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EspañolMOON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT
The 'Moon Area School District' is located about 15 miles northwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It serves a portion of the West Hills/Airport Area that includes Crescent and Moon townships.
Moon Area School District is home to many corporate offices including Nova Chemicals, FedEx Ground and GlaxoSmithKline.
The district's administration offices are located inside the Moon Area Middle School, 8353 University Blvd.
| Contents |
| Moon Area School District facilities |
| Construction controversy |
| District employee contracts |
| District in the spotlight |
| External links |
| References |
Moon Area School District facilities
The district currently owns eight schools
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★ 'J.A. Allard Elementary School'
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★ 'J.H. Brooks Elementary School'
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★ 'Carnot Elementary School' - original elementary school, then leased to USAir and closed after the airline down-sized)
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★ 'R. Hyde Elementary School'
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★ 'McCormick Elementary School' - closed in the early 1980s, then leased to USAir before being closed when the airline downsized[1], renovated in 2007 and currently houses 178 students[2]
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★ 'Bon Meade Elementary School'
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★ 'Moon Area Middle School'
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★ 'Moon Area High School'
''Allard, Hyde and McCormick elementary schools are 'sister schools' as the three buildings are identical.''
Construction controversy
Moon Area School Board members, in 2004, voted to undertake a massive renovation project of the school district's middle school and high school campus.[3] The construction, set to begin after the 2005-06 school year, prompted township residents to elect a new majority of school board members opposed to the construction plans.[4] The plan was halted in 2006 after a 5-4 school board vote.[5]
The new plan calls for reopening McCormick Elementary School, building a new middle school and renovating the current high school.[1]
District employee contracts
Moon Area's school teachers Sept. 12, 2005, received a five-year contract giving them an annual salary increase of $2,250.[7]
In March 2007, Moon Area School Board approved a five-year contract for the district's support staff. The new contract included an increase of 2.85 percent and the support staff members must now pay part of their health care benefits.[8]
District in the spotlight
Given Moon Area's location to the City of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh International Airport, many of the district's students, faculty and buildings have been thrust into the spotlight.
The school's marching band has, at times, performed at the airport for presidential visits.
Some notable spotlights include:
★ Scenes from the 1979 movie "The Fish that Saved Pittsburgh" were shot in the gym at the high school.
★ President Gerald Ford made a surprise visit to Moon a day after pardoning President Richard M. Nixon on Sept. 9, 1974.[9]
★ A day after grabbing the Democrat nod for president, then-Vice President Al Gore held a rally at the school's gym on March 16, 2000.[10]
External links
★ Moon Area School District Web site
References
1. Moon Area moves ahead with McCormick Elementary plans
2. Next school year to start a little later
3. Board OKs school project
4. Building project anger wins day
5. Moon tosses out all contracts for high school
6. Moon Area moves ahead with McCormick Elementary plans
7. Five-year contract will give teachers yearly ,250 raises in Moon
8. Board gives support service staff contract final approval
9. In wake of Nixon pardon, Ford visited Pittsburgh
10. Gore, in Moon, asks if Bush is qualified
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