Line Mountain Jr./Sr. High School

The Line Mountain High School is a small, rural public high school located 187 Line Mountain Road, Herndon, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. In 2014, the School was reorganized as a 9th–12th grade school. It shares the building with District's only middle school. In 2014, the enrollment was reported as 365 pupils in 9th through 12th grades.[4] Forty percent of pupils eligible for a free lunch due to family poverty. Additionally, 15% of pupils received special education services, while 6% of pupils were identified as gifted. The school employed 44 teachers.[5] Per the PA Department of Education 100% of the teachers were rated "Highly Qualified" under the federal No Child Left Behind Act. The school is the sole high school in the Line Mountain School District.

Line Mountain High School
Address
187 Line Mountain Road

Herndon
,
Northumberland County
,
Pennsylvania
17830-7325

United States
Information
TypePublic
School districtLine Mountain School District
SuperintendentDavid M Campbell salary $93,000 (2012)
PrincipalJeffrey Roadcap
Carl Krause, Ast principal
Faculty36 teachers (2015), 40 teachers (2012)
Grades9th–12th (2014), 7th – 12th (2013
Enrollment381 pupils 9th–12th (2016)[1]

365 pupils 9th–12th (2015)[2]
544 pupils 7th–12th (2013),

304 pupils 9–12th (2011)[3]
 • Grade 796 (2012), 91
 • Grade 898 (2012), 83
 • Grade 9104 (2014), 99 (2012), 89
 • Grade 1097 (2014), 91 (2012), 115
 • Grade 1184 (2014), 81 (2012), 80
 • Grade 1280 (2014), 79 (2012), 81 (2010)
AthleticsLance Adams, Coordinator of Student/Athletics/Activities
Technology SpecialistKelle Kaleta
Websitehttps://www.linemountain.com/schools/highschool/

In 2013, Line Mountain Junior Senior High School was a combined junior senior high school. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the School reported an enrollment of 544 pupils in grades 7th through 12th, with 38.7% of its pupils eligible for a federal free or reduced price lunch due to the family meeting the federal poverty level. According to a report by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 100% of its teachers were rated "Highly Qualified" under federally No Child Left Behind Act.[6]

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in 2010, the School reported an enrollment of 566 pupils in grades 7th through 12th, with 192 of its pupils eligible for a federal free or reduced price lunch due to the family meeting the federal poverty level. The school employed 40 teachers yielding a student-teacher ratio of 14:1.[7] According to a report by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 100% of its teachers were rated "Highly Qualified" under federally No Child Left Behind Act.[8] The school is a federally designated Title I school.

Line Mountain High school students may choose to attend Northumberland County Career Technology Center for training in the trades. The Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit IU16 provides the District with a wide variety of services like specialized education for disabled students and hearing, speech and visual disability services, drivers education road classes, and professional development for staff and faculty.

Line Mountain High School's mascot is the Eagle and their colors are Royal Blue and Gold with a trim of Red.

Graduation rate

In 2017, Line Mountain School District's graduation rate declined to 95.24%.[9]

  • 2016 – 90.5%[10]
  • 2015 – 96.2%[11]
  • 2014 – 75%[12]
  • 2013 – 83.3%[13]
  • 2012 – 85.8%[14]
  • 2011 – 93%[15]
  • 2010 – 77%, the Pennsylvania Department of Education issued a new, 4 year cohort graduation rate.[16]
Former calculation rate

Academic achievement

In October 2015, Pennsylvania Auditor General DiPasquale reported that Line Mountain High School was among the 561 academically challenged schools that have been overlooked by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.[22] He also reported the Pennsylvania Department of Education failed to take any action to remediate these poorly performing schools to raise student academic achievement or to provide them with targeted professional assistance.[23]

In 2009, Line Mountain Junior-Senior High School ranked 475th out of 666 Pennsylvania high schools for the reading and mathematics achievement of its students.[24]

