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Twin Valley School District (TVSD) is a school district headquartered in Caernarvon Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, with an Elverson postal address. Within Berks County the district includes Caernarvon Township (including the Berks County part of Morgantown), New Morgan, and Robeson Township (including Gibraltar). Within Chester County the district includes Elverson, Honey Brook, Honey Brook Township, and West Nantmeal Township.

History

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The school district was established in 1955.

The Twin Valley Junior-Senior High School, completed some time before 1960, had a cost of about $2.1 million. 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. 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.

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

In 2022 the district had 3,000 students.

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

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

Schools

Secondary schools

• Twin Valley High School (Caernarvon Township, Elverson address)
• Twin Valley Middle School (Caernarvon Township, Elverson address)

Elementary schools

• Honey Brook Elementary Center (Honey Brook Township, Honey Brook address)
• Robeson Elementary Center (Robeson Township, Birdsboro address)
  • The school bus services transport 90 to 95% of the students. The Berks County government described the school's attendance boundary as "large".
• Twin Valley Elementary Center (Elverson)
  • Its attendance boundary includes areas east of Interstate 176 and southeast of Pennsylvania Route 82.

Notable alumni

• A. J. Alexy, professional baseball player
• Ashley Hoffman (2015) and Kelee Lepage (2016) - members of the US National Field Hockey team at 2024 Summer Paris Olympics.
• Chad Hurley (1995) - co-founder and first CEO of YouTube.

References

1. "Contact Us". Twin Valley School District. Retrieved July 21, 2022. Twin Valley School District Central Administrative Offices 4851 North Twin Valley Road Elverson, PA 19520 - Compare with the township map.
2. ^ "Mapping > Caernarvon Township" (PDF). Berks County, Pennsylvania. Retrieved July 21, 2022. - 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 July 20, 2022. - Text list
4. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Chester County, PA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 20, 2022. - Text list
5. Shade, Ruth Anne (October 22, 2011). "Chronicling the early schools of Twin Valley". Reading Eagle. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
6. ^ "Liberties Union Shuns Entry Into Amish Squabble". The Mercury. Vol. 29, no. 149. Pottstown, Pennsylvania. March 19, 1960. pp. 1, 5. Honey Brook Affair - Clipping of first and of second page at Newspapers.com.
7. "Coaches Assigned By Twin Valley". The Mercury. Pottstown, Pennsylvania. September 9, 1958. p. 3. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
8. "Last Ditch Effort To Settle Amish School Crisis Fails". The Mercury. Vol. 29, no. 133. Pottstown, Pennsylvania. March 1, 1960. pp. 1, 7. - Clipping of first and of second page at Newspapers.com.
9. Mekeel, David (December 8, 2024). "Twin Valley School District picks new superintendent". Reading Eagle. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
10. ^ Hanna, Maddie (February 22, 2022). "There's a campaign to retire Twin Valley's Native American mascot. To address it now is 'irresponsible,' says superintendent". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
11. Dmochowski, Keith (February 23, 2022). "Twin Valley school board maintains stance on retiring Raider mascot: the pandemic comes first". Reading Eagle. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
12. "ACLU-PA Sues Twin Valley School District Over Refusal to Recognize Student Club Critical of District Mascot | ACLU Pennsylvania". www.aclupa.org. November 15, 2023. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
13. Mekeel, David (February 16, 2024). "Twin Valley School District superintendent leaving his post in June". Reading Eagle. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
14. "Wyomissing schools superintendent leaving for Twin Valley schools". Reading Eagle. May 16, 2024. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
15. "Home". Twin Valley High School. Retrieved July 21, 2022. 4897 N. Twin Valley Rd., Elverson PA 19520
16. "Home". Twin Valley Middle School. Retrieved July 21, 2022. 770 Clymer Hill Rd., Elverson PA 19520
17. "Home". Honey Brook Elementary Center. Retrieved July 21, 2022. 1530 W. Walnut Rd., Honey Brook PA 19344
    Compare with map: "Zoning Map" (PDF). Twin Valley School District. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
18. "Home". Robeson Elementary Center. Retrieved July 21, 2022. 801 White Bear Rd., Birdsboro PA
    Compare to: "Mapping > Robeson ownship" (PDF). Berks County, Pennsylvania. Retrieved July 21, 2022. - Profile page
    It has a Birdsboro address but is not in the Birdsboro limits.
19. ^ "V. PUBLIC FACILITIES". Southern Berks Regional Comprehensive Plan (PDF). Berks County, Pennsylvania. p. 81 (PDF p. 2/24).

External links

• Twin Valley School District

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