Interboro School District is a school district in southeastern Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

, just outside Philadelphia in Delaware County

Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Delaware County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of 2010, the population was 558,979, making it Pennsylvania's fifth most populous county, behind Philadelphia, Allegheny, Montgomery, and Bucks counties....

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Background

The district is made up of four communities: the boroughs of Glenolden

Glenolden, Pennsylvania

Glenolden is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 7,476 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Glenolden is located at ....

, Norwood

Norwood, Pennsylvania

Norwood is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 5,985 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Norwood is located at ....

, and Prospect Park

Prospect Park, Pennsylvania

Prospect Park is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 6,594 at the 2000 census. It originated as a bedroom community of Philadelphia...

, and Tinicum Township

Tinicum Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Tinicum Township, more popularly known as "Tinicum Island" or "The Island", a census-designated place and township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,353 at the 2000 census. Included within the township's boundaries are the communities of Essington and Lester...

. At one time the area was divided into separate school districts: Glen-Nor, Prospect Park, and Lester.

Schools

There are 6 schools in this district:

• Interboro High School
  Interboro High School
  Interboro High School is a high school located in Prospect Park, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia in Delaware County.As the sole high school in the Interboro School District, students from surrounding communities Glenolden, Norwood, Prospect Park itself, and the two towns of Tinicum Township ...
  
  : Web Site
  • Located in Prospect Park, PA
  • Grades 9-12
  • Serves students from Glenolden, Norwood, Prospect Park, Tinicum
  • Principal: Paul Gibson

• Glenolden School: Web Site
  • Located in Glenolden, PA
  • Grades 1-8
  • Serves students in the borough of Glenolden
  • Principal: Joe Flynn

• Norwood School: Web Site
  • Located in Norwood, PA
  • Grades 1-8
  • Serves students in the borough of Norwood
  • Principal: Eric Kuminka
• Prospect Park School: Web Site
  • Located in Prospect Park, PA
  • Grades 1-8
  • Serves the students of Prospect Park
  • Principal: Paul Korinth

• Tinicum School: Web site
  • Located in Tinicum, PA
  • Grades 1-8
  • Serves students in the communities of Tinicum, Lester and Essington.
  • Principal: Mr Crisculo

• Interboro Kindergarten Academy: Web Site
  • Located in Prospect Park, PA
  • Grades Kindergarten and Transitional First Grade
  • Principal: Bernadette Reilly

Community service

Community service is very important to the Interboro School District. A listing of various community service projects done by the students in Interboro School District.

Controversy

In 1968, Joe Stillman, then a fifth-grade student at Prospect Park Elementary would make the first of many allegations of being molested by his then-science teacher, Edgar Friedrichs. The allegations by Stillman, and other boys went unheeded by both Robert Castle, the then-Prospect Park principal, and the ISD superintendent. The allegations would not become public until two decades later when Friedrichs went on trial in Fayette County, West Virginia

Fayette County, West Virginia

As of the census of 2000, there were 47,579 people, 18,945 households, and 13,128 families residing in the county. The population density was 72 people per square mile . There were 21,616 housing units at an average density of 33 per square mile...

first for sexual abuse of a 12-year-old boy, then later for sexual abuse, and murder of another 12-year-old boy.

Media

For current information about the happenings in Interboro, turn to channel 11.

External links

• Interboro School District