2017 School Performance Profile

The PDE did not report the school's SPP. Line Mountain High School Keystone Exams mandated testing results were: 80% of students were on grade level in reading/literature and 65% of students demonstrated on grade level in Algebra I. In Biology I, 64.7% of pupils demonstrated on grade level science understanding at the end of the Biology course.[25][26] Statewide 72.7% of students who took the Keystone Reading/Literature exam were on grade level or advanced. In Algebra 1, 65.6% demonstrated on grade level skills. In Biology I,63.4% of students who took a biology course showed on grade level understanding of concepts.[27][28]

2016 School performance profile

SPP 75 out of 100 points. Line Mountain High School Keystone Exams mandated testing results were: 75.5% of students were on grade level in reading literature and 64.9% of students demonstrated on grade level in Algebra I. In Biology I, 65.9% of pupils demonstrated on grade level science understanding at the end of the Biology course.[29] In 2016, Line Mountain Junior Senior HIgh School ranked 8th among CSIU16 region high schools for academic achievement.[30]

The state requirement that pupils pass the Keystone Exams in reading, algebra I and bIology I in order to graduate was postponed until 2019 by the Pennsylvania General Assembly because less than 60% of 12 grade pupils statewide would have been eligible for graduation from high school due to failing one or more Keystone Exams.[31] Fifty-four percent of the 2,676 public schools in Pennsylvania achieved a passing score of 70 or better.[32]

2015 School performance profile

Line Mountain High School achieved 62.6 out of 100. The PDE reported that 71% of the Line Mountain High School's students were on grade level in reading/literature. In Algebra 1, 49% of students showed on grade level skills at the end of the course. In Biology I, 54% demonstrated on grade level science understanding at the end of the course.[33] Statewide, 53 percent of schools with an eleventh grade achieved an academic score of 70 or better. Five percent of the 2,033 schools with 11th grade were scored at 90 and above; 20 percent were scored between 80 and 89; 28 percent between 70 and 79; 25 percent between 60 and 69 and 22 percent below 60. The Keystone Exam results showed: 73 percent of students statewide scored at grade-level in English, 64 percent in Algebra I and 59 percent in biology.[34][35]

2014 School performance profile

Line Mountain High School achieved 55.3 out of 100. Reflects on grade level reading, mathematics and science achievement. In reading/literature – 77% were on grade level. In Algebra 1, 51.7% showed on grade level skills. In Biology, only 48% showed on grade level science understanding at the end of the course.[36][37] According to the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 2,134 of 2,947 Pennsylvania public schools (72 percent of Pennsylvania public schools), achieved an academic score of 70 or higher.[38] Fifty-three percent of schools statewide received lower SPP scores compared with last year's, while 46 percent improved. A handful were unchanged.[39][40] Compared with last year, the percentage of schools that earned below 60 declined by nearly 1 percent per Secretayr of Education Carolyn Dumaresq. She reported that this is an indication that student achievement is improving as school resources are being used better.[41]

2013 School performance profile

Line Mountain Junior Senior High School achieved 78.8 out of 100. Reflects on grade level reading, mathematics and science achievement. In reading/literature – 77% were on grade level. In Algebra 1, 78% showed on grade level skills. In Biology, 60% showed on grade level science understanding. In 8th grade, 75% demonstrated on grade level writing skills.[42] According to the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 2,181 public schools (less than 73 percent of Pennsylvania public schools), achieved an academic score of 70 or higher.

Adequate Yearly Progress history

In 2012, Line Mountain Junior Senior High School declined to Warning Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) status due to missing 4 out of 8 academic metrics. in 2011 and 2010 Line Mountain Junior Senior High School achieved AYP status.[43] In 2006 and 2004, Line Mountain High School was in Warning status due to lagging student academic achievement.

