Mifflinburg Area School District

Mifflinburg Area School District
Mifflinburg Area School District
Address
178 Maple Street
Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania, Union, 17844
United States
Information
School board 9 members elected at large
Superintendent Dan Lichtel - 5 year contract beginning 2010[1]
Grades K-12
Kindergarten 181
Grade 1 160
Grade 2 174
Grade 3 167
Grade 4 160
Grade 5 169
Grade 6 142
Grade 7 160
Grade 8 196
Grade 9 183
Grade 10 190
Grade 11 187
Grade 12 117
Other Enrollment projected to decline to 1927 by 2020 [3]
Mascot Wildcat
Website

The Mifflinburg Area School District is a public school district Union County, Pennsylvania. Centered on the borough of Mifflinburg, it also serves Buffalo Township, New Berlin, Limestone Township, West Buffalo Township, Lewis Township, Hartleton, and Hartley Township. Mifflinburg Area School District encompasses approximately 217 square miles. According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 17,867. In 2009, the per capita income was $16,987, while the median family income was reported as $42,418 a year.[4] According to District officials, in school year 2007-08 the Mifflinburg Area School District provided basic educational services to 2,310 pupils through the employment of 153 teachers, 55 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 17 administrators.

The district operates three elementary schools: Buffalo Crossroads Elementary School, New Berlin Elementary School, and Mifflinburg Elementary School. Additionally, the district has an intermediate school, a middle school, and a high school all located in a cluster within the borough of Mifflinburg. The district is governed by a locally elected, nine member school board, the Pennsylvania State Board of Education and the Pennsylvania General Assembly. The district is included within the Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit 16 region.

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Academic Achievement

Mifflinburg Area School District was ranked 132nd out of 498 Pennsylvania School Districts in 2011, by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on five years of student academic performance on the PSSAs on: reading, writing, mathematics and three years of science.[5]

  • 2010 - 134th [6]
  • 2009 - 169th
  • 2008 - 198th [7]
  • 2007 - 203rd out of 501 school districts.[8]

Mifflinburg Area School District students academic achievement falls in the 69th percentile in Pennsylvania public school districts in 2009. Scale - (0-99; 100 is state best) [9]

Graduation Rate

In 2011, the high school graduation rate was 92%. [10] In 2010, the Pennsylvania Department of Education issued a new, 4 year cohort graduation rate. MIfflinburg Area High School's rate was 92% for 2010.[11]

Former AYP graduation rate

According to a Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children Report, in 2006, 37.6% of Mifflinburg High School graduates did not score proficient or advanced on Math and English PSSAs. The district's graduation requirements are defined in the Strategic Plan and school board policy.

Mifflinburg Area High School does not offer a Dual Enrollment Program in 2009 or 2010.[17] Pennsylvania's Dual Enrollment permits high school students to attend college part time while still enrolled at their high school. Pennsylvania high school juniors and seniors have access to deeply discounted college credits during the school year and in the summer at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania through the ACE program. The program was offered at over 400 Pennsylvania school districts during the 2009-10 school year.

High school

In 2011, the school is in Warning status due to lagging student achievement. In 2010 and 2009 the school achieved AYP. [18]

PSSAs
11th Grade Mathematics:
  • 2011 - 65% on grade level. In Pennsylvania, 60% of 11th graders were on grade level in math.
  • 2010 - 69%, State - 59% [19]
  • 2009 - 64.1%, State - 56%. The high school ranked 6th out of 18 IU16 high schools for math achievement.[20][21]
  • 2008 - 55.2%, State - 56% [22]
  • 2007 - 51.9%, State - 53.7%
  • 2006 - 54%, State - 52% [23]
  • 2005 - 53%, State - 51%
  • 2004 - 41%, State - 49%
11th grade Science:
  • 2011 - 55% on grade level. State - 40% of 11th graders were on grade level. [24]
  • 2010: 47.5%, State - 39% [25]
  • 2009: 50.7%, State - 40% [26]
  • 2008: 42%, State - 39%
11th grade Reading
  • 2011 - 73.4% on grade level (59.4% Advanced). Ranked 8th among CSIU16 region 11th grades. In Pennsylvania 69% of 11th graders were reading on grade level. [27]
  • 2010 - 71%, State - 67%. The 11th grade ranked 12th out of 18 in IU16 region.[28]
  • 2009 - 88%, State - 65%. In 2009, the school ranked 1st of 18 high schools in CSIU16 region for Reading.[29]
  • 2008 - 71.5%, State - 65% [30]
  • 2007 - 75%, State - 65.4% [31]
  • 2006 - 75%, State - 65.1% [32]
  • 2005 - 80%, State - 65%
  • 2004 - 67%, State - 61%

