Owen J. Roberts School District

School district in Pennsylvania

The Owen J. Roberts School District is a school district in northern Chester County, Pennsylvania. Its headquarters are in South Coventry Township, with a Pottstown postal address.^[1]

The school district operates five elementary schools (East Coventry, North Coventry, East Vincent, West Vincent, and French Creek), one middle school, and one high school (Owen J. Roberts High School). Its administration occupies the Warwick administration building, which used to be Warwick elementary school.

The district has around 4,800 students. The school property tax rate is 30.5045 mills.^[2]

It includes East Coventry Township, East Nantmeal Township, East Vincent Township, North Coventry Township (including Kenilworth and South Pottstown), South Coventry Township (including Pughtown), Warwick Township, and West Vincent Township.^[3]

The school district covers an area of 110 square miles (280 km²) in seven townships. In 2009, the district completed renovations on the middle school. From 2015 to 2018, the district modernized the East Coventry Elementary School building.

The school board has considered adding a new elementary school and rezoning the district to accommodate the rising population of the district. Proposed names have included New Kimberton Elementary School, Gene Elementary School, South Coventry Elementary School, and Boofer Mill Elementary School.

The district is also considering pushing back the school start and stop time from 7:30AM-2:15PM to 8:00AM-2:45PM for the high school and middle school, and from 8:30AM-3:15PM to 8:50AM-3:30PM for the elementary schools for the 2024-25 school year. In addition the district will be changing its kindergarten classes to full time in the 2025-26 school year. [1]

The district is named after Owen J. Roberts (1875-1955), associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, who purchased the Strickland-Roberts Homestead in West Vincent Township in 1927, and died there in 1955.

References

^ "Zoning Map" (PDF). South Coventry Township, Pennsylvania. Retrieved 2022-10-20. - Compare with the street address: "901 Ridge Road, Pottstown, PA 19465"
^ "Taxes / Real Estate Tax Home".
^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Chester County, PA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2022-10-19.

External links

School district website

Chester County, Pennsylvania schools

Main school districts
Avon Grove	Avon Grove High School
Coatesville Area	Coatesville Area High School
Downingtown Area	Downingtown High School Downingtown STEM Academy
Great Valley	Great Valley High School
Kennett Consolidated	Kennett High School
Owen J. Roberts	Owen J. Roberts High School
Oxford Area	Oxford Area High School
Phoenixville Area	Phoenixville Area High School
Tredyffrin/Easttown	Conestoga High School

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Charter schools	Achievement House Charter School Avon Grove Charter School Collegium Charter School Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School Renaissance Academy Charter School
Octorara Area	Octorara Junior-Senior High School Other schools are in Lancaster County
Private schools	Center for Arts and Technology Church Farm School Devon Preparatory School Kimberton Waldorf School Malvern Preparatory School The Concept School Upattinas School and Resource Center Westtown School
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia	Bishop Shanahan High School Vanguard School Villa Maria Academy
Spring-Ford Area	Spring-Ford Senior High School Other schools are in Montgomery County
Twin Valley	Twin Valley High School Other schools are in Berks County
Unionville-Chadds Ford	Unionville High School Other schools are in Delaware County
West Chester Area	West Chester East High School West Chester Henderson High School West Chester Rustin High School Other schools are in Delaware County
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