Twin Valley School District (TVSD) is a school district headquartered in Caernarvon Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, with an Elverson postal address.[1][2] Within Berks County the district includes Caernarvon Township (including the Berks County part of Morgantown), New Morgan, and Robeson Township (including Gibraltar).[3] Within Chester County the district includes Elverson, Honey Brook, Honey Brook Township, and West Nantmeal Township.[4]
History edit
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The school district was established in 1955.[5]
The Twin Valley Junior-Senior High School, completed some time before 1960,[6] had a cost of about $2.1 million.[7] In 1960 there was a controversy over some Amish men who were jailed for not allowing their children to attend the junior-senior high school. The Twin Valley School District's board of trustees required that if the Amish men wished to give a religious education, they should not home school and instead incorporate a formal school of their own.[6] The principal of the high school stated that it would not be feasible for the school district to operate a one room schoolhouse at the middle school for the Amish children.[8] In 2022 the district had 3,000 students.[9]
The district has a Native American mascot. In 2022 the superintendent opposed a measure to change the mascot,[9] as did the school board.[10]
Schools edit
- Secondary schools
- Twin Valley High School (Caernarvon Township, Elverson address)[2][11]
- Twin Valley Middle School (Caernarvon Township, Elverson address)[2][12]
- Elementary schools
- Honey Brook Elementary Center (Honey Brook Township, Honey Brook address)[13]
- Robeson Elementary Center (Robeson Township, Birdsboro address)[14]
- The school bus services transport 90 to 95% of the students. The Berks County government described the school's attendance boundary as "large".[15]
- Twin Valley Elementary Center (Elverson)
- Its attendance boundary includes areas east of Interstate 176 and southeast of Pennsylvania Route 82.[15]
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References edit
- ^ "Contact Us". Twin Valley School District. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
Twin Valley School District Central Administrative Offices 4851 North Twin Valley Road Elverson, PA 19520
- Compare with the township map. - ^ a b c "Mapping > Caernarvon Township" (PDF). Berks County, Pennsylvania. Retrieved 2022-07-21. - Profile page - Compare to the address. The zoning map published by the township.
- ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Berks County, PA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2022-07-20. - Text list
- ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Chester County, PA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2022-07-20. - Text list
- ^ Shade, Ruth Anne (2011-10-22). "Chronicling the early schools of Twin Valley". Reading Eagle. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
- ^ a b "Liberties Union Shuns Entry Into Amish Squabble". The Mercury. Vol. 29, no. 149. Pottstown, Pennsylvania. 1960-03-19. pp. 1, 5.
[...]Honey Brook Affair [referring to one of the sending communities][...]
- Clipping of first and of second page at Newspapers.com. - ^ "Coaches Assigned By Twin Valley". The Mercury. Pottstown, Pennsylvania. 1958-09-09. p. 3. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Last Ditch Effort To Settle Amish School Crisis Fails". The Mercury. Vol. 29, no. 133. Pottstown, Pennsylvania. 1960-03-01. pp. 1, 7. - Clipping of first and of second page at Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Hanna, Maddie (2022-02-22). "There's a campaign to retire Twin Valley's Native American mascot. To address it now is 'irresponsible,' says superintendent". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
- ^ Dmochowski, Keith (2022-02-23). "Twin Valley school board maintains stance on retiring Raider mascot: the pandemic comes first". Reading Eagle. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
- ^ "Home". Twin Valley High School. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
4897 N. Twin Valley Rd., Elverson PA 19520
- ^ "Home". Twin Valley Middle School. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
770 Clymer Hill Rd., Elverson PA 19520
- ^ "Home". Honey Brook Elementary Center. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
1530 W. Walnut Rd., Honey Brook PA 19344
Compare with map: "Zoning Map" (PDF). Twin Valley School District. Retrieved 2022-07-21. - ^ "Home". Robeson Elementary Center. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
801 White Bear Rd., Birdsboro PA
Compare to: "Mapping > Robeson ownship" (PDF). Berks County, Pennsylvania. Retrieved 2022-07-21. - Profile page
It has a Birdsboro address but is not in the Birdsboro limits. - ^ a b "V. PUBLIC FACILITIES". Southern Berks Regional Comprehensive Plan (PDF). Berks County, Pennsylvania. p. 81 (PDF p. 2/24).