College Remediation rate - In January 2009, research was presented to the Pennsylvania State Board of Education. The research examined course enrollment trends at the state’s 14 community colleges and the 14 institutions in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. The data, provided by PASSHE and the community colleges, showed that during the 2007-08 school year 20% of Mifflinburg Area High School graduates required costly remediation in math and/or reading before they could take regular college courses.[33] This was the second highest remediation rate among the IU16 region's high schools.[34]

Elementary schools

The district operated four elementary schools for the 2011-12 school year. In the spring of 2011, the Administration announced a plan to close three of the districts five elementary schools.

New Berlin Elementary School

In 2010, New Berlin Elementary School has 79 students. In the spring of 2011, the school board announced the intent to close the school at the end of the 2011-12 school year. Community members worked to alter the plan. [35] In September of 2011, the Board voted to close the school at the end of the 2011-12 school year. Local opponents stated they would seek to establish a charter school in the community.

3rd graders Math on grade level
  • 2011 - 100% on grade level. State - 83.5% [36]
  • 2010 - 88.9%, State - 84.5% [37]
  • 2009 - 100%, State - 81.3% [38]
  • 2008 - 92.3%, State - 81%[39]
  • 2007 - 100%, State - 78%

3rd Graders Math low income pupils on grade level
2010: 87.5%, Advanced - 50% | Proficient – 37.5%, State - 74.7%

3rd graders Reading on grade level
  • 2011 - 100%, State - 77.2%[40]
  • 2010 - 77.8%, State - 75%
  • 2009 - 100%, State - 77.1%
  • 2008 - 72.9%, State - 77%
  • 2007 - 78.9%, State - 72%

3rd Graders Reading low income pupils on grade level
2010: 75%, Advanced - 12.5% | Proficient – 62.5%, State – 61.2%

Mifflinburg Elementary School

In 2010, the school reported 96% attendance rate and in 2009 a 95% attendance rate.[41]

3rd graders Math on grade level
  • 2011 - 86.6% (37% advanced), State - 83.5%
  • 2010 - 91.1%, State - 84% [42]
  • 2009 - 86.2%, State - 81.3% [43]
  • 2008 - 92.3%, State - 81%
  • 2007 - 80.3%, State - 78%

3rd Graders Math low income pupils on grade level
2010: 84.8%, Advanced - 37% | Proficient – 47.8%, State - 74.7%

3rd graders Reading on grade level
  • 2011 - 71.4%, State - 77%
  • 2010 - 79.5%, State - 75%
  • 2009 - 78.4%, State - 77%
  • 2008 - 70.9%, State - 77%
  • 2007 - 64.9%, State - 72%

3rd Graders Reading low income pupils on grade level
2010: 71.8%, Advanced - 19.6% | Proficient – 52.2%, State – 61.2%

Buffalo Crossroads Elementary School

In 2010, Buffalo Crossroads Elementary School has 66 students K-3. In August 2011, the Mifflinburg Area School Board voted to close the school building, at the end of the 2011-12 school year, due to very low enrollment. [44]

3rd graders Math on grade level
  • 2011 - 92% (61% advanced), State - 83.5%
  • 2010 - 100%, 50% advanced, State - 84.5% [45]
  • 2009 - 94.8%, State - 81.3%
  • 2008 - 92.3%, State - 81%
  • 2007 - 93.8%, State - 78%
3rd Graders Math low income pupils on grade level

2010: 100%, Advanced - 50% | Proficient – 50%, State - 74.7%

3rd graders Reading on grade level
  • 2011 - 84.6%, State - 77%
  • 2010 - 100%, State - 75%
  • 2009 - 94.7%, State - 77%
  • 2008 - 90.9%, State - 77%
  • 2007 - 62.3%, State - 72%
3rd Graders Reading low income pupils on grade level

2010: 100%, Advanced - 0% | Proficient – 100%, State – 61.2%

Laurelton Elementary School

In 2010, Laurelton Elementary School has 55 students. In the spring of 2011 the school board voted to close the school effective the end of the 2010-11 school year. It noted that costly renovations were needed and that enrollment have been chronically low and was expected to remain so. [46] Students from the school's community will attend Mifflinburg Elementary School beginning in the autumn of 2011.

