Abington School District

Abington School District

The Abington School District is a school district serving Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The elementary schools in the district are:
* Copper Beech Elementary
* Highland Elementary
* McKinley Elementary
* Overlook Elementary
* Roslyn Elementary
* Rydal Elementary
* Willow Hill Elementary

The middle school (grades 7-9) is Abington Junior High School and the senior high (grades 10-12) is Abington Senior High School.

The school district received some notoriety in the 1960s when it became one of the key parties in the school prayer controversy, with "Abington School District v. Schempp". The Supreme Court case resulted in a declaration of the unconstitutionality of school-sanctioned Bible reading.


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