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{{short description|School district in Pennsylvania}}
{{Infobox school
{{Infobox school district
| name = Daniel Boone Area School District
| latin_name =
| name = Daniel Boone Area School District
| image = Map of Berks County Pennsylvania School Districts.png
| image = Map of Berks County Pennsylvania School Districts.png
| imagesize = 300 px
| caption =
| caption =
| location = Southeastern Berks County
| streetaddress = 501 Chestnut Street
| location = Southeastern Berks County
| streetaddress = 2144 Weavertown Road
| region =
| region =
| city = [[Birdsboro, Pennsylvania]]
| city = Douglassville
| province =
| state = [[Pennsylvania]]
| county = Berks County
| province =
| zipcode = 19508
| county = Berks County
| coordinates =
| zipcode = 19518
| authority =
| coordinates =
| oversight =
| affiliation =
| school board =9 locally elected members: Carol Beitz, Connor Kutz, Rich Martino, Dane Ochis-O'Neil, Scott Potts, David Rathgeb, Jeffrey Scott, Tamara Twardowski, Michael Wolfe
| authority =
| type = Public
| oversight =
| mascot = Blazers
| affiliation =
| colors = Carolina blue and white
| superintendent = James Harris
| students =
| trustee =
| website = {{url|www.dboone.org}}
| founder =
| specialist =
| president = Michael Wolfe
| vice president =
| treasurer = Tamara Twardowski
| secretary = Dane Ochis-O'Neil
| principal = Melanie Hefter, MEC
| principal1 = Dane Miller, AEC
| principal3 = Jenny Rexrode, MS
| principal4 = Preston McKnight, HS
| viceprincipal = Megan Weber, HS
| viceprincipal1 = Aaron Sborz, HS
| viceprincipal2 = Philip Repko, MS
| administrator =
*Loren Small, Chief Financial Officer
*Michelle Cinciripino, Chief Academic Officer
*Shelly Mieczkowski, Executive Director of Special Education
*Scott Matz, Chief Technology Officer
*Casey Blankenbiller, Buildings and Grounds Supervisor
*George Schmidt, Director of Athletics and Activities
*Kathlene Haines, Business Manager
*Jeff Belford, Transportation Coordinator
| director =
| custodian =
| staff = 276 non teaching staff members (2011)
| faculty = 230 teachers (2011)<ref>National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data - Daniel Boone Area School District, 2012</ref>
| ratio = 15.05:1
| SAT = 12{{citation needed|date=January 2015}}
| type = Public
| budget = $52,630,781 (2013–14)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tricountyrecord.com/article/20130627/NEWS01/130629870/basic-skills-saved-no-tax-hike-in-new-daniel-boone-school-budget |title=BASIC SKILLS SAVED, NO TAX HIKE IN NEW DANIEL BOONE SCHOOL BUDGET |author=Denise Larive |publisher=21st-Century Media |date=June 27, 2013}}</ref>
50,776,154 (2012–13)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dboone.org/administration/Documents/Budget%20Newsletter%2012%2013.pdf |title=Daniel Boone Area School District Budget presentation 2012 |author=Daniel Boone Area School District Administration |year=2012}}</ref><br>
$49,479,072 (2011–12)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dboone.org/administration/departments/businessoffice/20122013Budget/01-23-12BudgetPresentation.pdf |title=2012-2013 Budget Preparation DBASD Budget Workshop |author=Daniel Boone Area School District Administration |date=January 23, 2012}}</ref><br>
$49,980,958 (2010–11)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dboone.org/administration/departments/businessoffice/201112%20Budget/DBSD%202011-12%20BudgetPrep.pdf |title=2011-2012 Budget Preparation DBASD Budget Workshop |author=Daniel Boone Area School District Administration |date=January 18, 2011}}</ref><br>
$41,502,000 (2009–10)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://febp.newamerica.net/k12/PA/ |title=Daniel Boone Area School District data report |author=Federal Education Budget Project |year=2010}}</ref><br>
$39,608,000 (2008–09)<br>
$36,794,000 (2007–08)<br>
$34,162,000 (2006–07)
| grades = K-12
| age range = 5 years old Kindergarten - 21 years old for special education students
| medium =
| language = English
| athletics = Cheer, Football, Basketball, Baseball, Volleyball, Soccer, Lacrosse, Field Hockey, Tennis, Softball, Wrestling, ettc.
| rival = Exeter
| mascot = Blazers
| motto = We are DB, We are the one
| nickname = Boone
| colors = Carolina Blue and White
| yearbook = Orion
| closed = Amity Primary Center (2013), Monocacy Kdg Ctr (2008), Roosevelt El Center (1990)<ref>Pennsylvania Department of Education, EDNA - PA Education LEA Directory, 2013</ref>
| pupils = 3,567 pupils (2017)
| School District Class = 3
| free_label1 = Per pupil spending
| free_text1 = $11,381 (2008)
| free_label2 = Per pupil spending
| free_text2 = $12,400.53 (2011)
| homepage = http://www.dboone.org/
}}
}}
The '''Daniel Boone Area School District''' covers the Borough of [[Birdsboro, Pennsylvania|Birdsboro]] and [[Amity Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania|Amity Township]] and [[Union Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania|Union Township]] in [[Berks County, Pennsylvania]]. The district encompasses approximately {{convert|39|sqmi|km2}}. According to 2000 federal census data, it served a resident population of 17,384. By 2010, the district's population increased to 21,270 people.<ref>US Census Bureau, 2010 Census Poverty Data by Local Educational Agency, 2011</ref> In 2009, the District residents’ [[per capita income]] was $23,825, while the [[median family income]] was $63,824.<ref>US Census Bureau, American Fact Finder, 2009</ref> In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 <ref>{{cite web |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/42000.html |author=US Census Bureau |title=American Fact Finder, State and County quick facts |year=2010}}</ref> and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/p60-239.pdf |author=US Census Bureau |title=Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2010 |date=September 2011}}</ref> By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2013/08/31/most-popular-six-figure-jobs/2749981/ |title=America's most popular six-figure jobs |author1=Michael Sauter |author2=Alexander E.M. Hess |publisher=USA Today |date=August 31, 2013}}</ref>
The '''Daniel Boone Area School District''' covers the Borough of [[Birdsboro, Pennsylvania|Birdsboro]], [[Amity Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania|Amity Township]], and [[Union Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania|Union Township]] in [[Berks County, Pennsylvania]]. The district encompasses approximately {{convert|39|sqmi|km2}}. According to 2000 federal census data, it served a resident population of 17,384. By 2010, the district's population increased to 21,270 people.<ref>US Census Bureau, 2010 Census Poverty Data by Local Educational Agency, 2011</ref> In 2009, the district residents’ [[per capita income]] was $23,825, while the [[median family income]] was $63,824.<ref>US Census Bureau, American Fact Finder, 2009</ref> In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 <ref>{{cite web |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/42000.html |author=US Census Bureau |title=American Fact Finder, State and County quick facts |year=2010 |access-date=2013-09-21 |archive-date=2014-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006065329/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/42000.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/p60-239.pdf |author=US Census Bureau |title=Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2010 |date=September 2011}}</ref>


According to Daniel Boone Area School District officials, in school year 2009-10 the District provided basic educational services to 3,973 pupils. It employed: 279 teachers, 222 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 13 administrators. Daniel Boone Area School District received more than $14.4 million in state funding in school year 2009-10.
Daniel Boone Area School District operates Daniel Boone Area High School (9-12), Daniel Boone Area Middle School (5-8), Daniel Boone Area Intermediate Center (2-4), and Daniel Boone Area Primary Center (K-1).


==Extra Curriculars==
Daniel Boone Area School District operates Daniel Boone High School (9-12), Daniel Boone Middle School (6-8), Amity Elementary Center (K-5), Birdsboro Elementary Center (3-5) and Monocacy Elementary Center (K-2). In 2009, 100% of the kindergarteners in Daniel Boone Area School District attended full-day kindergarten. This program was later reduced to half-time by order of the Board of Directors due to budgetary constraints.<ref>Pennsylvania Partnership for Children, Full-Day Kindergarten Enrollment, 2011</ref> The District is one of the 500 [[List of school districts in Pennsylvania|public school districts of Pennsylvania]].
The district offers a wide variety of clubs, activities and an extensive sports program.

==Governance==
Daniel Boone Area School District is governed by 9 individually elected board members (serve without compensation for a term of four years), the Pennsylvania State Board of Education, the [[Pennsylvania Department of Education]] and the [[Pennsylvania General Assembly]].<ref>Pennsylvania Public School Code Governance 2010</ref> The federal government controls programs it funds like: Title I funding for low income children in the [[Elementary and Secondary Education Act]] and the [[No Child Left Behind Act]], which mandates the district focus resources on student success in acquiring reading and math skills. The Superintendent and Business Manager are appointed by the school board. The Superintendent is the chief administrative officer with overall responsibility for all aspects of operations, including education and finance. The Business Manager is responsible for budget and financial operations. Neither of these officials are voting members of the School Board.

==Academic achievement==
Daniel Boone Area School District was ranked 225th out of 498 Pennsylvania school districts by the [[Pittsburgh Business Times]] in 2013.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2013/04/05/statedistrictrank2013.html |title=Guide to Pennsylvania Schools Statewide ranking 2013 |author=Pittsburgh Business Times |date=April 5, 2013}}</ref> The ranking was based on student academic achievement as demonstrated on the last three years of the [[Pennsylvania System of School Assessment|PSSA]]s for: reading, writing, math and science.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2013/04/05/statedistrictrank2013.html |title=Statewide Honor Roll Rankings 2013 |publisher=Pittsburgh Business Times |date=April 5, 2013}}</ref> The PSSAs are given to all children in grades 3rd through 8th and the 11th grade in high school. Adapted examinations are given to children in the special education programs.

