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

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

Secondary schools
  • Twin Valley High School (Caernarvon Township, Elverson address)[2][11]
  • Twin Valley Middle School (Caernarvon Township, Elverson address)[2][12]
Elementary schools

Alumni

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References

  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. 1 2 3 "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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 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.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ "Home". Twin Valley High School. Retrieved 2022-07-21. 4897 N. Twin Valley Rd., Elverson PA 19520
  12. ↑ "Home". Twin Valley Middle School. Retrieved 2022-07-21. 770 Clymer Hill Rd., Elverson PA 19520
  13. ↑ "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.
  14. ↑ "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.
  15. 1 2 "V. PUBLIC FACILITIES". Southern Berks Regional Comprehensive Plan (PDF). Berks County, Pennsylvania. p. 81 (PDF p. 2/24).
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