PSSA Results

Pennsylvania System of School Assessments, commonly called PSSAs are No Child Left Behind Act related examinations which were administered from 2003 through 2012. The exams were administered in the Spring of each school year. PSSAs are NCLB related examinations which were administered from 2003 through 2012. The PSSAs for 11th graders included: Reading, Writing, Mathematics and Science. The Science exam included content in science, technology, ecology and the environmental studies. The mathematics exam included: algebra I, algebra II, geometry and trigonometry.

>11th Grade Reading:

  • 2012 – 69% on grade level. (12% below basics). In Pennsylvania, 67% of 11th graders on grade level.[44]
  • 2011 – 65.4%, State – 69%.[45]
  • 2010 – 64%, State – 66%[46]
  • 2009 – 58%, State – 65%[47]
  • 2008 – 63%, State – 65%[48]
  • 2007 – 65%, State – 65%[49]

>11th Grade Math: In 2011, Line Mountain 11th graders ranked 14th out of 18 Central Pennsylvania High Schools in the CSIU 16 region for math achievement.[50] In 2010, LMHS 11th graders ranked 14th out of 18 CSIU16 region High Schools for math achievement.[51] In 2009, LMHS 11th graders ranked 15th out of 18 Central Pennsylvania High Schools in the CSIU 16 region for math achievement.[52]

  • 2012 – 67% on grade level. (16% below basic). In Pennsylvania, 59% of 11th graders are on grade level.
  • 2011 – 56.1%, State – 60.3%
  • 2010 – 53%, State – 59%[53]
  • 2009 – 46%, State – 56%
  • 2008 – 49%, State – 56%[54]
  • 2007 – 46%, State – 53%[55]

>11th Grade Science:

  • 2012 – 53% on grade level (5% below basic) (63% of Boys and 40% of Girls on grade level). In Pennsylvania 42% of 11th graders were on grade level.
  • 2011 – 44%, (49% of Boys and 39% of Girls on grade level). State – 40%.[56]
  • 2010 – 58%, State – 39%[57]
  • 2009 – 34%, State – 40%[58]
  • 2008 – 40%, State – 39%

Science in Motion Line Mountain Junior Senior High School took advantage of a state program called Science in Motion which brought college professors and sophisticated science equipment to the school to raise science awareness and to provide inquiry-based experiences for the students. The Science in Motion program was funded by a state appropriation and cost the school nothing to participate.[59] Susquehanna University provided the experiences in the region.

College remediation

According to a Pennsylvania Department of Education study released in January 2009, 16% of the Line Mountain Junior-Senior High School graduates required remediation in mathematics and or reading before they were prepared to take college level courses in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education or community colleges.[60] Less than 66% of Pennsylvania high school graduates, who enroll in a four-year college in Pennsylvania, will earn a bachelor's degree within six years. Among Pennsylvania high school graduates pursuing an associate degree, only one in three graduate in three years.[61] Per the Pennsylvania Department of Education, one in three recent high school graduates who attend Pennsylvania's public universities and community colleges takes at least one remedial course in math, reading or English.

SAT Scores

In 2016, 44 Line Mountain School District students took the SAT exams. The District's Verbal Average Score was 491. The Math average score was 493. The Writing average score was 459.[62] The College Board also reported that statewide 92,569 pupils took the exams with average scores declining again in all three measurers to: 494 in reading, 508 in math and 482 in writing.[63] Among the 12 high schools in the CSIU16 region, Area High School ranked 8th and was below the state averages.[64] Nationally, 1,681,134 students took the SATs.[65]

2015 – 43 Line Mountain School District students took the SAT exams. The District's Verbal Average Score was 473. The Math average score was 461. The Writing average score was 441.[66] The College Board also reported that statewide 96,826 pupils took the exams with average scores declining in all three measurers to: 495 in reading, 511 in math and 484 in writing.[67]