*2012 - 255th <ref>Pittsburgh Business Times, Statewide Honor Roll Rankings 2012, April 4, 2012</ref>
*2008 - 239th
*2007 - 209th out of 501 school districts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wtae.com/education/13346734/detail.html |title=Three of top school districts in state hail from Allegheny County |publisher=Pittsburgh Business Times |date=May 23, 2007 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718122159/http://www.wtae.com/education/13346734/detail.html |archivedate=2011-07-18 |df= }}</ref>

;Overachiever statewide ranking:
In 2013, the Pittsburgh Business Times also reported an Overachievers Ranking for 498 Pennsylvania school districts. '''Daniel Boone Area School District ranked 482nd. In 2012, the District was ranked 490th.''' <ref>Pittsburgh Business Times, Statewide Overachivers Ranking Information 2013, April 4, 2013</ref> The editor describes the ranking as: "a ranking answers the question - which school districts do better than expectations based upon economics? This rank takes the Honor Roll rank and adds the percentage of students in the district eligible for free and reduced-price lunch into the formula. A district finishing high on this rank is smashing expectations, and any district above the median point is exceeding expectations."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/feature/schools/overachiever_statewide_rank.html |title=Overachiever statewide ranking |publisher=Pittsburgh Business Times |date=May 6, 2010}}</ref>

===District AYP status history===
In 2012, Daniel Boone Area School District achieved AYP status.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://paayp.emetric.net/District/Overview/c6/114061503 |title=Daniel Boone Area School District AYP Overview 2012 |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |date=September 21, 2012}}</ref> In 2011, Daniel Boone Area School District achieved Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). In 2011, 94 percent of the 500 Pennsylvania public school districts achieved the No Child Left Behind Act progress level of 72% of students reading on grade level and 67% of students demonstrating on grade level math. In 2011, 46.9 percent of Pennsylvania school districts achieved Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) based on student performance. An additional 37.8 percent of Pennsylvania public school districts made AYP based on a calculated method called safe harbor, 8.2 percent on the growth model and 0.8 percent on a two-year average performance.<ref>Pennsylvania Department of Education, Pennsylvania Public School District AYP History, 2011</ref> Daniel Boone Area School District achieved AYP status each year from 2004 to 2010, while in 2003 the District was in Warning status due to lagging student achievement.<ref>Pennsylvania Department of Education, Pennsylvania District AYP History 2003-2010, 2011</ref>

===Graduation rate===
In 2012, Daniel Boone Area School District’s graduation rate slipped to 88%.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://paayp.emetric.net/School/DataTable/c6/114061503/4810 |title=Daniel Boone Area High School District AYP Data Table 2012 |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |date=September 21, 2012}}</ref> In 2011, the District's graduation rate was 89%.<ref>Pennsylvania Department of Education, Daniel Boone Area School District AYP Data Table 2011, September 29, 2011</ref> In 2010, the Pennsylvania Department of Education issued a new, 4-year cohort graduation rate. Daniel Boone Area High School's rate was 89% for 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.education.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/pennsylvania_department_of_education/7237/info/757639 |title=New 4-year Cohort Graduation Rate Calculation Now Being Implemented |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |date=March 15, 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100914150409/http://www.education.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/pennsylvania_department_of_education/7237/info/757639 |archivedate=2010-09-14 |df= }}</ref>

;According to traditional graduation rate calculations:
*2010 - 88.7% <ref>Pennsylvania Department of Education, Daniel Boone Area School District Academic Achievement Report Card Data table 2010, October 20, 2010</ref>
*2009 - 91% <ref>{{cite web |url=http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/pa-school-district-statistical-snapshot-database-2008-09-1.864368?appSession=021261913248552&RecordID=&PageID=2&PrevPageID=1&cpipage=2&CPISortType=&CPIorderBy= |title=PA School District Statistical Snapshot Database 2008-09 |author=The Times-Tribune |date=June 27, 2010}}</ref>
*2008 - 92% <ref>{{cite web |url=http://thetimes-tribune.com/data-center/grading-our-schools/2008-graduation-rates-1.85916?appSession=348261913401460 |title=County School Districts Graduation Rates 2008 |author=The Times-Tribune |date=June 25, 2009}}</ref>
*2007 - 92% <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.papartnerships.org/reports/droppingbackin/tables/Grad_Info_By_District.pdf |author=Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children |title=High School Graduation rate 2007 |year=2008}}</ref>

===High School===
Daniel Boone Area High School is located at 501 Chestnut Street, Birdsboro. According to the [[National Center for Education Statistics]], in 2011, the High School reported an enrollment of 1,205 pupils in grades 9th through 12th, with 136 pupils eligible for a federal free or reduced price lunch due to the family meeting the [[Poverty in the United States|federal poverty level]]. The school is not federally designated Title I school. The school employed 57 teachers yielding a student-teacher ratio of 21:1.<ref>National Center for Education Statistics, Common Care Data - Daniel Boone Area High School, 2010</ref> According to a report by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 100% teachers were rated "Highly Qualified" under No Child Left Behind.<ref>Pennsylvania Department of Education, Professional Qualifications of Teachers Daniel Boone Area High School 2012, September 21, 2012</ref>

In 2012, Daniel Boone Area High School declined to School Improvement level I due to chronic, lagging student achievement. In 2011, the School was in Warning AYP status due to lagging student achievement in reading and mathematics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://paayp.emetric.net/School/Overview/c6/114061503/4810 |title=Daniel Boone Area High School AYP Overview 2012 |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |date=September 21, 2013}}</ref> Under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, the school administration was required to notify parents of the school's poor achievement outcomes. Additionally, the High School's administration was required by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, to develop a School Improvement Plan to address the school's low student achievement. Under the Pennsylvania Accountability System, the school district must pay for additional tutoring for struggling students.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dese.mo.gov/divimprove/fedprog/grantmgmnt/NCLB_PDF/NCLB_Parents_Guide_USDE_062003.pdf |title=NCLB Parental Notices |author=US Deptartment of Education, |year=2003 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015120459/http://www.dese.mo.gov/divimprove/fedprog/grantmgmnt/NCLB_PDF/NCLB_Parents_Guide_USDE_062003.pdf |archivedate=2011-10-15 |df= }}</ref> The High School is eligible for special, extra funding under School Improvement Grants which the school must apply for each year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/federal_programs/7374/school_improvement_grant_%28sig%29/797379 |title=School Improvement Grant |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |date=September 21, 2012}}</ref>

;PSSA results:
'''11th Grade Reading:'''
*2012 - 75% on grade level, (10% below basic). State - 67% of 11th graders are on grade level.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/school_assessments/7442/2011-2012_pssa_and_ayp_results/1235182 |title=2011-2012 PSSA and AYP Results |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |date=September 29, 2012}}</ref>
*2011 - 71% (12% below basic). State - 69.1% <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/school_assessments/7442 |title=2010-2011 PSSA and AYP Results |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |date=September 29, 2011}}</ref>
*2010 - 61% (20% below basic). State - 66% <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/school_assessments/7442 |title=2009-2010 PSSA and AYP Results |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |year=2010}}</ref>
*2009 - 62% (17% below basic). State - 65% <ref>{{cite web |url=http://thetimes-tribune.com/data-center/grading-our-schools#axzz1AEtaWzpF |title=Grading Our Schools database, 2009 PSSA results |author=The Times-Tribune |date=September 14, 2009}}</ref>
*2008 - 66% (15% below basic). State - 65% <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/school_assessments/7442/2007-2008_pssa_and_ayp_results/507514 |title=2007-2008 PSSA and AYP Results |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |date=August 15, 2008}}</ref>
*2007 - 69% (14% below basic). State - 65% <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/school_assessments/7442/2006-2007_pssa_and_ayp_results/507511 |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |title=PSSA Math and Reading results |year=2007}}</ref>

'''11th Grade Math:'''
*2012 - 74% on grade level (11% below basic). In Pennsylvania, 59% of 11th graders are on grade level.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/PSSA/2012/ |title=How is your school doing? |author=Pittsburgh Post Gazette |date=October 15, 2012}}</ref>
*2011 - 66% (15% below basic). State - 60.3% <ref>Pennsylvania Department of Education, Daniel Boone Area High School Academic Achievement Report Card 2011, September 29, 2011</ref>
*2010 - 62% (22% below basic). State - 59% <ref>Pennsylvania Department of Education, Daniel Boone Area High School Academic Achievement Report Card 2010, October 20, 2010</ref>
*2009 - 53% (26% below basic). State - 56% <ref>Pennsylvania Department of Education, Daniel Boone Area High School Academic Achievement Report Card 2009, September 14, 2009</ref>
*2008 - 56% (27% below basic). State - 56% <ref>Pennsylvania Department of Education, Daniel Boone Area High School Academic Achievement Report Card 2008, August 15, 2008</ref>
*2007 - 46% (28% below basic). State - 53% <ref>Pennsylvania Department of Education, Daniel Boone Area High School Academic Achievement Report Card, 2007</ref>

'''11th Grade Science:'''
*2012 - 45% on grade level (7% below basic). State - 42% of 11th graders were on grade level.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://paayp.emetric.net/Content/reportcards/RC12S114061503000004810.PDF |title=Daniel Boone Area High School Academic Achievement Report Card 2012 |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |date=September 21, 2012}}</ref>
*2011 - 39% (12% below basic). State - 40% <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/school_assessments/7442 |title=2010-2011 PSSA results in Science |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |date=September 29, 2011}}</ref>
*2010 - 35% (14% below basic). State - 39%
*2009 - 37% (14% below basic). State - 40% <ref>{{cite web |url=http://thetimes-tribune.com/data-center/grading-our-schools#axzz1AEtaWzpF |title=Grading Our Schools database, 2009 Science PSSA results |author=The Times-Tribune |year=2009}}</ref>
*2008 - 37% (14% below basic). State - 39% <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/school_assessments/7442/2007-2008_pssa_and_ayp_results/507514 |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |title=Report on PSSA Science results by school and grade 2008 |year=2008}}</ref>

'''Science in Motion''' Daniel Boone Area High School does not take advantage of a state program called Science in Motion which brought college professors and sophisticated science equipment to the school to raise science awareness and to provide inquiry-based experiences for the students. The Science in Motion program was funded by a state appropriation and cost the school nothing to participate.<ref>The Pennsylvania Basic Education/Higher Education Science and Technology Partnership, Science in Motion annual report, 2012</ref> Elementary School worked with [[Elizabethtown College]] to provide the enrichment experiences.

====College Remediation Rate====
According to a [[Pennsylvania Department of Education]] study released in January 2009, ''' 29% of the Daniel Boone Area High School graduates required remediation in mathematics and or reading''' before they were prepared to take college level courses in the [[Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education]] or community colleges.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/18999134/College-Remediation-Report |title=Pennsylvania College Remediation Report, |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |date=January 20, 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211094208/http://www.scribd.com/doc/18999134/College-Remediation-Report |archivedate=December 11, 2013 |df= }}</ref> Less than 66% of Pennsylvania high school graduates, who enroll in a four-year college in Pennsylvania, will earn a bachelor's degree within six years. Among Pennsylvania high school graduates pursuing an associate degree, only one in three graduate in three years.<ref>National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, 2008</ref> Per the [[Pennsylvania Department of Education]], one in three recent high school graduates who attend Pennsylvania's public universities and community colleges takes at least one remedial course in math, reading or English.