The school was recognized as a Blue Ribbon School by the US Department of Education in 2009 due to strong student academic achievement.[47]

3rd graders Math on grade level
  • 2011 - 100% (66% advanced), State - 83.5%
  • 2010 - 100% (69% advanced), State - 84.5% [48]
  • 2009 - 100%, State - 81.3% [49]
  • 2008 - 100%, State - 81% [50]
  • 2007 - 91.7%, State - 78%

3rd Graders Math low income pupils on grade level
2010: 100%, Advanced - 57.1% | Proficient – 42.9%, State - 74.7% [51]

3rd graders Reading on grade level
  • 2011 - 93.3%, State - 77%
  • 2010 - 100%, 69% advanced, State - 75% [52]
  • 2009 - 93.4%, State - 77.1% [53]
  • 2008 - 82.4%, State - 77%
  • 2007 - 100%, State - 72%

3rd Graders Reading low income pupils on grade level
2010: 100%, Advanced - 71.4% | Proficient – 28.6%, State – 61.2%

Mifflinburg Area Intermediate School

The school reports that in 2010 and 2009 was 95%.[54] The attendnace rate was 96% in 2011. The school achieved AYP status in 2009, 2010 and 2011. [55]

4th Grade Math
  • 2011 - 93.5% (69% advanced), State - 85.3%
  • 2010 - 91% (72% advanced), State - 84% of 4th graders were on grade level. [56]
  • 2009 - 93% (73% advanced), State - 81% [57]
  • 2008 - 96% (79% advanced), State - 80%
  • 2007 - 87% (55% advanced), State - 78%
4th Reading
  • 2011 - 85.5% (47.7% advanced), State - 73.3[58]
  • 2010 - 85% (45% advanced), State - 73%
  • 2009 - 76% (42% advanced), State - 72%
  • 2008 - 85% (40% advanced), State - 70%
  • 2007 - 70% (15% below basic), State - 60%
4th Science
  • 2011 - 90.5% (48.7% Advanced), State - 82.9%
  • 2010 - 90% (56% advanced), State - 81%
  • 2009 - 88% (49% advanced), State - 83%
  • 2008 - 94% (48% below basic), State - 81%
5th Grade Math
  • 2011 - 85.1% (62.8% advanced), State - 76.3%
  • 2010 - 86% (67% advanced), State - 74%
  • 2009 - 91% (69% advanced), State - 73%
  • 2008 - 82% (57% advanced), State - 73% [59]
  • 2007 - 84% (64% advanced), State - 71%
5th Reading
  • 2011 - 76.3% (30.4% advanced), State - 67.3% [60]
  • 2010 - 66% (26% advanced), State - 64%.
  • 2009 - 69% (27% advanced), State - 64%
  • 2008 - 66% (21% below basic), State - 62%
  • 2007 - 61% (18% below basic), State - 60%

Special Education

In December 2009, the district administration reported that 374 pupils or 17% of the district's pupils received Special Education services.[61]

The District engages in identification procedures to ensure that eligible students receive an appropriate educational program consisting of special education and related services, individualized to meet student needs. At no cost to the parents, these services are provided in compliance with state and federal law; and are reasonably calculated to yield meaningful educational benefit and student progress. To identify students who may be eligible for special education, various screening activities are conducted on an ongoing basis. When a child experiences difficulty within the classroom, screening information will be gathered by a multidisciplinary team located within the child’s school to determine his or her specific needs. These screening activities include: review of group-based data (cumulative records, enrollment records, health records, report cards, ability and achievement test scores); hearing, vision, motor, and speech/language screening; and review by the Instructional Support Team or Student Assistance Team. When screening results suggest that the student may be eligible, the District seeks parental consent to conduct a multidisciplinary evaluation. Parents who suspect their child is eligible make a written request for a multidisciplinary evaluation to the building principal.[62]

Gifted Education

The District Administration reported that 69 or 3.15% of its students were gifted in 2009.[63] The program focuses on experiences directly related to general classes, expanding on current instructional material. Acceleration through the grade level content is provided by a gifted instructor, utilized enrichment opportunities, and advanced content related activities. The program is based on the interests of the student, allowing them to develop critical thinking skills. Secondary level students (7-12) are provided the opportunity to participate in Honors and Advanced Placement courses.

