Owen J. Roberts School District

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The Owen J. Roberts School District is a school district located in northern Chester County, Pennsylvania. its headquarters are in South Coventry Township, with a Pottstown postal address. [1]

The school district comprises of

Five elementary schools: East Coventry, North Coventry, East Vincent, West Vincent, and French Creek

One middle school

The Owen J. Roberts High School

And the Warwick administration building, which use to be the Warwick elementary school.


The student population for the entire district is around 4,800 students. The current[ when? ] school tax rate is 30.5045 mills. [2]

It includes East Coventry Township, East Nantmeal Township, East Vincent Township, North Coventry Township (including Kenilworth and South Pottstown), South Coventry Township (including Pughtown), Warwick Township, and West Vincent Township. [3]

The school district covers an area of 110 square miles (280 km2) in 7 townships. In 2009, the district completed construction on a newly renovated middle school. In 2015, construction started on a modernized elementary school, East Coventry Elementary, which finished construction in 2018.

The school board has considered adding a new elementary school and rezoning the district to accommodate the rising population of the district. Proposed names have included New Kimberton Elementary School, Gene Elementary School, South Coventry Elementary School, and Boofer Mill Elementary School.

The district is also considering pushing back the start/stop time of schools from 7:30AM-2:15PM to 8:00AM-2:45PM for the High School and Middle School, and from 8:30AM-3:15PM to 8:50AM-3:30PM for the elementary schools for the 2024-25 school year. In addition the district will be changing its kindergarten classes to full time in the 2025-26 school year.

The district is named after Owen J. Roberts (1875-1955), Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, who purchased the Strickland-Roberts Homestead in West Vincent Township in 1927, and died there in 1955.

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References

  1. "Zoning Map" (PDF). South Coventry Township, Pennsylvania . Retrieved 2022-10-20. - Compare with the street address: "901 Ridge Road, Pottstown, PA 19465"
  2. "Taxes / Real Estate Tax Home".
  3. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Chester County, PA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved 2022-10-19.