'''Dual Enrollment''' Daniel Boone Area High School offers the Pennsylvania [[Dual enrollment|Dual Enrollment]] program which permits students to earn deeply discounted college credits while still enrolled in high school. The program is offered through over 400 school districts with the assistance of a state grant.

====Graduation requirements====
Among Pennsylvania's 500 public school districts, graduation requirements widely vary. Daniel Boone Area School Board has determined that a pupil must earn 24.65 credits to graduate, including: a required class every year in math 4 credits, English 4 credits, social studies 4 credits, science 3 credits, Fine Arts - 0,5 credits, Drivers Ed 0.33 credits, Computer 0.5 credits, Physical Education 1.32 credits, health 0.5 credits, Technology 0.25 credits, family consumer science 0.25 credits and electives 6 credits.<ref>Daniel Boone Area School District Administration, Graduation requirements 2014, 1013</ref>

By law, all Pennsylvania secondary school students were required to complete a project as a part of their eligibility to graduate from high school. The type of project, its rigor and its expectations are set by the individual school district.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pacode.com/secure/data/022/chapter4/s4.24.html |title=Pennsylvania Code §4.24 (a) High school graduation requirements |author=Pennsylvania State Board of Education}}</ref> Effective with the graduating class of 2017, the Pennsylvania State Board of Education eliminated the state mandate that students complete a culminating project in order to graduate.<ref>Pennsylvania State Board of Education, Proposed changes to Chapter 4, May 10, 2012</ref>

By Pennsylvania School Board regulations, beginning with the class of 2017, public school students must demonstrate successful completion of secondary level course work in [[Algebra]] I, [[Biology]], and English Literature by passing the Keystone Exams.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://static.pdesas.org/Content/Documents/Keystone_Exam_Program_Overview.pdf |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |title=Keystone Exam Overview |year=2010}}</ref> The exam is given at the end of the course. Keystone Exams replace the PSSAs for 11th grade. Students have several opportunities to pass the exam, with those who do not able to perform a project in order to graduate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pdesas.org/module/assessment/Keystone.aspx |title=Pennsylvania Keystone Exams Overview |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |date=September 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317221759/http://www.pdesas.org/module/assessment/Keystone.aspx |archivedate=2012-03-17 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pabulletin.com/secure/data/vol40/40-2/56.html |title=Rules and Regulation Title 22 PA School Code CH. 4 |author=Pennsylvania State Board of Education |year=2010}}</ref> For the class of 2019, a Composition exam will be added. For the class of 2020, passing a civics and government exam will be added to the graduation requirements.<ref>Pennsylvania Department of Education, State Board of Education Finalizes Adoption of Pennsylvania Common Core State Academic Standards and High School Graduation Requirements, March 14, 2013</ref> In 2011, Pennsylvania high school students field tested the Algebra 1, Biology and English Lit exams. The statewide results were: Algebra 1 38% on grade level, Biology 35% on grade level and English Lit - 49% on grade level.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/keystone_exams/20436 |title=Keystone Exams |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |year=2011}}</ref> Individual student, school or district reports were not made public, although they were reported to district officials by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. Students identified as having special needs and qualifying for an Individual Educational Program (IEP) may graduate by meeting the requirements of their IEP.

====SAT scores====
In 2012, 207 Daniel Boone Area School District students took the SAT exams. The District's Verbal Average Score was 494. The Math average score was 505. The Writing average score was 497. The statewide Verbal SAT exams results were: Verbal 491, Math 501, Writing 480. In the USA, 1.65 million students took the exams achieving scores: Verbal 496, Math 514, Writing 488. According to the College Board the maximum score on each section was 800, and 360 students nationwide scored a perfect 2,400.

In 2011, 221 Daniel Boone Area School District students took the SAT exams. The District's Verbal Average Score was 507. The Math average score was 509. The Writing average score was 472.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pa.gov/portal/server.pt/community/data_and_statistics/7202/sat_and_act_scores/674663 |title=Public School SAT Scores 2011 |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |year=2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015105956/http://pa.gov/portal/server.pt/community/data_and_statistics/7202/sat_and_act_scores/674663 |archivedate=2011-10-15 |df= }}</ref> Pennsylvania ranked 40th among states with SAT scores: Verbal - 493, Math - 501, Writing - 479.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.commonwealthfoundation.org/policyblog/detail/sat-scores-by-state-2011 |title=SAT Scores State By State - Pennsylvania |author=College Board |date=September 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008051457/http://www.commonwealthfoundation.org/policyblog/detail/sat-scores-by-state-2011 |archivedate=2011-10-08 |df= }}</ref> In the United States, 1.65 million students took the exam in 2011. They averaged 497 (out of 800) verbal, 514 math and 489 in writing.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/09/while_us_sat_scores_dip_across.html |title=While U.S. SAT scores dip across the board, N.J. test-takers hold steady |work=NJ.com |date=September 2011}}</ref>

===Middle school===
Daniel Boone Area Middle School is located at 1845 Weavertown Road, Douglassville. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in 2011, the Middle School reported an enrollment of 943 pupils in grades 6th through 8th, with 142 pupils receiving a federal free or reduced price lunch due to family poverty. The Middle School was a federally designated Title I school. The school employed 55 teachers yielding a student-teacher ratio of 17:1.<ref>National Center for Education Statistics, Common Care Data – Daniel Boone Area Middle School, 2011</ref> According to a report by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 17 teachers were rated "Non‐Highly Qualified" under No Child Left Behind.<ref>Pennsylvania Department of Education, Professional Qualifications of Teachers Daniel Boone Area Middle School, September 21, 2012</ref>

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*2012 - 86% on grade level (4% below basic). In Pennsylvania, 79% of 8th graders on grade level.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/PSSA/2012/ |title=How is your school doing? |author=Pittsburgh Post Gazette |date=October 15, 2012}}</ref>
*2011 - 87% (5% below basic) State - 81.8%<ref>Pennsylvania Department of Education, Daniel Boone Area Middle School Academic Achievement Report Card 2011, September 29, 2011</ref>
*2010 - 88% (5% below basic). State - 81% <ref>Pennsylvania Department of Education, Daniel Boone Area Middle School Academic Achievement Report Card 2010, October 20, 2010</ref>
*2009 - 90% (4% below basic), State - 80% <ref>Pennsylvania Department of Education, Daniel Boone Area Middle School Academic Achievement Report Card 2009, September 14, 2009</ref>
*2008 - 87% (5% below basic), State - 78% <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/school_assessments/7442/2007-2008_pssa_and_ayp_results/507514 |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |title=Reading and Math PSSA 2008 by Schools |date=August 15, 2008}}</ref>
*2007 - 88% (5% below basic), State - 75%<ref>Pennsylvania Department of Education, Daniel Boone Area Middle School Academic Achievement Report Card 2007, 2007</ref>
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*2012 - 85% on grade level (4% below basic). State - 76% <ref>{{cite web |url=http://paayp.emetric.net/Content/reportcards/RC12S114061503000007544.PDF |title=Daniel Boone Area Middle School Academic Achievement Report Card 2012 |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |date=September 21, 2012}}</ref>
*2011 - 86% (3% below basic). State - 76.9%
*2010 - 82% (8% below basic). State - 75% <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/school_assessments/7442 |title=2010 PSSAs: Reading, Math, Writing Results |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education Report |date=September 14, 2010}}</ref>
*2009 - 74% (7% below basic). State - 71% <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/school_assessments/7442/2008-2009_pssa_and_ayp_results/600286 |title=2009 PSSAs: Reading, Math, Writing and Science Results |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |year=2009}}</ref>
*2008 - 81% (10% below basic). State - 70%
*2007 - 76% (10% below basic). State - 68%
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'''8th Grade Science:'''
*2012 - 71% on grade level (11% below basic). State - 59%
*2011 - 68% (15% below basic). State – 58.3%
*2010 - 67% (14% below basic). State – 57% <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/school_assessments/7442 |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education Report |title=Science PSSA 2010 by Schools |date=August 2010}}</ref>
*2009 - 66% (15% below basic). State - 55% <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/school_assessments/7442/2008-2009_pssa_and_ayp_results/600286 |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education Report |title=Science PSSA 2009 by Schools |date=August 2009}}</ref>
*2008 - 60%, (7% below basic). State - 52% <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/school_assessments/7442/2007-2008_pssa_and_ayp_results/507514 |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education Report |title=Science PSSA 2008 by Schools |date=August 15, 2008}}</ref>
*2007 - tested, but results not made public.

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'''7th Grade Reading:'''
*2012 - 87% (4% below basic). State – 76%
*2011 - 83% (4% below basic). State – 76%
*2010 - 79% (5% below basic). State - 73%
*2009 - 81% (8% below basic). State - 71%
*2008 - 82% (8% below basic). State - 70%
*2007 - 70% (12% below basic). State - 67%
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*2012 - 90% (4% below basic). State - 80%
*2011 - 89% (4% below basic). State - 78.6%
*2010 - 85% (5% below basic). State - 77%
*2009 - 85% (4% below basic), State - 75%
*2008 - 76% (10% below basic), State - 71%
*2007 - 78% (8% below basic), State - 67%
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*2012 - 75% (8% below basic). State - 68%
*2011 - 75% (12% below basic). State - 69.9%
*2010 - 65% (14% below basic). State - 68%
*2009 - 68% (10% below basic), State - 67%
*2008 - 65% (12% below basic), State - 67%
*2007 - 65% (14% below basic), State - 63%
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*2012 - 83% (5% below basic). State - 77%
*2011 - 76% (12% below basic). State - 78.8%
*2010 - 74% (9% below basic). State - 78%
*2009 - 71% (9% below basic), State - 75%
*2008 - 72% (8% below basic), State - 72%
*2007 - 69% (11% below basic), State - 69%
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===Birdsboro Elementary Center===
Birdsboro Elementary Center is located at 400 West 2nd Street, Birdsboro. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in 2011, the School reported an enrollment of 426 pupils in grades kindergarten through 5th, with 146 pupils receiving a federal free or reduced price lunch due to family poverty. The school is a federally designated Title I school. The school employed 34 teachers yielding a student-teacher ratio of 12:1.<ref>National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core Data – Birdsboro Elementary Center, 2011</ref> According to a report by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 100% of its teachers were rated "Highly Qualified" under No Child Left Behind.<ref>Pennsylvania Department of Education, Professional Qualifications of Teachers Birdsboro Elementary Center, September 21, 2012</ref> Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, Birdsboro Elementary was converted to a grades 3-5 elementary center, serving primarily Birdsboro Borough and Union Township.

