Extracurriculars
The district offers a wide variety of clubs, activities and sports.
By Pennsylvania law, all K-12 students in the district, including those who attend a private nonpublic school, cyber charter school, charter school and those homeschooled, are eligible to participate in the extracurricular programs including all athletics. They must meet the same eligibility rules as the students enrolled in the district's schools.
In April 2010, the school board chose to add 25% funding for water polo and boys lacrosse at the same time they cut five teacher positions. However, as of the 2011-2012 budget, those programs are not funded by the district and never were.
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