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The Old School : The Mid-Valley Elementary School in Olyphant, Pennsylvania
The Old School : The Mid-Valley Elementary School in Olyphant, Pennsylvania
The Old School : The Mid-Valley Elementary School in Olyphant, Pennsylvania
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The Old School : The Mid-Valley Elementary School in Olyphant, Pennsylvania

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In 1969, in the Anthracite Coal Region of Northeastern Pennsylvania, the Dickson City, Olyphant, and Throop school districts merged to become the Mid-Valley School District. Soon afterward, plans were made to build the new Mid-Valley Junior-Senior High School. The plans were put on hold indefinitely. In 1977, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry condemned the elementary schools in Olyphant and Dickson City and ordered them closed. Some residents wanted a new school built; others wanted the old schools renovated. Lively debate ensued.

This book is a combination local history book and a memoir. There is a narrative that comes to a climax when the schools are condemned. Historical information and personal accounts describe how the school district got into that situation, and how the problems were ultimately resolved.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateNov 25, 2015
ISBN9781310503733
The Old School : The Mid-Valley Elementary School in Olyphant, Pennsylvania
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Joseph Peter Klapatch

Joseph Peter Klapatch grew up on School Street in the Grassy Island Heights section of Olyphant, Pennsylvania. This is the same street where his father and grandfather grew up. He attended Saints Cyril and Methodius Church. In the early 1980s, he delivered the Scrantonian and Tribune newspapers in Grassy and the adjoining neighborhood in Jessup. He attended schools in the Mid-Valley School District, and was a member of the Mid-Valley Spartan Band. He also attended the Lackawanna County Area Vocational Technical School – North Center in Mayfield on a half-day basis. There he studied Electronics Technology. He graduated in 1982. He then enrolled in the Electrical Engineering program at the Pennsylvania State University. He attended the first two years at the Worthington Scranton Campus in Dunmore, and completed the program at University Park Campus in 1986, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering. He later enrolled in the Master of Science program in Electrical Engineering at Wilkes University. He graduated in 1992. He currently resides in Galloway, New Jersey with his wife, Margaret and their five children. He is employed as a General Engineer at the William J. Hughes Technical Center at the Atlantic City International Airport. The family belongs to Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, and attends services at the Church of the Assumption.

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