In 2011 and 2012, Birdsboro Elementary Center achieved AYP status even though it missed all reading metrics.<ref>Pennsylvania Department of Education, Birdsboro Elementary Center AYP Overview, September 21, 2012</ref> In 2012, only 73% of the students were reading on grade level in grades 3rd through 5th. Among 3rd graders, 83% were reading on grade level in 2012. In math, 81% of the students in 3rd through 5th grades were on grade level and 45% scored advanced. In 4th grade science, 88% of the pupils were on grade level, with 53% advanced.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://paayp.emetric.net/Content/reportcards/RC12S114061503000007272.PDF |title=Birdsboro Elementary Center Report Card 2012 |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |date=September 21, 2012}}</ref>

===Monocacy Elementary Center===
Monocacy Elementary Center is located at 576 Monocacy Creek Road, Birdsboro. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in 2011, the school reported an enrollment of 423 pupils in grades kindergarten through 5th, with 80 pupils receiving a federal free or reduced price lunch due to family poverty. The school is not a federally designated Title I school. The school employed 25 teachers yielding a student-teacher ratio of 17:1.<ref>National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core Data – Monocacy Elementary Center, 2011</ref> According to a report by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 100% of its teachers were rated "Highly Qualified" under No Child Left Behind.<ref>Pennsylvania Department of Education, Professional Qualifications of Teachers Monocacy Elementary Center, September 21, 2012</ref> Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, Monocacy Elementary was converted to a grades K-2 elementary center, serving primarily Birdsboro Borough and Union Township.

In 2011 and 2012, Monocacy Elementary Center achieved AYP status.<ref>Pennsylvania Department of Education, Monocacy Elementary Center AYP Overview, September 21, 2012</ref> In 2012, only 74% of the students were reading on grade level in grades 3rd through 5th. In math, just 79% of the students in 3rd through 5th grades were on grade level and 35% scored advanced. In 4th grade science, 93% of the pupils were on grade level, with 49% advanced. This was a significant increase over 75 on grade level in 4th grade science in 2011.

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*2012 - 74% (10% below basic). State - 65%<ref>{{cite web |url=http://paayp.emetric.net/Content/reportcards/RC12S114061503000008007.PDF |title=Monocacy Elementary Center Report Card 2012 |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |date=September 21, 2012}}</ref>
*2011 - 80% (6% below basic). State - 67.3%<ref>Pennsylvania Department of Education, Monocacy Elementary Center Report Card 2011, September 29, 2011</ref>
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*2012 - 73% (3% below basic). State - 73%
*2011 - 86% (1% below basic). State - 74%
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*2012 - 76% (4% below basic). State - 72%
*2011 - 66% (20% below basic). State - 73%
*2010 - 75% (15% below basic). State - 73%<ref>Pennsylvania Department of Education, Monocacy Elementary Center Report Card 2010, October 20, 2010</ref>
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*2012 - 83% (8% below basic). State - 82%
*2011 - 77% (6% below basic). State - 85%
*2010 - 92% (0% below basic). State - 84%
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;4th Grade Science:
*2012 - 93% (3% below basic). State - 82%
*2011 - 75% (11% below basic). State - 82.9%
*2010 - 82% (4% below basic). State - 81%

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*2012 - 75% (12% below basic). State - 74% <ref>{{cite web |url=http://newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/PSSA/2012/ |title=How is your school doing? |author=Pittsburgh Post Gazette |date=October 15, 2012}}</ref>
*2011 - 86% (7% below basic). State - 77%
*2010 - 80%, (6% below basic). State - 75%
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*2012 - 78% (6% below basic). State - 80%
*2011 - 92% (0% below basic). State - 83%
*2010 - 89% (3% below basic). State - 84%
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===Amity Elementary Center===
Amity Elementary Center is located at 200 Boone Drive, Douglassville. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in 2011, the school reported an enrollment of 520 pupils in grades kindergarten through 5th, with 72 pupils receiving a federal free or reduced price lunch due to family poverty. The school is not a federally designated Title I school. The school employed 58 teachers.<ref>National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core Data – Amity Elementary Center, 2012</ref> According to a report by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 100% of its teachers were rated "Highly Qualified" under No Child Left Behind.<ref>Pennsylvania Department of Education, Professional Qualifications of Teachers Amity Elementary Center, September 21, 2012</ref>

In 2011 and 2012, Amity Elementary Center (formerly Amity Intermediate School) achieved AYP status in reading and mathematics.<ref>Pennsylvania Department of Education, Amity Elementary Center AYP Overview 2012, September 21, 2012</ref>

==Special education==
In December 2011, the District administration reported that 552 pupils or 14% of the district's pupils received [[Special Education]] services, with 50% of the identified students having a specific learning disability.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://penndata.hbg.psu.edu/BSEReports/PR_AlphaList.aspx |title=Daniel Boone Area School District Special Education Data Report LEA Performance on State Performance Plan (SPP) Targets |author=Pennsylvania Bureau of Special Education Services |date=2010–2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824063459/http://penndata.hbg.psu.edu/BSEReports/PR_AlphaList.aspx |archivedate=2011-08-24 |df= }}</ref> In December 2009, the District administration reported that 541 pupils or 13.6% of the district's pupils received Special Education services, with 46.8% of the identified students having a specific learning disability. Special education services in the Commonwealth are provided to students from ages three years to 21 years old. In the 2010-11 school year, the total student enrollment was more than 1.78 million students with approximately 275,000 students eligible for special education services. Among these students 18,959 were identified with mental retardation and 21,245 students with autism.<ref>Pennsylvania Department of Education, Testimony Hearing on Special Education Senate Republican Policy Committee, January 2013</ref> The largest group of students are identified as Specific Learning Disabilities 126,026 students (46.9 percent) and Speech or Language Impairments with 43,542 students (16.2 percent).

In order to comply with state and federal [[Individuals with Disabilities Education Act]] rules and regulations, the school 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 .<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=2157&&PageID=401659&mode=2 |title=Pennsylvania Parent Guide to Special Education Services |author=Pennsylvania Bureau of Special Education |year=2008}}</ref> To identify students who may be eligible for special education services, various screening activities are conducted on an ongoing basis. 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 Special Education administration. 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 may verbally request a multidisciplinary evaluation from a professional employee of the District or contact the district's Special Education Department.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dboone.org/administration/Pages/AnnualNotifications.aspx |title=Procedural Safeguards Notice Special Education Provides Extensive Help |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education - Daniel Boone Area School District Administration |year=2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.communityacademy.org/pdf/SpecialEd/Settlement_Agreement-FINAL_(no_draft).pdf |title=Gaskin Settlement Agreement Overview Facts Sheet |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education, Bureau of Special Education |date=September 2005 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927091411/http://www.communityacademy.org/pdf/SpecialEd/Settlement_Agreement-FINAL_%28no_draft%29.pdf |archivedate=2013-09-27 |df= }}</ref> Daniel Boone Area School District uses the Berks County Intermediate Unit to provide some services to students.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dboone.org/schoolboard/Board%20Policies/234%20-%20Child%20Find%20and%20Screening.pdf |author=Daniel Boone Area School Board |title=Daniel Boone Area School Child Find and Screening Policy |date=June 24, 2002}}</ref> The [[Individuals with Disabilities Education Act|IDEA 2004]] requires each school entity to publish a notice to parents, in newspapers or other media, including the student handbook and website regarding the availability of screening and intervention services and how to access them.

In 2010, the state of Pennsylvania provided $1,026,815,000 for Special Education services. This funding is in addition to the state's basic education per pupil funding, as well as, all other state and federal funding.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/education_budget/8699/proposed_special_education_funding_-/539261 |title=Pennsylvania Special Education Funding |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education}}</ref> The Special Education funding structure is through the federal [[Individuals with Disabilities Education Act]] (IDEA) funds and state appropriations. IDEA funds are appropriated to the state on an annual basis and distributed through intermediate units (IUs) to school districts, while state funds are distributed directly to the districts. Total funds that are received by school districts are calculated through a formula. The Pennsylvania Department of Education oversees four appropriations used to fund students with special needs: Special Education; Approved Private Schools; Pennsylvania Chartered Schools for the Deaf and Blind; and Early Intervention. The Pennsylvania Special Education funding system assumes that 16% of the district’s students receive special education services. It also assumes that each student’s needs accrue the same level of costs.<ref>Browne, Patrick., Senate Education Committee Hearing on Special Education Funding & Accountability testimony, November 1, 2011</ref> Over identification of students, in order to increase state funding, has been an issue in the Commonwealth. Some Pennsylvania public school districts have more than 20% of its students receiving special education services while others have 10% supported through special education.<ref>Kintisch, Baruch., Public Hearing: Special Education Funding & Accountability Testimony, Education Law Center, November 11, 2011</ref> The state requires each public school district and charter school to have a three-year special education plan to meet the unique needs of its special education students.<ref>Amy Morton, Executive Deputy Secretary, Public Hearing: Special Education Funding & Accountability Testimony, Pennsylvania Department of Education, November 11, 2011</ref> In 2012, the Obama Administration's [[US Department of Education]] issued a directive that schools include students with disabilities in extracurricular activities, including sports.<ref>US Department of Education, U.S. Department of Education Clarifies Schools' Obligation to Provide Equal Opportunity to Students with Disabilities to Participate in Extracurricular Athletics, January 25, 2013</ref>

Daniel Boone Area School District received a $1,373,980 supplement for special education services in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/newsroom/7234/budget/930276 |title=Special Education Funding from Pennsylvania State_2010-2011 |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |date=July 2010}}</ref> For the 2011-12, 2012–13 and 2013-14 school years, all Pennsylvania public school districts received the same level of funding for special education that they received in 2010-11. This level funding is provided regardless of changes in the number of pupils who need special education services and regardless of the level of services the respective students required.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/education_budget/8699/proposed_special_education_funding_-/539261 |title=Special Education Funding 2011-2012 Fiscal Year |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |year=2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.education.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/newsroom/7234/p/1100265 |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education, |title=Investing in PA kids, |date=April 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001230247/http://www.education.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/newsroom/7234/p/1100265 |archivedate=2013-10-01 |df= }}</ref> Additionally, the state provides supplemental funding for extraordinarily impacted students. The District must apply for this added funding.

