Sayre Area School District
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| Sayre Area School District | |
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| Address | |
333 West Lockhart Street
Sayre , Bradford County, Pennsylvania, 18840United States | |
| District information | |
| Established | February 28, 1882 |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 958 (2021–2022)[1] |
| Faculty | 65.10 (2021–2022)[1] |
| District mascot | Redskins |
| Colors | Red and blue |
| Other information | |
| Website | www |
The Sayre Area School District is a small, rural public school district located in northcentral Bradford County, Pennsylvania. It is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania. The district serves two noncontiguous fragments: the Boroughs of Sayre and South Waverly and Litchfield Township in Bradford County, Pennsylvania. The district encompasses approximately 33 square miles (85 km2) and, as of school year 2021–2022, provides basic educational services to 958 pupils and employs 65.10 full-time equivalent faculty.
Sayre Area School District operates two schools: Sayre Area High School (7th-12th) and H. Austin Snyder Elementary School (pre K–6th). Litchfield Elementary School (K-4th) was closed in June 2011.
The present high school building was erected in 1928 and 1929 with additions and remodeling completed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The community gave its swimming pool to the Sayre Area School District in 1951. The first high school building was actually constructed in 1891 and 1892 and renovated with an annex in 1897. It was a recreation center and later became a 4-6 elementary school.
Litchfield Elementary School was built in 1967. The school was temporarily closed by the board in June 2011. In 2019, the school board voted 7 to 1 to permanently close the Litchfield Elementary School, which includes the school building as well as 91 acres (37 ha) of land.[2]
Sayre Area School District teachers went on strike on April 12, 2016, adversely impacting the time period for the state testing of students. They were ordered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education to return to work on April 22 of the same year. Sayre teachers had been working without a contract for three years at the time of the strike.[3][4]