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For the school district in Ohio, see Twin Valley Community Local Schools.

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

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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]

Robert Pleis was superintendent from circa 2007 until 2020. Patrick Winters became the superintendent in 2021.[9]

In 2022 the district had 3,000 students.[10]

The district has a Native American mascot. In 2022 the superintendent opposed a measure to change the mascot,[10] as did the school board.[11] On November 15th, 2023 the ACLU Pennsylvania filed a federal lawsuit against the Twin Valley School District for refusing the to give official status to the schools 'Retire the Raider Club' on behalf of Twin Valley Student Sloane Wolfe. [12]

In 2024 Winters left his position of superintendent,[13] and Robert Scoboria became the new superintendent. Scoboria was previously superintendent at Wyomissing School District.[14]

Schools

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Secondary schools
  • Twin Valley High School (Caernarvon Township, Elverson address)[2][15]
  • Twin Valley Middle School (Caernarvon Township, Elverson address)[2][16]
Elementary schools

Notable alumni

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References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Berks County, PA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2022-07-20. - Text list
  4. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Chester County, PA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2022-07-20. - Text list
  5. ^ Shade, Ruth Anne (2011-10-22). "Chronicling the early schools of Twin Valley". Reading Eagle. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "Coaches Assigned By Twin Valley". The Mercury. Pottstown, Pennsylvania. 1958-09-09. p. 3. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ Mekeel, David (2024-12-08). "Twin Valley School District picks new superintendent". Reading Eagle. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ "ACLU-PA Sues Twin Valley School District Over Refusal to Recognize Student Club Critical of District Mascot | ACLU Pennsylvania". www.aclupa.org. 2023-11-15. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
  13. ^ Mekeel, David (2024-02-16). "Twin Valley School District superintendent leaving his post in June". Reading Eagle. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
  14. ^ "Wyomissing schools superintendent leaving for Twin Valley schools". Reading Eagle. 2024-05-16. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
  15. ^ "Home". Twin Valley High School. Retrieved 2022-07-21. 4897 N. Twin Valley Rd., Elverson PA 19520
  16. ^ "Home". Twin Valley Middle School. Retrieved 2022-07-21. 770 Clymer Hill Rd., Elverson PA 19520
  17. ^ "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.
  18. ^ "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.
  19. ^ a b "V. PUBLIC FACILITIES". Southern Berks Regional Comprehensive Plan (PDF). Berks County, Pennsylvania. p. 81 (PDF p. 2/24).
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