By law, the district must provide mentally gifted programs at all grade levels. The referral process for a gifted evaluation can be initiated by teachers or parents by contacting the student’s building principal and requesting an evaluation. All requests must be made in writing. The principal acts as the case manager for the referral process. A 60 calendar day time-line begins when the signed Permission to Evaluate form is received. To be eligible for mentally gifted programs in Pennsylvania, a student must have a cognitive ability of at least 130 as measured on a standardized ability test by a certified school psychologist. Other factors that indicate giftedness will also be considered for eligibility.[64] Through the strategic planning process, the Superintendent must ensure that Mifflinburg Area School District provides a continuum of program and service options to meet the needs of all mentally gifted students for enrichment, acceleration, or both. The district's program is based on student needs and provides differentiated curriculum using acceleration, enrichment and pull-out options.

Budget

In 2007, the district employed 156 teachers who earned an average salary of $48,107 for 180 days worked.[65] The district has a contract with the local teachers' union through the 2010-2011 school year.[66]

In May 2009, Superintendent Barry Tomasetti reported the district earmarks $489,407, of the $24 million 2009-2010 budget, for noninstructional services, such as student athletics.

The district administration reported that per pupil spending in 2008 was $9,649 which ranked 490th in the state' 501 school districts.[67]

In March 2011, the district announced it is closing Laurelton Elementary School due to low enrollment of 55 pupils coupled with high costs to make repairs and upgrades.[68] Two other elementary school may also be closed for the same reasons. The district estimates saving over $500,000 by reconfiguring the elementary schools. Under consideration are closing New Berlin Elementary School (enrollment 79 pupils) and Buffalo Crossroads Elementary School (enrollment 66 pupils).[69][70]

In January 2010, the Pennsylvania Auditor General conducted a performance audit of the district. The findings were reported to the administration and the school board.[71]

State Basic Education Funding

In 2011-12, the Mifflinburg Area School District will receive $7,381,789 in state Basic Education Funding. [72] Additionally, the district will receive $141,281 in Accountability Block Grant funding. [73] The enacted Pennsylvania state Education budget includes $5,354,629,000 for the 2011-2012 Basic Education Funding appropriation. This amount is a $233,290,000 increase (4.6%) over the enacted State appropriation for 2010-2011. The highest increase in state basic education funding was awarded to Duquesne City School District which got a 49% increase in state funding for 2011-12.[74] Districts experienced a reduction in funding due to the loss of federal stimulus funding which ended in 2011.

In 2010, the district reported that 741 pupils received a free or reduced lunch due to the family meeting the federal poverty level.

For the 2010-11 school year, the Mifflinburg Area School District received 3.87% increase in state basic education Funding for a total of $8,042,180. One hundred fifty Pennsylvania school districts received the base 2% increase. Among Pennsylvania's 500 school districts, the highest increase in 2010-11 went to Kennett Consolidated School District in Chester County which received a 23.65% increase in state funding.[75] The amount of increase each school district receives is determined by the Governor and the Secretary of Education through the allocation set in the state budget proposal made in February each year.[76]

In 2009, the district received a 4.89% increase in state Basic Education funding for $360,633 pushing the total state Basic Education funding to $7,742,422. In Pennsylvania, over 15 school districts received Basic Education Funding increases in excess of 10% in 2009. Muhlenberg School District in Berks County received the highest with a 22.31% increase in funding. The state's Basic Education Funding to the Mifflinburg Area School District in 2008-09 was $7,381,789.[77] The district receives funding under several state and federal funding programs including Accountability Block Grants, specialized grants and Title 1 funding for low income students among others.

According to the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 667 students, in the district, received free or reduced lunches due to low family income in the 2007-2008 school year.[78]

Accountability Block Grants

Beginning in 2004-2005, the state launched the Accountability Block Grant school funding. This program has provided $1.5 billion to Pennsylvania’s school districts. The Accountability Block Grant program requires that its taxpayer dollars are focused on specific interventions that are most likely to increase student academic achievement. These interventions include: teacher training, All Day Kindergarten, lower class size K-3rd grade, literacy and math Coaching programs that provide teachers with individualized job-embedded professional development to improve their instruction, before or after school tutoring assistance to struggling students, For 2010-11 the Mifflinburg Area School District applied for and received $383,473 in addition to all other state and federal funding. The district used the funding to provide Full Day Kindergarten for the six years.[79][80]