2014 – 46 Line Mountain School District students took the SAT exams. The District's Verbal Average Score was 492. The Math average score was 479. The Writing average score was 463.[68] Statewide in Pennsylvania, Verbal Average Score was 497. The Math average score was 504. The Writing average score was 480. The College Board also reported that nationwide scores were: 497 in reading, 513 in math and 487 in writing.[69]

2013 – 48 Line Mountain School District students took the SAT exams. The District's Verbal Average Score was 494. The Math average score was 503. The Writing average score was 467. The College Board reported that statewide scores were: 494 in reading, 504 in math and 482 in writing. The nationwide SAT results were the same as in 2012.[70]

2012 – 61 Line Mountain School District students took the SAT exams. The District's Verbal Average Score was 486. The Math average score was 490. The Writing average score was 454. The statewide Verbal SAT exams results were: Verbal 491, Math 501, Writing 480. In the USA, 1.65 million students took the exams achieving scores: Verbal 496, Math 514, Writing 488. According to the College Board the maximum score on each section was 800, and 360 students nationwide scored a perfect 2,400.

2011 – 44 Line Mountain High School students took the SAT exams. The district's Verbal Average Score was 470. The Math average score was 488. The Writing average score was 461.[71] Pennsylvania ranked 40th among states with SAT scores: Verbal – 493, Math – 501, Writing – 479.[72] In the United States, 1.65 million students took the exam in 2011. They averaged 497 (out of 800) verbal, 514 math and 489 in writing.[73]

The Pennsylvania Department of Education compared the SAT data of students in rural areas of Pennsylvania to students in urban areas. From 2003 to 2005, the average total SAT score for students in rural Pennsylvania was 992, while urban students averaged 1,006. During the same period, 28 percent of 11th and 12th graders in rural school districts took the exam, compared to 32 percent of urban students in the same grades. The average math and verbal scores were 495 and 497, respectively, for rural students, while urban test-takers averaged 499 and 507, respectively. Pennsylvania's SAT composite score ranked low on the national scale in 2004. The composite SAT score of 1,003 left Pennsylvania ranking 44 out of the 50 states and Washington, DC.[74]

Graduation requirements

In 2013, Line Mountain School Board raised the graduating requirements. Each student must earn take 31 courses to graduate including: 4 credits of English, 4 credits of Social Studies, 4 credits of Mathematics, 4 credits of Science, 4 credits of Physical Education, 3 courses of Health and safety, 1 credit humanities (Art, Music, FCS, Tech Ed.), 1 credit Technology and 5 credits in electives.[75]

In 2010, Line Mountain School Board requires that each student earn 29 credits to graduate including: 4 credits of English, 4 credits of Social Studies, 4 credits of Mathematics, 4 credits of Science, 4 credits of Physical Education, 3 credits of Health and safety, 1 credit humanities, 1 credit Technology and 5 credits in electives.[76]

By law, all Pennsylvania secondary school students were required to complete a project as a part of their eligibility to graduate from high school. The type of project, its rigor and its expectations are set by the individual school district.[77] Effective with the graduating class of 2017, the Pennsylvania State Board of Education eliminated the state mandate that students complete a culminating project in order to graduate.[78] Students must develop an individualized Career Plan.

By Pennsylvania School Board regulations, beginning with the class of 2017, public school students must demonstrate successful completion of secondary level course work in Algebra I, Biology, and English Literature by passing the Keystone Exams.[79] The exam is given at the end of the course. Keystone Exams replace the PSSAs for 11th grade.[80]

Students have several opportunities to pass the exam. Those who do not pass after several attempts can perform a project in order to graduate.[81][82] For the class of 2019, a Composition exam will be added. For the class of 2020, passing a civics and government exam will be added to the graduation requirements.[83] In 2011, Pennsylvania high school students field tested the Algebra 1, Biology and English Lit exams. The statewide results were: Algebra 1 38% on grade level, Biology 35% on grade level and English Lit – 49% on grade level.[84] Individual student, school or district reports were not made public, although they were reported to district officials by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. Students identified as having special needs and qualifying for an Individual Educational Program (IEP) may graduate by meeting the requirements of their IEP.