===Gifted education===
Daniel Boone Area District Administration reported that 234 or 5.88% of its students were gifted in 2009. The highest percentage of gifted students reported among all 500 school districts and 100 public charter schools in Pennsylvania was [[North Allegheny School District]] with 15.5% of its students identified as gifted.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://penndata.hbg.psu.edu/BSEReports/docs/Ad_Hoc_Gifted_0910_from_Revised_Count.pdf |title=Gifted Students as Percentage of Total Enrollment by School District/Charter School |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |date=Revised December 1, 2009 Child Count (Collected July 2010) |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304193200/http://penndata.hbg.psu.edu/BSEReports/docs/Ad_Hoc_Gifted_0910_from_Revised_Count.pdf |archivedate=2016-03-04 |df= }}</ref> 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. 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pacode.com/secure/data/022/chapter16/chap16toc.html |title=CHAPTER 16. Special Education For Gifted Students |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education and Pennsylvania School Board |accessdate=February 4, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_123405_52894_7393_509493_43/http;/pubcontent.state.pa.us/publishedcontent/publish/cop_hhs/pde/pde_community_content/dsf_migration/k12/gifted_education/content/general_information/parents__guide/odr_notice_and_forms_latest2.pdf |title=Special Education for Gifted Students Notice of Parental rights |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |date=March 26, 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001111/http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_123405_52894_7393_509493_43/http;/pubcontent.state.pa.us/publishedcontent/publish/cop_hhs/pde/pde_community_content/dsf_migration/k12/gifted_education/content/general_information/parents__guide/odr_notice_and_forms_latest2.pdf |archivedate=March 4, 2016 |df= }}</ref>

==Budget==
Pennsylvania public school districts budget and expend funds according to procedures mandated by the General Assembly and the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE). An annual operating budget is prepared by school district administrative officials. A uniform form is furnished by the PDE and submitted to the board of school directors for approval prior to the beginning of each fiscal year on July 1.

Under Pennsylvania’s Taxpayer Relief Act, Act 1 of the Special Session of 2006, all school districts of the first class A, second class, third class and fourth class must adopt a preliminary budget proposal. The proposal must include estimated revenues and expenditures and the proposed tax rates. This proposed budget must be considered by the Board no later than 90 days prior to the date of the election immediately preceding the fiscal year. The preliminary budget proposal must also be printed and made available for public inspection at least 20 days prior to its adoption. The board of school directors may hold a public hearing on the budget, but are not required to do so. The board must give at least 10 days’ public notice of its intent to adopt the final budget according to Act 1 of 2006.<ref>Pennsylvania General Assembly, Taxpayer Relief Act, Act 1 of the Special Session of 2006, June 27, 2006</ref>

In 2011-12, the average teacher salary in Daniel Boone Area School District was $60,379 a year, while the cost of the benefits teachers received was $18,135 per employee, for a total annual average teacher compensation of $78,514.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/newsroom/7234/p/1100265 |title=Investing in Pennsylvania Students |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |year=2012}}</ref> The District employed 295 teachers with an average salary of $60,679 and a top salary of $134,472.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.openpagov.org/k12_payroll.asp |title=Daniel Boone Area School District Payroll report 2011 |publisher=OpenPA Gov.org |year=2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616151944/http://www.openpagov.org/k12_payroll.asp |archivedate=2012-06-16 |df= }}</ref>

In 2009, Daniel Boone Area School District reported employing 308 teachers and administrators with a median salary of $57,843 and a top salary of $131,836.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://php.app.com/PAteachers09/search.php |archive-url=https://archive.is/20120721023725/http://php.app.com/PAteachers09/search.php |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2012-07-21 |title=PA. Public School Salaries |author=Asbury Park Press |year=2009 }}</ref> The teacher’s work day is 7 hours 30 minutes with a 30-minute duty-free lunch and a daily prep period. There are 187 days in the contract year with 180 student days. Additionally, the teachers receive a defined benefit pension, health insurance, professional development reimbursement, 3 paid personal days, 10 paid sick days, 5 paid bereavement days and other benefits. Teacher who serve as department chairs, team coordinators or team leaders receive annual additional payments. Teachers who work in homebound instruction, adult education and other after school day activities receive $36 an hour.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.openpagov.org/k12_payroll.asp |title=Daniel Boone Area School District Teacher Union Employment Contract 2010 |author=Daniel Boone Area School Board |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616151944/http://www.openpagov.org/k12_payroll.asp |archivedate=2012-06-16 |df= }}</ref>

'''Per pupil spending''' Daniel Boon Area School District administrative costs per pupil in 2008 was $643.04 per pupil. The lowest administrative cost per pupil in Pennsylvania was $398 per pupil.<ref>Fenton, Jacob., Pennsylvania School District Data: Will School Consolidation Save Money?, The Morning Call, February 2009</ref> The Pennsylvania School Boards Association collects and maintains statistics on salaries of public school district employees in Pennsylvania. According to the association's report, the average salary for a superintendent, for the 2007-08 school year, was $122,165. Superintendents and administrators receive a benefit package commensurate with that offered to the district's teachers' union.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.psba.org/issues-advocacy/issues-research/school-salaries/ |title=Public School Salaries 11th Annual |author=Pennsylvania School Board Association |date=October 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005202521/http://www.psba.org/issues-advocacy/issues-research/school-salaries/ |archivedate=2008-10-05 |df= }}</ref> According to PSBA, the median Superintendent salary rose to over $130,000 in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.psba.org/issues-advocacy/issues-research/school-salaries/school-management-salaries.asp |title=School Management Salaries Report |author=Pennsylvania School Board Association |work=School Leader News |date=June 22, 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921192937/http://www.psba.org/issues-advocacy/issues-research/school-salaries/school-management-salaries.asp |archivedate=2013-09-21 |df= }}</ref>

In 2008, the Daniel Boone Area School District administration reported that per pupil spending was $11,381 which ranked 355th among Pennsylvania's then 501 public school districts. In 2010, the District’s per pupil spending had increased to $12,400.53.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/financial_data_elements/7672 |title=2009-10 Selected Data - 2009-10 Total Expenditures per ADM |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |year=2010}}</ref> In 2011, Pennsylvania’s per pupil spending was $13,467, ranking 6th in the United States.<ref>US Census Bureau, States Ranked According to Per Pupil Public Elementary-Secondary School System Finance Amounts: Fiscal Year 2011, May 2013</ref> In 2007, the Pennsylvania per pupil total expenditures was reported as $12,759.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d09/tables/dt09_183.asp |title=Total and current expenditures per pupil in fall enrollment in public elementary and secondary education, by function and state or jurisdiction: 2006-07 |author=US Census Bureau |year=2009}}</ref>

The U.S. Census Bureau reported that Pennsylvania spent $8,191 per pupil in school year 2000-01.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.census.gov/govs/school/01fullreport.pdf |title=Public Education Finances 2000-01 Annual Survey of Local Government Finances |author=US Census Bureau |date=March 2003}}</ref> In 2007, the Pennsylvania per pupil total expenditures was reported as $12,759.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d09/tables/dt09_183.asp |title=Total and current expenditures per pupil in fall enrollment in public elementary and secondary education, by function and state or jurisdiction: 2006-07 |author=US Census Bureau |year=2009}}</ref> Among the fifty states, Pennsylvania’s total per pupil revenue (including all sources) ranked 11th at $15,023 per student, in 2008-09.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/pdf/cb11-94_table_11.pdf |title=States Ranked According to Per Pupil Elementary-Secondary Public School System Finance Amounts: 2008-09 |author=United States Census Bureau |year=2009}}</ref> Pennsylvania’s total revenue per pupil rose to $16,186 ranking 9th in the nation in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.census.gov/govs/school/11f33pub.pdf |title=States Ranked According to Per Pupil Public Elementary-Secondary School System Finance Amounts: Fiscal Year 2011 |author=US Census Bureau |date=May 2013}}</ref>

'''Reserves''' In 2008, the Daniel Boone Area School District reported a balance of $3,408,571 in its reserves.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/summaries_of_annual_financial_report_data/7673/other_financial_information/509049 |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |title=Fund Balances by Local Education Agency 1997 to 2008}}</ref> In 2010, Daniel Boone Area School District Administration reported an increase to $3,899,958 in its reserve fund balance. In 2012, the District reported reserves of $10,887,262 in its committed reserve fund and $1,584,381 in its unreserved fund. Pennsylvania public school district reserve funds are divided into two categories – designated and undesignated. The undesignated funds are not committed to any planned project. Designated funds and any other funds, such as capital reserves, are allocated to specific projects. School districts are required by state law to keep 5 percent of their annual spending in the undesignated reserve funds to preserve bond ratings. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Education, from 2003 to 2010, as a whole, Pennsylvania school districts amassed nearly $3 billion in reserved funds.<ref>Murphy, Jan., Pennsylvania's public schools boost reserves, CentreDaily Times, September 22, 2010</ref> By 2013, reserves held by Pennsylvania public school districts, as a whole, had increased to over $3.8 billion.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://paindependent.com/2013/06/pa-school-districts-look-to-cash-stash-to-balance-budgets/ |title=PA school districts look to cash stash to balance budgets |author=Melissa Daniels |work=PA Independent |date=June 1, 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826154026/http://paindependent.com/2013/06/pa-school-districts-look-to-cash-stash-to-balance-budgets/ |archivedate=August 26, 2013 |df= }}</ref>

'''Stadium construction''' In 2009, the School Board approved a contract with Architerra, PC, Coopersburg, and to proceed with proposed renovations for the high school sports stadium and other sports facilities at a cost of over $4.25 million. The project included: a new six-lane, 400-meter, oval synthetic track, seating for 1,800 people, seating for handicapped individuals to comply with the federal [[Americans with Disabilities Act]], a press box, food court, a fence, new field lighting and a scoreboard. Phase II of the project included resurfacing the tennis courts with synthetic turf, an enhanced food concession area, new two-gender restrooms, an officials' room, training room, increased parking, and construction of a softball field<ref>Denise Larive, Berks- Mont News, Daniel Boone Approves budget, June 3, 2009</ref>