Education Assistance Grant

The state's Education Assistance Program funding provides for the continuing support of tutoring services and other programs to address the academic needs of eligible students. Funds are available to eligible school districts and full-time career and technology centers (CTC) in which one or more schools have failed to meet at least one academic performance target, as provided for in Section 1512-C of the Pennsylvania Public School Code. In 2010-11 the Mifflinburg Area School District received $47,123.[81]

Classrooms for the Future grant

The Classroom for the Future state program provided districts with hundreds of thousands of extra state funding to buy laptop computers for each core curriculum high school class (English, Science, History, Math) and paid for teacher training to optimize the computers use. The program was funded from 2006-2009. Mifflinburg Area School District did not apply to participate in 2006-07. In 2007-08, The District received $198,569 and $59,896 in 2008-09 for a total funding of $258,465.[82]

Federal Stimulus Funding

The district received $1,697,768 in Federal Stimulus ARRA funds. This was in addition to all regular state and federal funding.[83] These dollars must be focused on program to improve the academic achievement of students receiving free and reduced lunch or special education students.

Race to the Top Grant

District officials did not apply for the federal Race to the Top grant which would have meant hundreds of thousands in additional federal dollars to improve student achievement. The school board, administration and the teachers' union opted for local control and additional local property taxes. Participation required the administration, the school board and the local teachers' union to sign an agreement to prioritize improving student academic success. In Pennsylvania, 120 public school districts and 56 charter schools agreed to participate.[84] Pennsylvania was not approved for the grant. The failure of districts to agree to participate was cited as one reason that Pennsylvania was not approved.[85]

Enrollment

In May 2011, the school administration announced it would be reducing teaching positions due to a 10% decline in enrollment over the past 10 years. The district announced it will also not fill positions vacated by retirements in 2011.[86] The district reports a substantial decline in enrollment especially in t he elementary buildings. The board closed Laurelton Elementary School, effective the end of the 2011 school year, due to very low enrollment {55 pupils} coupled with multimillion dollars costs to repair the building. The board also announced a review of the issues of maintaing two other school buildings - Buffalo Crossroads Elementary School and New Berlin Elementary School, both of which are older buildings and have very low enrollment. The administration anticipated savings of $570,000 in staffing and operating costs.[70]

The Pennsylvania Department of Education reports that there are 2100 students enrolled in K-12 with declining enrollment projected through 2015.[87] The district administrative costs per pupil in 2008 were $572 per pupil. The lowest administrative cost per pupil in Pennsylvania was $398 per pupil.[88] With limited resources, opportunities for students are limited. A Standard and Poors study found that consolidation of administrations with an adjacent school district would achieve substantial administrative cost savings for people in both communities.[89][90] According to a proposal by Governor Edward Rendell, the excessive administrative overhead dollars could be redirected to improving high school student academic achievement, enriching the curriculum programs or to reducing local property taxes.[91] Consolidation of two central administrations into one would not require the closing of any schools.[92]

Common Cents state initiative

The school board elected to not participate in the Pennsylvania Department of Education Common Cents program. The program called for the state to audit the district, at no cost to local taxpayers, to identify ways the district could save tax dollars.[93] After the review of the information, the district was not required to implement the recommended cost savings changes.

Real Estate Taxes

The school board set the following taxes for 2011-12: property tax at 10.40 mills (A mill is $1 of tax for every $1,000 of a property's assessed value), $10 per capita tax, 1.55 percent of 2.05 percent on local earned income tax and a real estate transfer tax. Pennsylvania exempts pension and social security income from state income tax and local earned income tax. [94]

  • 2010-11 - 10.2100 mills. [95]
  • 2009-10 - 9.8200 mills. [96]
  • 2008-09 - 9.3000 mills. [97]
  • 2007-08 - 8.7900 mills. [98]

Property tax relief

For 2012, the property tax relief, for the district, was set at $139 for 4,082 approved homesteads. In 2010, the Mifflinburg School District property tax relief was set at $156 for 3,632 approved homesteads.[99] In 2009, the Homestead/Farmstead Property Tax Relief from gambling for the school district was $141 per approved permanent primary homestead. In 2008, the tax relief was $156. The relief was subtracted from the total annual school property tax bill. Property owners apply for the relief through the county Treasurer's office. Farmers can qualify for a farmstead exemption on building used for agricultural purposes. The farm must be at least 10 contiguous acres and must be the primary residence of the owner. Farmers can qualify for both the homestead exemption and the farmstead exemption. The highest property tax relief in Pennsylvania went to the residents of Chester Upland School District of Delaware County who received $632 per approved homestead.[100]

