	317
Elementary School	Walt Disney	KG-5	345

Governance

The Board is composed of nine residents with voting power, each elected for a four-year term. The district Chief Executive Officer is Paul B. Long, Ed.D.

2005 Teacher's Strike

In 2005, the Pennsbury School District experienced a teacher's strike that generated significant regional coverage by the media. After voting down a tentative contract agreement, the leadership of the Pennsbury Education Association (PEA), the union to which all of Pennsbury's teachers belong, was authorized by its members to strike on October 24, 2005. The strike lasted a total of 21 days, the maximum allowed by Pennsylvania state law, and students went back to class on November 22, 2005. According to both the PEA and the school board, salary and health benefits were the main issues. Teachers objected to having to pay more for their health insurance, and wanted to see teacher salaries stay competitive with neighboring school districts. Both sides entered non-binding arbitration on November 22, 2005, as mandated by state law, and posted their final offers on December 6, 2005. In January 2006, teachers and the school board reached a resolution and the contract was accepted.

General

Middle schools

Elementary schools

Sports

Media

Misc.

Pennsylvania Department of Education Academic Achievement Report for the Pennsbury School District

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