- Lower Merion School District
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Map of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Public School Districts. Lower Merion School District is in pink in the southern corner of the county.
Lower Merion School District, or LMSD, is a public school district located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The school district includes residents of both Lower Merion Township and the Borough of Narberth. Established in 1836, LMSD is one of the oldest districts in Pennsylvania. It is the wealthiest school district in the state, and one of the wealthiest school districts in the country.[1]
Contents
Schools administered
Ten schools comprise the district:
- Lower Merion High School[2]
- Harriton High School[3]
- Bala Cynwyd Middle School[4]
- Welsh Valley Middle School[5]
- Belmont Hills Elementary School[6]
- Cynwyd Elementary School[7]
- Gladwyne Elementary School[8]
- Merion Elementary School, the site of the April 4, 1991, plane crash that killed Republican U.S. Senator John Heinz. The plane crash also took the lives of six others, including two first grade students playing at recess.[9]
- Penn Wynne Elementary School, the elementary school that Alex Scott attended.[10]
- Penn Valley Elementary School[11]
Class action
Main article: Robbins v. Lower Merion School DistrictIn February 2010, a class action lawsuit was filed against the school district, alleging that Harriton High School had been secretly using remotely activated webcams built into laptops issued to their students to spy on the students in their homes, thereby infringing on their privacy rights.[12] The suit was filed by the parents of a student who had been warned by an assistant principal that he had been engaging in "improper behavior" in his bedroom. The schools admitted to secretly snapping over 66,000 webshots and screenshots, including webcam shots of students in their bedrooms.[13][14]
See also
References
- ^ "Philadelphia Magazine". Phillymag.com. http://www.phillymag.com/articles/the_top_50_school_districts_2008/. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
- ^ "LMHS | Lower Merion HS". LMSD. http://lmsd.org/sections/schools/lmhs/. Retrieved August 24, 2010.
- ^ "HHS | Harriton HS". LMSD. http://lmsd.org/sections/schools/hhs/. Retrieved August 24, 2010.
- ^ "BCMS | Bala Cynwyd MS". LMSD. http://lmsd.org/sections/schools/bcms/. Retrieved August 24, 2010.
- ^ "WVMS | Welsh Valley MS". LMSD. http://lmsd.org/sections/schools/wvms/. Retrieved August 24, 2010.
- ^ "BHES | Belmont Hills ES". LMSD. http://lmsd.org/sections/schools/bhes/. Retrieved August 24, 2010.
- ^ "CES | Cynwyd ES". LMSD. http://lmsd.org/sections/schools/ces/. Retrieved August 24, 2010.
- ^ "GES | Gladwyne ES". LMSD. http://lmsd.org/sections/schools/ges/. Retrieved August 24, 2010.
- ^ "MES | Merion ES". LMSD. http://lmsd.org/sections/schools/mes/. Retrieved August 24, 2010.
- ^ "PWES | Penn Wynne ES". LMSD. http://lmsd.org/sections/schools/pwes/. Retrieved August 24, 2010.
- ^ "PVES | Penn Valley ES". LMSD. http://www.lmsd.org/sections/schools/pves. Retrieved August 24, 2010.
- ^ "School used student laptop webcams to spy on them at school and home". Boing Boing. February 17, 2010. http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/17/school-used-student.html. Retrieved February 18, 2010.
- ^ Doug Stanglin (February 18, 2010). "School district accused of spying on kids via laptop webcams". USA Today. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/02/school-district-accused-of-issuing-webcam-laptops-to-spy-on-students/1. Retrieved February 19, 2010.
- ^ "Initial LANrev System Findings", LMSD Redacted Forensic Analysis, L-3 Services – prepared for Ballard Spahr (LMSD's counsel), May 2010. Retrieved August 15, 2010.
External links
- LMSD Website
- Community Site with Information on LMSD Budget Issues
- LMSD Science and Technology Education Department
- LMSD Technology Education Recent News Site
Education in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Colleges and Universities Arcadia University • Bryn Athyn College • Bryn Mawr College • Gwynedd–Mercy College • Haverford College • Manor College • Montgomery County Community College • Salus University • Penn State Abington • Rosemont College • St. Charles Borromeo Seminary • Temple University Ambler • Ursinus College • Westminster Theological Seminary
Public school districts Abington School District • Boyertown Area School District • Cheltenham Township School District • Colonial School District • Hatboro-Horsham School District • Jenkintown School District • Lower Merion School District • Lower Moreland Township School District • Methacton School District • Norristown Area School District • North Penn School District • Perkiomen Valley School District • Pottsgrove School District • Pottstown School District • Souderton Area School District • Springfield Township School District • Spring-Ford Area School District • Upper Dublin School District • Upper Merion Area School District • Upper Moreland School District • Upper Perkiomen School District • Wissahickon School District • Bryn Athyn School District
Private secondary schools Academy Of The New Church Boys School • Academy Of The New Church Girls School • Abington Friends School • Akiba Hebrew Academy • Baldwin School • Bishop McDevitt High School • Calvary Baptist School • Christopher Dock Mennonite High School • Coventry Christian Schools • Episcopal Academy • Friends' Central School • Germantown Academy • Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School • The Haverford School • The Hill School • Huntingdon Valley Christian Academy • Indian Creek Mennonite School • Akiba Hebrew Academy • Kennedy-Kenrick Catholic High School • Lakeside School • Lansdale Catholic High School • La Salle College High School • Lincoln Academy • Main Line Academy • Martin Luther School • Mary, Mother of the Redeemer Catholic School • Meadowbrook School • Merion Mercy Academy • Mount Saint Joseph Academy • New Life Youth & Family Svcs • The Pathway School • The Perkiomen School • Pope John Paul II Catholic High School • Reformation Christian School • Saint Aloysius School • Saint Basil Academy • Saint Katherine Day School • Saint Pius X High School • Stowe Lighthouse Christ Academy • Shipley School • Torah Academy of Greater Philadelphia • Trinity Christian Academy • Valley Forge Baptist Academy • Wyncote Academy
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