'''Audit''' In November 2011, the Pennsylvania Auditor General conducted a performance audit of the Daniel Boone Area School District. The findings were reported to the School Board and the District’s administration.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.auditorgen.state.pa.us/Reports/School.html |title= Daniel Boone Area School District Berks County, Pennsylvania Performance Audit Report |author=Pennsylvania Auditor General |date=November 2011}}</ref>

In November 2009, Auditor General Jack Wagner reported that Daniel Boone Area School District entered into high risk Interest swap deals under Act 23 of 2003. By 2009, 107 Districts out of 500 Pennsylvania school districts entered into these transactions. Seven Berks County public school districts also entered into swap deals with investment banks. It was found that fees that were characterized as being paid by the investment banks were actually ultimately charged to the District.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.auditorgen.state.pa.us/Reports/Investigations/invBASD111809.pdf |title=The use of Qualified Interest Rate Management Agreements (SWAPA) |author=Auditor General Jack Wagner |date=November 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dollarsandsense.org/archives/2012/0512bondgraham.html |title=The Swap Crisis |publisher=Dollars and Sense |author=Darwin Bondgraham |year=2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dboone.org/administration/departments/businessoffice/Financial%20Statements/FinancialStatements06-30-11.pdf |title=Daniel Boone Area School DistrictI FINANCIAL AND COMPLIANCE REPORT Year Ended June 30, 2011 |author=HERBEIN COMPANY. INC. |date=June 30, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kornfeldllp.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Uncertainties_Inherent_in_Synthetic_CDOs_Credit_Default_Swaps.pdf |title=UNCERTAINTIES INHERENT IN SYNTHETIC CDOs / CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS |author1=Daniel S. Parlow |author2=Kornfeld LLP |author3=Vancouver, B.C. |date=May 2012}}</ref>

'''Tuition''' Students who live in the Daniel Boone Area District's attendance area may choose to attend one of Pennsylvania's 157 public charter schools. A student living in a neighboring public school district or a foreign exchange student may seek admission to Daniel Boone Area School District. For these cases, the Pennsylvania Department of Education sets an annual tuition rate for each school district. It is the amount the public school district pays to a charter school for each resident student that attends the charter and it is the amount a nonresident student's parents must pay to attend the District's schools. The 2012 tuition rates are Elementary School - $8,557.62, High School - $8,430.17.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=514&objID=509670&mode=2 |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |title=Pennsylvania Public School District Tuition Rates |date=May 2012}}</ref>

Daniel Boone Area School District is funded by a combination of: a local earned income tax 0.5%,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newpa.com/local-government/tax-information/earned-income-tax |title=Earned Income Tax |author1=Pennsylvania of Community |author2=Economic Development |year=2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930204736/http://www.newpa.com/local-government/tax-information/earned-income-tax |archivedate=2013-09-30 |df= }}</ref> a property tax, a real estate transfer tax 0.5%, coupled with substantial funding from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the federal government.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pubs.cas.psu.edu/freepubs/pdfs/ua343.pdf |title=What are the Local Taxes in Pennsylvania?, Local Tax Reform Education Project |author=Penn State Cooperative Extension |year=2010}}</ref> Grants can provide an opportunity to supplement school funding without raising local taxes. Interest earnings on accounts also provide nontax income to the District. In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pension income and Social Security income are exempted from state personal income tax and local earned income tax, regardless of the level of the individual’s personal wealth.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.revenue.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/personal_income_tax/11409 |author=Pennsylvania Department of Revenue |title=Personal Income Taxation Guidelines |date=April 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091213001542/http://www.revenue.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/personal_income_tax/11409 |archivedate=2009-12-13 |df= }}</ref> The average Pennsylvania public school teacher pension in 2011 exceeds $60,000 a year plus they receive federal Social Security benefits: both are free of Pennsylvania state income tax and local income tax which funds local public schools.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tribune-democrat.com/local/x2094920476/Pa-teachers-may-take-big-pension-hit |title=PA teachers pensions |author=John Finnerty |work=CNHI Harrisburg Bureau |year=2013}}</ref>

===State basic education funding===
'''For the 2013-14 school year''', the Daniel Boone Area School District received a 3.1% increase or $8,092,243 in Pennsylvania Basic Education Funding. This is $239,564 more than its 2012-13 state BEF to the District. Additionally, Daniel Boone Area School District received $154,447 in Accountability Block Grant funding to focus on academic achievement and level funding for special education services. Among the public school districts in Allegheny County, [[Wyomissing Area School District]] received the highest percentage increase in BEF at 6.3%. The District has the option of applying for several other state and federal grants to increase revenues. The Commonwealth’s budget increased Basic Education Funding statewide by $123 million to over $5.5 billion. Most of Pennsylvania’s 500 public school districts received an increase of Basic Education Funding in a range of 0.9% to 4%. Eight public school districts received exceptionally high funding increases of 10% to 16%. The highest increase in state funding was awarded to [[Austin Area School District]] which received a 22.5% increase in Basic Education Funding.<ref>Democrat Appropriations Committee, Report on Education funding by LEA, July 2, 2013</ref> The state funded the PSERS (Pennsylvania school employee pension fund) with $1,017,000,000 and Social Security payments for school employees of $495 million.<ref>Pennsylvania Office of the Budget, 2013-14 State Budget Highlights, 2013</ref>

'''For the 2012-13 school year''', the Daniel Boone Area School District received $7,852,679.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jakecorman.com/PDF/2012/Basic-Education-Funding.pdf |title=Pennsylvania Education funding by Local School District |author=Senator Jake Corman |date=June 28, 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730203420/http://www.jakecorman.com/PDF/2012/Basic-Education-Funding.pdf |archivedate=2012-07-30 |df= }}</ref> The Governor's Executive Budget for 2012-2013 included $9.34 billion for kindergarten through 12th grade public education, including $5.4 billion in basic education funding, which was an increase of $49 million over the 2011-12 budget. In addition, the Commonwealth provided $100 million for the Accountability Block Grant (ABG) program. Daniel Boone Area School District received $154,447 in Accountability Block Grant funding. The state also provided a $544.4 million payment for School Employees’ Social Security and $856 million for School Employees’ Retirement fund called PSERS.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=PDF&sessYr=2011&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=1466&pn=2335 |title=SB1466 of 2012 General Fund Appropriation |author=Pennsylvania General Assembly Sen Jake Corman |date=June 29, 2012}}</ref> This amount was a $21,823,000 increase (0.34%) over the 2011-2012 appropriations for Basic Education Funding, School Employees' Social Security, Pupil Transportation, Nonpublic and Charter School Pupil Transportation. Since taking office, Corbett’s first two budgets have restored more than $918 million in support of public schools, compensating for the $1 billion in federal stimulus dollars lost at the end of the 2010-11 school year.

'''In the 2011-12 budget year''', Daniel Boone Area School District received a 2.83% increase which was a $7,851,236 allocation, of state Basic Education Funding.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jakecorman.com/appropriations.htm |author=PA Senate Appropriations Committee |title=School District 2011-12 Funding Report |date=June 28, 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130910104957/http://jakecorman.com/appropriations.htm |archivedate=2013-09-10 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=514&objID=509059&mode=2 |title=Basic Education Funding |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |date=July 2011}}</ref> Additionally, the School District received $154,447 in Accountability Block Grant funding. The enacted Pennsylvania state Education budget included $5,354,629,000 for the 2011-2012 Basic Education Funding appropriation. This amount was a $233,290,000 increase (4.6%) over the enacted State appropriation for 2010-2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/education_budget/8699/basic_education_funding/539259 |title=Basic Education Funding |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |date=June 30, 2011}}</ref> The highest increase in state basic education funding was awarded to [[Duquesne City School District]] of Allegheny County, which got a 49% increase in state funding for 2011-12.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/education_budget/8699/basic_education_funding/539259 |title=Basic Education Funding 2011-2012 Fiscal Year |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |date=June 30, 2011}}</ref> In 2010, the District reported that 773 students received free or reduced price lunches, due to the family meeting the [[Poverty in the United States|federal poverty level]].<ref>Pennsylvania Department of Education, District Allocations Report 2009, 2009-10</ref>

'''In the 2010-11 budget year''', the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania provided a 2% increase in Basic Education Funding for a total of $8,572,780. Among the districts in Berks County, the highest increase went to [[Muhlenberg School District]] which got an 8.17% increase. One hundred fifty Pennsylvania school districts received the base 2% increase. The highest increase in 2010-11 went to [[Kennett Consolidated School District]] in [[Chester County, Pennsylvania|Chester County]], which received a 23.65% increase in state funding.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/pdf/201006/20100701pabudget_education.pdf |title=PA Basic Education Funding-Printout2 2010-2011 |author=Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee |date=June 30, 2010 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette}}</ref> Fifteen (15) Pennsylvania public school districts received a BEF increase of greater than 10%. The state's hold harmless policy regarding state basic education funding continued where each district received at least the same amount as it received the prior school year, even when enrollment had significantly declined. The amount of increase each school district received was set by Governor [[Edward Rendell]] and then Secretary of Education Gerald Zahorchak, as a part of the state budget proposal given each February. This was the second year of Governor Rendell’s policy to fund some public school districts at a far greater rate than others.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.budget.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/past_budgets/4571 |title=Pennsylvania Budget Proposal 2010 |author=Office of the Budget |date=February 2010}}</ref>

'''In the 2009-10 budget year''', the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania provided a 7.87% increase in Basic Education Funding for a total of $8,404,686. Ninety (90) Pennsylvania public school districts received the base 2% increase. Muhlenberg School District received a 22.31% increase in state basic education funding in 2009 which was the highest awarded BEF increase in the Commonwealth.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=514&objID=509059&mode=2 |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |title=Funding Allocations by district 2009-10 |date=October 2009}}</ref> The amount of increase each school district received was set by Governor Edward G. Rendell and the Secretary of Education Gerald Zahorchak, as a part of the state budget proposal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.budget.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=4566&&level=1&css=L1&mode=2 |title=Governor's Budget Proposal 2009 Pennsylvania Department of Education Budget Proposal 2009 |author=Pennsylvania Office of Budget |date=February 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091224004249/http://www.budget.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=4566&&level=1&css=L1&mode=2 |archivedate=2009-12-24 |df= }}</ref>