In 2017, the Pennsylvania General Assembly passed House Bill 202,[85] which makes modifications of the Keystone Exam mandates for students who attend VoTech and Career Tech schools. These pupils will be allowed to use alternate assessments or industry-based certifications.[86][87]

Dual enrollment

Line Mountain Junior Senior High School offers a Dual Enrollment program. This state program permits high school students to take courses, at local higher education institutions, to earn college credits. Students remain enrolled at their high school. The courses count towards high school graduation requirements and towards earning a college degree. The students continue to have full access to activities and programs at the high school. The college credits are offered at a deeply discounted rate. The state offered a small grant to assist students in costs for tuition, fees and books.[88] The district has a dual enrollment agreement with Lackawanna College located in Sunbury, Pennsylvania.[89] Under the Pennsylvania Transfer and Articulation Agreement (TRAC), many Pennsylvania colleges and universities accept these credits for students who transfer to their institutions.[90] For the 2009–10 funding year, Line Mountain School District received a state grant of $10,465 for the program. The state grants were discontinued by Governor Edward Rendell in 2010.

ACE

Line Mountain School District students have access to Bloomsburg University's Summer College and Advanced College Experience (ACE) during the summer of their sophomore, junior and senior years (after high school graduation). Tuition is deeply discounted to 75% of the regular rate.[91] Successful students earn college credits that can be transferred to other Pennsylvania public colleges and universities through the Pennsylvania TRAC system.

AP Courses

In 2013, Line Mountain Junior Senior High School offered 2 Advanced Placement (AP) courses at a higher cost than regular courses. Students have the option of taking College Board approved courses and then taking the College Board's examination in the Spring. Students, who achieve a 3 or better on the exam, may be awarded college credits at US universities and colleges. Each higher education institution sets its own standards about what level of credits are awarded to a student based on their AP exam score. Most higher education give credits for scores of 4 or 5. Some schools also give credits for scores of 3. High schools give credits towards graduation to students who take the school's AP class. At Line Mountain Junior Senior High School less than 10 of the students who took an AP course earned a 3 or better on the exam.[92]

In 2014, Line Mountain High School offered 1 AP course. Less than 10 of the pupils who took the course achieved a 3 or better on the end of course exam.[93]

  • 2016 - offered 5 AP courses with none of the pupils who took the course achieving a 3 or better on the AP course.[94]
  • 2017 - offered 5 AP courses with less than 10 of the pupils who took the course achieving a 3 or better on the AP course.

Eighth Grade

8th Grade Science:

  • 2012 – 60% on grade level. (5% below basic). State – 59% of 8th graders were on grade level.
  • 2011 – 66% (15% below basic). State – 58.3%. The 8th grade ranked 12th out of 18 CSIU16 region 8th grades for Science.
  • 2010 – 65%, State – 57%. The 8th grade ranked 10th out of 18 Central PA Schools for Science[100]
  • 2009 – 65%, State – 57%
  • 2009 – 69%, State – 54%
  • 2008 – 59%, State – 52%[101]

Seventh Grade

Classrooms for the Future grant

The Classroom for the Future state program provided districts with hundreds of thousands of extra state funding to buy laptop computers for each core curriculum high school class (English, Science, History, Math) and paid for teacher training to optimize the computers use. The program was funded from 2006–2009. Line Mountain School District was denied for funding, by the PDE, in 2006–07. In 2007–08, the district did not apply for the grant. For the 2008–09 school year, the district received $82,277. Of the 501 public school districts in Pennsylvania, 447 of them received Classrooms for the Future grant awards.[106]

Bullying and School Safety

The Line Mountain High School administration reported there were three incidents of bullying in the school in 2012. Additionally, there were 9 assaults on pupils and no sexual incidents involving students. The local law enforcement was involved in five incidents at the school resulting in one arrest.[107] Each year the school safety data is reported by the District Administration to the Safe School Center, which then publishes the compiled reports online.

