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and Panic Law. The displaced elementary school students then attended classes on a full-time basis in the junior high school. The junior high school students and the senior high school students used the senior high school building on split sessions. Soon afterward the
Dickson City Elementary School (former Dickson City High School) was destroyed by fire. For the 1978–79 school year, district rented the former St. Patrick's School in Olyphant and used it for seventh and eighth grade students. The secondary students were no longer attending classes on split sessions. The district operated in that mode until the opening of the new Mid Valley Secondary Center on Underwood Road in Throop in the fall of 1981.
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of the decline of anthracite mining in the region, in accordance with this legislation, the schools of the boroughs combined to form the Mid Valley School
District for the 1969–1970 school year. The name picked for the district "Mid Valley" comes from the fact that the three towns are considered to be in the middle of the Lackawanna Valley and the area of the three towns (along with
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students in grades 7 through 9. There was an elementary school for students in kindergarten through sixth grade in each borough. Soon afterward sixth grade students from Throop began to attend classes in
Olyphant. Problems ranging from lack of heat in the winter months, and structural problems plagued the new district throughout much of the first decade.
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In the spring of 1977, while plans for a new junior-senior high school for grades 7–12 on Franko Street in Throop were on hold, the
Olyphant Elementary School and the Dickson City Elementary School were condemned by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry because of violations of the Fire
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Prior to 1969 each borough within the district had operated its own schools. The
Pennsylvania legislature enacted the school district Reorganization Act of 1961, the school district Reorganization Act of 1963, and the school district Reorganization Act of 1968. Due to dwindling populations because
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September 1981, the new high school building was finally opened at its present location at 52 Underwood Road in Throop. The new building housed grades 6 – 12 and was named Mid Valley Secondary Center. With the opening of the new building, Mid Valley Intermediate Center (grades 4 – 6) moved into
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For the 1969–70 school year and throughout most of the 1970s, the district population utilized the former
Olyphant Junior High School as the Mid-Valley Senior High School for students in grades 10 through 12, and the former Dickson City Junior High School as the Mid-Valley Junior High School for
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and is staffed by high school students in journalism electives. Other popular student activities at the secondary center include Leo Club, Mock Trial, Spartan Pride (equivalent to a booster club), National Honors
Society, student council, drama, and yearbook. The Mid Valley Drama Club presents
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The land chosen for the new district building was, at the time a rather remote section of Throop which was mostly wooded which allowed for expansion as a large parcel of land was bought by the district. Spartan
Stadium, the track and football field, as well as an open sports field and
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Lackawanna County, the median household income was $ 43,673. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $ 49,501 and the United States median family income was $ 49,445, in 2010. By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $ 52,100.
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Plans were made to build another building to house both the primary and intermediate students on the district land adjacent to the Secondary Center. The new building was opened for the start of the 1989–1990 school year for students in grades K-6.
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baseball/softball fields were set up at the opposite end of the property from the new building, which was adjacent to Underwood Road. A field house was recently added to the sports complex.
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the building formerly occupied by the senior high school in Olyphant and grades K-3 were Mid Valley Primary Center, housed in the remaining school building in Dickson City.
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507:"School District Comparative Analysis Profiles"
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880:Riverside Junior-Senior High School
862:Old Forge Junior-Senior High School
572:US Census Bureau (September 2011).
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826:Lakeland Junior Senior High School
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144:Business administrator
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687:http://mvspartans.com
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898:Scranton High School
685:Mid Valley Spartans
308:median family income
79:District information
798:Dunmore High School
469:The Spartan Outlook
216:Athletic conference
681:http://www.mvsd.us
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147:Rich Walsh
67:18512-1196
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854:Old Forge
637:913959570
596:USA Today
395:Athletics
359:1981-1989
256:We Are MV
182:42-151-70
112:President
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808:Lakeland
432:Softball
427:Baseball
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248:Spartans
208:Teachers
200:Students
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