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The West Chester Area School District ( WCASD) serves the borough of West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States and its surrounding townships. The townships served are East Bradford, East Goshen, Thornbury, West Goshen, West Whiteland, and Westtown, in Chester County, as well as Thornbury Township in adjacent Delaware County. [ 2]
The West Chester Area School District announced plans to build a new public high school in 2002. In May, the district school board voted 6–3 to name the school after Bayard Rustin, the West Chester-born civil rights leader and principal organizer of the historic 1963 March on Washington, during which Martin Luther King Jr delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech.
In 1968, the school was renamed B. Reed Henderson High School after the longest serving principal of any high school in the district. In 1966, the surrounding areas officially became the K-12 West Chester Area School District. Rising enrollment once again outpaced building capacity and West Chester East High School was built. The building was ...
Former West Chester Area School District Superintendent Jim Scanlon speaks at a graduation ceremony. The retired administrator is expected to be appointed as Central Bucks' new interim ...
Website. west-chester .com. West Chester is a borough and the county seat of Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. [ 5] Located in the Philadelphia metropolitan area, the borough had a population of 18,461 at the 2010 census. [ 6] West Chester is the mailing address for most of its neighboring townships.
The history of West Chester, Pennsylvania, began in 1762, when Phineas Eachus and Chest Weaterson were issued a license to build a tavern. The borough was incorporated in 1799. One of the nation's first railroads was built in West Chester in 1832, and a prominent courthouse, designed by Thomas U. Walter, was completed in 1847.
Rating Action: Moody's assigns Aaa GOLT rating to West Chester Area School District, PA's Series of 2021 bonds; outlook stableGlobal Credit Research - 20 Apr 2021New York, April 20, 2021 -- Moody ...
Website. Official Website. West Chester East High School (colloquially referred to simply as East or WC East) is a public four-year high school located in West Goshen Township, Pennsylvania, United States, near West Chester. [ 3][ 4] Established in 1973 as the second high school in the West Chester Area School District (along with Henderson ...