'''In 2008-09''', the state Basic Education Funding to the Daniel Boone Area School District was $7,791,411.83. According to the [[Pennsylvania Department of Education]], 533 district students received free or reduced-price lunches due to low family income in the 2007–08 school year.<ref>Pennsylvania Department of Education, Funding Report by LEA, 2009</ref> According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Pennsylvania spent $7,824 Per Pupil in the year 2000. This amount increased up to $12,085 by the year 2008.<ref>U.S. Census Bureau., Annual Survey of Local Government Finances., 2000</ref><ref>U.S. Census Bureau., 2008 Survey of Local Government Finances – School Systems, 2010</ref>

====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 District applied for and received $419,209 in addition to all other state and federal funding. The District uses the funding to provide an extended school year, interventions for struggling pupils and Career Awareness Education.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/education_budget/8699/pa_accountability_grants/604468 |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |title= Accountability Block Grant report Grantee list 2010 |year=2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/grants_and_subsidies/7207/pa-pact_information/507147 |title=Accountability Block Grant Mid Year report |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |year=2008}}</ref>

====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 to 2009. The Daniel Boone Area School District did not apply to participate in 2006-07 or in 2007-08, nor in 2008-09.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.auditorgen.state.pa.us/reports/performance/special/specff122208.pdf |author=Pennsylvania Auditor General |title=Classrooms for the Future grants audit |date=December 22, 2008}}</ref> Among the public school districts in Berks County the highest award was given to [[Reading School District]] which received nearly $1.3 million. The highest funding statewide was awarded to [[Philadelphia City School District]] in [[Philadelphia County]] - $9,409,073. The grant program was discontinued by Governor Edward Rendell as part of the 2009-10 state budget.

====Other grants====
Daniel Boone Area District did not participate in: Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's Environmental Education annual grants, PA Science Its Elementary grants (discontinued effective with 2009-10 budget by Governor Rendell), Education Assistance Grants, 2012 Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy grant, nor the federal 21st Century Learning grants.

===Federal Stimulus grant===
The district received an extra $2,693,055 in [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009]] (ARRA) - Federal Stimulus money to be used in specific programs like special education and meeting the academic needs of low-income students.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.recovery.pa.gov/ |title=County ARRA FUNDING Report |author=Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |year=2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110307134051/http://www.recovery.pa.gov/ |archivedate=2011-03-07 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://projects.propublica.org/recovery/locale/pennsylvania/blair |title=Recovery Tracker Eye on the stimulus |author=ProPublica |year=2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927181938/http://projects.propublica.org/recovery/locale/pennsylvania/blair |archivedate=2013-09-27 |df= }}</ref> The funding was limited to the 2009-10 and 2010-2011 school years.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09071/954967-298.stm |title=School stimulus money |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=March 12, 2009}}</ref> Due to the temporary nature of the funding, schools were repeatedly advised to use the funds for one time expenditures like: acquiring equipment, making repairs to buildings, training teachers to provide more effective instruction or purchasing books and software.

====Race to the Top grant====
Daniel Boone Area School District officials did not apply for the federal [[Race to the Top]] grant which would have provided over one million dollars, in additional federal funding, to improve student academic achievement.<ref>Pennsylvania Department of Education, Race To The Top Webinar powerpoint for districts December 2009, December 9, 2009</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pennsylvanias-race-to-the-top-fueled-by-effective-reforms-strong-local-support-82086397.html |title=Pennsylvania's 'Race to the Top' Fueled by Effective Reforms, Strong Local Support, |author=Governor's Press Office release |date=January 20, 2010}}</ref> 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.<ref>Race to the Top Fund, U.S. Department of Education, March 29, 2010.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.edweek.org/media/parace.pdf |title=Pennsylvania Race to the Top Letter to Superintendents |author= Gerald Zahorchak |date=December 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/directory/stimulus/93015?DirMode=1 |title=Pennsylvania Race to the Top -School Districts Title I Allocations 2009-10 |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |date=January 19, 2009}}</ref>

===Real estate taxes===
Property tax rates in 2013-14 were set by the school board at 28.9618 mills. A mill is $1 of tax for every $1,000 of a property's assessed value. Irregular property reassessments have become a serious issue in the commonwealth as it creates a significant disparity in taxation within a community and across a region.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/financial_data_elements/7672 |title=Real Estate Tax Rates by School District 2012-13 Real Estate Mills |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |year=2012}}</ref> Property taxes, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, apply only to real estate - land and buildings. The [[property tax]] is not levied on cars, business inventory, or other personal property. Certain types of property are exempt from property taxes, including: places of worship, places of burial, private social clubs, charitable and educational institutions and all government property (local, state and federal). Additionally, service related, disabled US military veterans may seek an exemption from paying property taxes. Pennsylvania school district revenues are dominated by two main sources: 1) Property tax collections, which account for the vast majority (between 75-85%) of local revenues; and 2) Act 511 tax collections, which are around 15% of revenues for school districts.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/summaries_of_annual_financial_report_data/7673/afr_excel_data_files/509047 |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |title=Act 511 Tax Report |year=2004}}</ref> When a Pennsylvania public school district includes municipalities in two counties, each of which has different rates of property tax assessment, a state board equalizes the tax rates between the counties.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.steb.state.pa.us/aboutusmain.asp |title=State Tax Equalization Board About US |author=State Tax Equalization Board |year=2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114000816/http://www.steb.state.pa.us/aboutusmain.asp |archivedate=2012-11-14 |df= }}</ref> In 2010, miscalculations by the State Tax Equalization Board (STEB) were widespread in the Commonwealth and adversely impacted funding for many school districts, including those that did not cross county borders.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.auditorgen.state.pa.us/reports/performance/special/spesteb021011.pdf |title=A Special Performance Audit of the Pennsylvania State Tax Equalization Boards |author=Pennsylvania Auditor General office - Bureau of Audits |date=February 2011}}</ref>
*2012-13 - 28.9618 mills <ref>Pennsylvania Department of Education, Finances_Real Estate Tax Rates 2012-13, 2012</ref>
*2011-12 - 28.9618 mills.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/financial_data_elements/7672 |title=Real Estate Tax Millage by School District, |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |year=2011}}</ref>
*2010-11 - 28.4218 mills <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/financial_data_elements/7672 |title=Real Estate Tax Millage by School District, |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |year=2010}}</ref>
*2009-10 - 27.6500 mills.<ref>Pennsylvania Department of Education, Financial Elements Reports, 2010</ref>
*2008-09 - 27.6500 mills.<ref>Pennsylvania Department of Education, Financial Elements Reports 2008-09 Real Estate Mills, 2009</ref>
*2007-08 - 26.2500 mills.<ref>Pennsylvania Department of Education, Real Estate Tax Millage by School District, 2008</ref>
*2006-07 - 25.2500 mills.<ref>Pennsylvania Department of Education, Real Estate Tax Millage by School District, 2006</ref>
*2005-06 - 24.5000 mills.<ref>Pennsylvania Department of Education, Real Estate Tax Millage by School District, 2005</ref>

The average yearly property tax paid by Berks County residents amounts to about 4.66% of their yearly income. Berks County ranked 112th out of the 3143 United States counties for property taxes as a percentage of median income.<ref>Tax-rates.org., The 2013 Tax Resource County Property Taxes 2012, 2012</ref> According to a report prepared by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, the total real estate taxes collected by all school districts in Pennsylvania rose from $6,474,133,936 in 1999-00 to $10,438,463,356 in 2008-09 and to $11,153,412,490 in 2011.<ref>Pennsylvania Department of Education, Pennsylvania School Finances - Summaries of Annual Financial Report Data 2010-11, 2011</ref> Property taxes in Pennsylvania are relatively high on a national scale. According to the [[Tax Foundation]], Pennsylvania ranked 11th in the U.S. in 2008 in terms of property taxes paid as a percentage of home value (1.34%) and 12th in the country in terms of property taxes as a percentage of income (3.55%).<ref>New Census Data on Property Taxes on Homeowners, Tax Foundation, September 22, 2009.</ref>

====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 permitted to raise property taxes above their annual Act 1 Index unless they either: allow Districts voters to approve the increase through a vote by referendum or they receive an exception from the Pennsylvania Department of Education. The base index for the school year is published by the PDE in the fall of each year. Each individual school district’s Act 1 Index can be adjusted higher, depending on a number of factors, such as local property values and the personal income of district residents. Originally, Act 1 of 2006 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/property_tax_relief/7452 |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |title=2010-11 Act 1 of 2006 Referendum Exception Guidelines |year=2010}}</ref>

In June 2011, the Pennsylvania General Assembly passed legislation eliminating six of the exceptions to the Act 1 Index.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11216/1164959-57-0.stm |title=Law could restrict school construction projects |author=Kaitlynn Riely |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=August 4, 2011}}</ref> Several exceptions were maintained: 1) costs to pay interest and principal on indebtedness incurred prior to September 4, 2004 for Act 72 schools and prior to June 27, 2006 for non-Act 72 schools; 2) costs to pay interest and principal on electoral debt; 3) costs incurred in providing special education programs and services (beyond what is already paid by the State); and 4) costs due to increases of more than the Index in the school’s share of payments to PSERS (PA school employees pension fund) taking into account the state mandated PSERS contribution rate.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=PDF&sessYr=2011&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0330&pn=1459 |author1=Pennsylvania General Assembly |title=SB330 of 2011 |date=June 29, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://paindependent.com/2011/07/property-tax-reform-final-piece-of-state-budget/ |title=Property tax reform final piece of state budget |author=Eric Boehm |work=PA Independent |date=July 1, 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704192251/http://paindependent.com/2011/07/property-tax-reform-final-piece-of-state-budget/ |archivedate=July 4, 2011 |df= }}</ref> The legislature also froze the payroll amount public school districts use to calculate the pension-plan exception at the 2012 payroll levels. Further increases in payroll cannot be used to raise the district’s exception for pension payments.