In 2011, a Line Mountain teen committed suicide at home, reportedly due to bullying.[108] The Superintendent reported that the faculty, staff and students had participated in Olweus bullying training.

The Line Mountain School District administration reported there was 1 incident of bullying in the district in 2009. And a single incident in 2011.[109][110]

The Line Mountain School Board has provided the District's antibully policy online.[111] All Pennsylvania schools are required to have an anti-bullying policy incorporated into their Code of Student Conduct. The policy must identify disciplinary actions for bullying and designate a school staff person to receive complaints of bullying. The policy must be available on the school's website and posted in every classroom. All Pennsylvania public schools must provide a copy of its anti-bullying policy to the Office for Safe Schools every year, and shall review their policy every three years. Additionally, the district must conduct an annual review of that policy with students.[112] The Center for Schools and Communities works in partnership with the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime & Delinquency and the Pennsylvania Department of Education to assist schools and communities as they research, select and implement bullying prevention programs and initiatives.[113]

Education standards relating to student safety and antiharassment programs are described in the 10.3. Safety and Injury Prevention in the Pennsylvania Academic Standards for Health, Safety and Physical Education.[114]

Safe School grant

In 2013, Line Mountain high School did not participate in a state Safe Schools Targeted Grant. The maximum of $25,000 grants was available through a competitive application process.[115] The funds must be used for research based interventions, like: peer mediation, staff training in managing behavioral issues and creating a positive school climate. The District also did not participate in the state's School Resource Officer and Police Officer grants.[116]

Wellness policy

Line Mountain School Board established a district Student Wellness Policy in 2006.[117] The policy deals with nutritious meals served at school, the control of access to some foods and beverages during school hours, age appropriate nutrition education for all students, and physical education for students K-12. The policy is in response to state mandates and federal legislation (P.L. 108 – 265). The law dictates that each school district participating in a program authorized by the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq) or the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq) "shall establish a local school wellness policy by School Year 2006." Most districts identified the superintendent and school foodservice director as responsible for ensuring local wellness policy implementation.[118]

The legislation placed the responsibility of developing a wellness policy at the local level so the individual needs of each district can be addressed. According to the requirements for the Local Wellness Policy, school districts must set goals for nutrition education, physical activity, campus food provision, and other school-based activities designed to promote student wellness. Additionally, districts were required to involve a broad group of individuals in policy development and to have a plan for measuring policy implementation. Districts were offered a choice of levels of implementation for limiting or prohibiting low nutrition foods on the school campus. In final implementation these regulations prohibit some foods and beverages on the school campus.[119] The Pennsylvania Department of Education required the district to submit a copy of the policy for approval.

The Line Mountain Junior Senior High School offers a free school breakfast and free or reduced-price lunch to children in low income families. All students attending the school can eat breakfast and lunch. Children from families with incomes at or below 130 percent of the federal poverty level are provided a breakfast and lunch at no cost to the family.[120] In 2007, the Pennsylvania General Assembly passed legislation that provides a supplemental state reimbursement for each breakfast and lunch served as part of the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program.[121] The Food Service provides the monthly menus online and in the local newspaper on a weekly basis.[122]

Children from families with incomes between 130 and 185 percent of the federal poverty level can be charged no more than 30 cents per breakfast. A foster child whose care and placement is the responsibility of the State or who is placed by a court with a caretaker household is eligible for both a free breakfast and a free lunch. Runaway, homeless and Migrant Youth are also automatically eligible for free meals.[123] The meals are partially funded with federal dollars through the United States Department of Agriculture.[124]