Additionally, the Pennsylvania Property Tax/Rent Rebate program is provided for low income Pennsylvanians aged 65 and older; widows and widowers aged 50 and older; and people with disabilities age 18 and older. The income limit is $35,000 for homeowners. The maximum rebate for both homeowners and renters is $650. Applicants can exclude one-half (1/2) of their Social Security income, so people whose income is substantially more than $35,000 may still qualify for a rebate. Individuals must apply annually for the rebate.[101]

Act 1 Adjusted index

The Act 1 of 2006 Index regulates the rates at which each school district can raise property taxes in Pennsylvania. Districts are not allowed to raise taxes above that index unless they allow voters to vote by referendum, or they seek an exception from the state Department of Education. The base index for the 2011-2012 school year is 1.4 percent, but the Act 1 Index can be adjusted higher, depending on a number of factors, such as property values and the personal income of district residents. Act 1 included 10 exceptions including: increasing pension costs, increases in special education costs, a catastrophe like a fire or flood, increase in health insurance costs for contracts in effect in 2006 or dwindling tax bases. The base index is the average of the percentage increase in the statewide average weekly wage, as determined by the PA Department of Labor and Industry, for the preceding calendar year and the percentage increase in the Employment Cost Index for Elementary and Secondary Schools, as determined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the U.S. Department of Labor, for the previous 12-month period ending June 30. For a school district with a market value/personal income aid ratio (MV/PI AR) greater than 0.4000, its index equals the base index multiplied by the sum of .75 and its MV/PI AR for the current year.[102]

The School District Adjusted Index for the Mifflinburg Area School District 2006-2007 through 2011-2012. [103]

  • 2006-07 - 5.3%, Base 3.9%
  • 2007-08 - 4.6%, Base 3.4%
  • 2008-09 - 5.9%, Base 4.4%
  • 2009-10 - 5.6%, Base 4.1%
  • 2010-11 - 4.0%, Base 2.9%
  • 2011-12 - 1.9%, Base 1.4%

For the 2011-12 school year, the Mifflinburg Area School Board did not apply for exceptions to exceed the Act 1 Index. Each year the Mifflinburg Area School Board has the option of adopting either 1) a resolution in January certifying they will not increase taxes above their index or 2) a preliminary budget in February. A school district adopting the resolution may not apply for referendum exceptions or ask voters for a tax increase above the inflation index. A specific timeline for these decisions is publisher each year by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. [104]

According to a state report, for the 2011-2012 school year budgets, 247 school districts adopted a resolution certifying that tax rates would not be increased above their index; 250 school districts adopted a preliminary budget. Of the 250 school districts that adopted a preliminary budget, 231 adopted real estate tax rates that exceeded their index. Tax rate increases in the other 19 school districts that adopted a preliminary budget did not exceed the school district’s index. Of the districts who sought exceptions 221 used the pension costs exemption and 171 sought a Special Education costs exemption. Only 1 school district sought an exemption for Nonacademic School Construction Project, while 1 sought an exception for Electoral debt for school construction. [105] With the 2011 state education budget, the General Assembly repealed most of the Act 1 tax increase exceptions leaving only special education costs, pension costs and prior voter approved (ballot referendum) debt for construction. The cost of construction projects in the future will go to the voters for approval via ballot referendum. Districts can no longer raise property taxes to cover increasing health insurance costs for employees. [106]

Mifflinburg Area School Board did not apply for exceptions to exceed the Act 1 index for the budgets in 2009-10 nor in 2010-11.[107] [108] In the spring of 2010, 135 Pennsylvania school boards asked to exceed their adjusted index. Approval was granted to 133 of them and 128 sought an exception for pension costs increases.[109]

Extracurriculars

The school competes in Baseball, Basketball, Field Hockey, Football, Golf, Lacrosse, Softball, Tennis, Soccer, and Wrestling. The district is a member of the Pennsylvania Heartland Athletic Conference for all athletics and participates under the rules and guidelines of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association.

Mifflinburg School District is known for its music program, which hosts a concert and chamber choir, marching and concert bands, as well as a jazz band and pep band. The school's drama department is a local favorite for their fall production (usually a play) and their spring production (usually a musical).

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.[110]

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