A specific timeline for Act I Index decisions is published annually, by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/property_tax_relief/7452 |title=Special Session Act 1 of 2006 the Taxpayer Relief Act information |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |year=2011}}</ref>

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*2006-07 - 5.0%, Base 3.9%<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/property_tax_relief/7452/act_1_index/510332 |title=Special Session Act 1 of 2006 School District Adjusted Index for 2006-2007 through 2011-2012 |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |date=May 2011}}</ref>
*2007-08 - 4.4%, Base 3.4%
*2008-09 - 5.8%, Base 4.4%
*2009-10 - 5.4%, Base 4.1%
*2010-11 - 3.8%, Base 2.9%
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*2011-12 - 1.9%, Base 1.4%
*2012-13 - 2.3%, Base 1.7% <ref>Pennsylvania Department of Education, 2012-2013 School District Adjusted Index, May 2011</ref>
*2013-14 - 2.3%, Base 1.7% <ref>Pennsylvania Department of Education, 2013-2014 School District Adjusted Index, May 2012</ref>
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For the 2013-14 budget year, Daniel Boone Area School Board apply for two exceptions to exceed their Act 1 Index limit for:special education costs and teacher pension costs. For the school budget year 2013-14, 311 Pennsylvania public school districts adopted a resolution certifying that tax rates would not be increased above their index. Another 171 school districts adopted a preliminary budget leaving open the option of exceeded the Index limit. For the exception for pension costs, 89 school districts received approval to exceed the Index in full while others received a partial approval of their request. For special education costs, 75 districts received approval to exceed their tax limit. For the pension costs exception, 169 school districts received approval to exceed the Index. Eleven Pennsylvania public school districts received an approval for grandfathered construction debts.<ref>Pennsylvania Department of Education, Report on Referendum Exceptions For School Year 2013-2014, April 2013</ref>

For the 2012-13 budget year, Daniel Boone Area School Board applied for two exceptions to exceed the Act 1 Index: teacher pension costs and special education costs. For 2012-2013, 274 school districts adopted a resolution certifying that tax rates would not be increased above their index; 223 school districts adopted a preliminary budget leaving open the option of exceeded the Index limit. For the exception for pension costs, 194 school districts received approval to exceed the Index. For special education costs, 129 districts received approval to exceed the tax limit.<ref>Pennsylvania Department of Education, Report on Referendum Exceptions For School Year 2012-2013, March 30, 2012</ref>

For the 2011-12 school year, the Daniel Boone Area School Board applied for four exceptions to exceed the Act 1 Index, including: special education costs, teacher pension costs, Maintenance of Selected Revenue, and Maintenance of local tax effort, . Each year, the Daniel Boone 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.

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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/referendum_exceptions/7456/report_on_referendum_exceptions/510336 |title=Report on Exceptions |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |date=April 2011}}</ref>

The Daniel Boone Area School Board applied for two exceptions to exceed the Act 1 index for the budget in 2010-11: teacher pensions costs and special education services costs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/referendum_exceptions/7456/report_on_referendum_exceptions/510336 |title=Report on Referendum Exceptions for 2010-2011 |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |date=May 2010}}</ref>

For the 2009-10 school budget, the Daniel Boone Area School Board did not apply for exceptions to exceed the Index.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/referendum_exceptions/7456/report_on_referendum_exceptions/510336 |title=Report on Referendum Exceptions for 2009-2010 |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education |date=May 2009}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dailyitem.com/0100_news/x1174308659/Local-school-tax-assessments-exceed-state-averages |author1=Scarcella, Frank |author2=Pursell, Tricia |title=Local school tax assessments exceed state averages |publisher=The Daily Item |date=May 25, 2010}}</ref>

==Wellness policy==
Daniel Boone Area School Board a district wellness policy in 2006.<ref>Daniel Boone Area School Board Policy Manual, Wellness Policy 826, June 26, 2006</ref> The policy deals with nutritious meals served at school, the control of access to some foods and beverages during school hours, age appropriate nutrition education for all students, and physical education for students K-12. The policy is in response to state mandates and federal legislation (P.L. 108 – 265). The law dictates that each school district participating in a program authorized by the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq) or the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq) "shall establish a local school wellness policy by School Year 2006." Most Pennsylvania public school districts identified the superintendent and school foodservice director as responsible for ensuring local wellness policy implementation.<ref>{{cite journal |pmid=18755322 |title=Statewide assessment of local wellness policies in Pennsylvania public school districts. |vauthors=Probart C, McDonnell E, Weirich JE, Schilling L, Fekete V |date=September 2008 |doi=10.1016/j.jada.2008.06.429 |volume=108 |issue=9 |journal=J Am Diet Assoc |pages=1497–502}}</ref>

The legislation placed the responsibility of developing a wellness policy at the local level so the individual needs of each district can be addressed. According to the requirements for the Local Wellness Policy, school districts must set goals for nutrition education, physical activity, campus food provision, and other school-based activities designed to promote student wellness. Additionally, districts were required to involve a broad group of individuals in policy development and to have a plan for measuring policy implementation. Districts were offered a choice of levels of implementation for limiting or prohibiting low nutrition foods on the school campus. In final implementation these regulations prohibit some foods and beverages on the school campus.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/school_nutrition_incentive_program/7489 |title=Nutrition Standards for Competitive Foods in Pennsylvania Schools for the School Nutrition Incentive |author=Pennsylvania Department of Education – Division of Food and Nutrition |date=July 2008}}</ref> The Pennsylvania Department of Education required the district to submit a copy of the policy for approval.

The District offers a free school breakfast and free or reduced-price lunch to children in low income families. All students attending the school can eat breakfast and lunch. Children from families with incomes at or below 130 percent of the federal poverty level are provided a breakfast and lunch at no cost to the family. Children from families with incomes between 130 and 185 percent of the federal poverty level can be charged no more than 30 cents per breakfast. A foster child whose care and placement is the responsibility of the State or who is placed by a court with a caretaker household is eligible for both a free breakfast and a free lunch. Runaway, homeless and Migrant Youth are also automatically eligible for free meals.<ref>USDA, Child Nutrition Programs - Eligibility Manual for School Meals, 2012</ref> The meals are partially funded with federal dollars through the [[United States Department of Agriculture]].<ref>Pennsylvania Hunger Action Center, The Pennsylvania School Breakfast Report Card, 2009</ref>

In 2013, the USDA issued new restrictions to foods in public schools. The rules apply to foods and beverages sold on all public school district campuses during the day. They limit vending machine snacks to a maximum of 200 calories per item. Additionally, all snack foods sold at school must meet competitive nutrient standards, meaning they must have fruits, vegetables, dairy or protein in them or contain at least 10 percent of the daily value of fiber, calcium, potassium, and [[Vitamin D]].<ref>USDA, Child Nutrition Programs, June 27, 2013</ref> In order to comply with the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 all US public school districts are required to raise the price of their school lunches to $2.60 regardless of the actual cost of the lunch.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/governance/legislation/Pricing_Equity_Facts.pdf |title=Food and Nutrition Service Equity in School Lunch Pricing Fact Sheet |author=United States Department of Agriculture |year=2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922174202/http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/governance/legislation/Pricing_Equity_Facts.pdf |archivedate=2013-09-22 |df= }}</ref>

Daniel Boone Area School District provides health services as mandated by the Commonwealth and the federal government. Nurses are available in each building to conduct annual health screenings (data reported to the PDE and state Department of Health) and to dispense prescribed medications to students during the school day. Students can be excluded from school unless they comply with all the State Department of Health’s extensive immunization mandates. School nurses monitor each pupil for this compliance.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pabulletin.com/secure/data/vol40/40-22/984.html |title=Pennsylvania Bulletin Doc. No. 10-984 School Immunizations; Communicable and Noncommunicable Diseases |author=Pennsylvania State Department of Health |year=2010}}</ref> Nurses also monitor each child's weight.

==Extracurriculars==
The District offers a wide variety of clubs, activities and an extensive, costly sports program. Eligibility for participation is determined by school board policy and in compliance with standards set by the Pennsylvania interscholastic Athletics Association (PIAA).

By Pennsylvania law, all K-12 students residing 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pennsylvania-governor-rendell-says-home-schooled-children-can-participate-in-school-district-extracurricular-activities-55536207.html |title=Home-Schooled, Charter School Children Can Participate in School District Extracurricular Activities |author=Pennsylvania Office of the Governor Press Release |date=November 10, 2005}}</ref>


===Sports===
===Sports===
The District funds:
The district funds:
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*[[Baseball]] - A
*[[Basketball]]- AAAA
*[[Basketball]]- AAAA
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*[[Wrestling]] - AAA
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;Middle School Sports:
;Middle School Extracurricalr:
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*Cross Country
*Cross Country
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*Football
*Soccer
*Soccer
*Track and Field
*Track and Field
*Wrestling
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*Cross Country
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According to PIAA directory July 2013 <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.piaa.org/schools/directory/default.aspx |title=PIAA School Directory |author=Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletics Association |year=2013}}</ref>
According to the Pennsylvania interscholastic Athletics ppl directory July 2013<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.piaa.org/schools/directory/default.aspx |title=PIAA School Directory |author=Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletics Association |year=2013}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.dboone.org Daniel Boone Area School District] official website


[[Category:School districts in Berks County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:School districts in Berks County, Pennsylvania]]

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Daniel Boone Area School District
Address
501 Chestnut Street
Southeastern Berks County
Birdsboro, Pennsylvania
, Berks County, 19508
District information
TypePublic
Students and staff
District mascotBlazers
ColorsCarolina blue and white
Other information
Websitewww.dboone.org

The Daniel Boone Area School District covers the Borough of Birdsboro, Amity Township, and Union Township in Berks County, Pennsylvania. The district encompasses approximately 39 square miles (100 km2). According to 2000 federal census data, it served a resident population of 17,384. By 2010, the district's population increased to 21,270 people.[1] In 2009, the district residents’ per capita income was $23,825, while the median family income was $63,824.[2] In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 [3] and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010.[4]

Daniel Boone Area School District operates Daniel Boone Area High School (9-12), Daniel Boone Area Middle School (5-8), Daniel Boone Area Intermediate Center (2-4), and Daniel Boone Area Primary Center (K-1).

Extra Curriculars

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The district offers a wide variety of clubs, activities and an extensive sports program.

Sports

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The district funds:

Middle School Extracurricalr

According to the Pennsylvania interscholastic Athletics ppl directory July 2013[5]

References

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  1. ^ US Census Bureau, 2010 Census Poverty Data by Local Educational Agency, 2011
  2. ^ US Census Bureau, American Fact Finder, 2009
  3. ^ US Census Bureau (2010). "American Fact Finder, State and County quick facts". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2013-09-21.
  4. ^ US Census Bureau (September 2011). "Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2010" (PDF).
  5. ^ Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletics Association (2013). "PIAA School Directory".
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