In 2013, the USDA issued new restrictions to foods in public schools. The rules apply to foods and beverages sold on all public school district campuses during the day. They limit vending machine snacks to a maximum of 200 calories per item. Additionally, all snack foods sold at school must meet competitive nutrient standards, meaning they must have fruits, vegetables, dairy or protein in them or contain at least 10 percent of the daily value of fiber, calcium, potassium, and Vitamin D.[125] In order to comply with the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 all US public school districts are required to raise the price of their school lunches to $2.60 regardless of the actual cost of the lunch.[126] In 2014, President Obama ordered a prohibition of advertisements for unhealthy foods on public school campuses during the school day.[127] The Food and Drug Administration requires that students take milk as their beverage at lunch. In accordance with this law, any student requesting water in place of milk with their lunch must present a written request, signed by a doctor, documenting the need for water instead of milk.[128]

Line Mountain Junior Senior High School provides health services as mandated by the Commonwealth and the federal government. Nurses are available in each building to conduct annual health screenings (data reported to the PDE and state Department of Health)[129] and to dispense prescribed medications to students during the school day. Students can be excluded from school unless they comply with all the State Department of Health's extensive immunization mandates. School nurses monitor each pupil for this compliance.[130][131] Nurses also monitor each child's weight.

In 2016, the Pennsylvania Department of Health distributed to each Pennsylvania high school the overdose antidote drug naloxone in a nasal spray. School nurses were also provided with educational materials and training developed by the National Association of School Nurses.[132] The cost was covered by a grant from a private foundation.[133][134]

Extracurriculars

Line Mountain School District offers a variety of clubs, activities and sports. The Line Mountain School Board determines eligibility policies to participate in these programs.[135][136] This includes abiding by the Line Mountain Athletic Department Code of Conduct.[137] Students who are failing two full credit courses are ineligible to participate for one week. If a student is absent for 20 days or more in any semester, the student is deemed ineligible until having attended school for 60 days, beginning after the 20th day of absence.[138]

According to Pennsylvania's Safety in Youth Sports Act, all sports coaches, paid and volunteer, are required to annually complete the Concussion Management Certification Training and present the certification before coaching.[139]

In 2011, Line Mountain School District administration filed a complaint against a former wrestler, whose family had moved to Benton Area School District, in the CSIU16 region. The high school administration successfully denied the student the ability to wrestle in the 2011–12 season.[140] The student appealed the denial to the District wrestling board of the PIAA. The appeal was lost. Zain Retherford went on to be a standout wrestler at Penn State and a two-time NCAA National Champion.[141]

In 2013, a complaint was filed, in federal courts, against the District regarding its wrestling program. The Administration and School Board denied a female student access to the wrestling program. A federal court appeal was sought by the student. U.S. Judge Matthew W. Brann, of the Middle District of Pennsylvania, issued a temporary injunction prohibiting Line Mountain School District from preventing the pupil to register for the team after her parents filed a lawsuit against the school district.[142] The judge went on to grant the plaintiff relief. The School Board repealed their policy to exclude females from the program. The Judge ordered the School Board to pay $70,948 to the plaintiff's attorneys.[143]

By Pennsylvania law, all K-12 students in the district, including those who attend a private nonpublic school, cyber charter school, charter school and those homeschooled, are eligible to participate in the extracurricular programs including all athletics. They must meet the same eligibility rules as the students enrolled in the district's schools.[144][145]

The School provides a National Honor Society program for students whose GPA is 90% or higher in 10th through 12th grades.

Sports

The District provides a weight room for athletes.[146] Coaches receive compensation as outlined in the teachers' union contract. When athletic competition exceeds the regular season, additional compensation is paid.[147]

The District funds:

Boys:

Girls:

  • Basketball – AA
  • Field Hockey – A
  • Soccer (Fall) – A
  • Softball – AA

Junior High School Sports:

Boys:

  • Basketball
  • Wrestling

Girls:

  • Basketball
  • Field Hockey

According to PIAA directory July 2017[148] Track and Field program discontinued in 2017.

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