Pioneer Valley Regional School

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Pioneer Valley Regional School
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Pioneer Valley Regional School
Location
Northfield, MA
USA
Information
School type Public Secondary
Established 1957
Founder Ronald White
School district Pioneer Valley Regional School District
NCES District ID 2509600
Superintendent Ruth Miller
NCES School ID 250960001515
Principal Bill Wehrli
Principal Dale Hopkins
Grades 7-12
Enrollment 461 (2014-2015[3])
 • Grade 7 73
 • Grade 8 87
 • Grade 9 73
 • Grade 10 77
 • Grade 11 68
 • Grade 12 83
Student to teacher ratio 12.58 : 1
Medium of language English
Schedule type Rotating Block Schedulling
Hours in school day 6.5
Campus type Rural
Color(s) Black and Gold
Slogan "Go Panthers!"
Song The Washington Post March
Athletics Yes
Sports Yes
Mascot Black Panther
Team name Pioneer Panthers
Average SAT scores 518 verbal
496 math
492 writing
1506 total (2014-2015)[1]
Newspaper The Panther Press
Budget $4.2M[2]
Communities served Northfield, Bernardston, Leyden, Warwick, Vernon
Feeder schools Northfield Elementary School, Bernardston Elementary School, Pearl Rhodes Elementary School, Warwick Community School, Vernon Elementary School
Alumni Penn Jillette, Aaron Lewis, Adam Dutkiewicz, John Hodgman, Damien Fahey
Website Pioneer Valley Regional School

Pioneer Valley Regional School is a public regional comprehensive secondary school located in Northfield, Massachusetts. It offers grades seven through twelve. It is the primary high school for the towns of Leyden, Massachusetts, Northfield, Massachusetts, Warwick, Massachusetts and Bernardston, Massachusetts. It is also an alternative for students from the neighboring town of Vernon, Vermont. The school was founded in 1957.

History

The Pioneer Valley School District was formed in 1991 following an agreement from the four towns involved: Leyden, Northfield, Warwick, and Bernardston. All four elementary schools feed in to Pioneer.

A second expansion was made in 1992, expanding the high school portion and overhauling the auditorium.

Governance

Since the formation of the Pioneer Valley Regional School District, Pioneer has fallen under the jurisdiction of the district's twelve member school committee, made up of three members from each of the four towns. Though students from Vernon, Vermont are allowed to attend Pioneer, Vernon has no seat at the committee.

Criticism

Throughout the years, Pioneer has drawn criticism from concerned community members, in particular those who live in member communities. The school has been criticized for its handling of finances, including its recent several million dollar investment[2] in technology that failed to allocate any new personnel to deal with the installation, and as a result, the installation remains unfinished.

The school has repeatedly failed to meet state educational goals, with the school being located in the 41st percentile of MCAS test scores. The average SAT scores for the school are, as of 2014, average.[4][5]

Notable Alumni

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External links

References

  1. ↑ http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/state_report/sat_perf.aspx
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://www.pioneervalley.k12.ma.us/pvrsd/PDF/Budget.pdf
  3. ↑ http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?SchoolID=250960001515&ID=250960001515
  4. ↑ http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/sat/sat_perf_dist.aspx?orgcode=07500000&orgtypecode=5&TYPE=DISTRICT&fycode=2014
  5. ↑ http://professionals.collegeboard.com/testing/sat-reasoning/scores/averages
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