Works Cited
These are the resources that were utilized throughout our history project. A good number of these resources exist only in print and require special trips to state and national archives to view. As a result, we've scanned and preserved every source here as a PDF downloadable directly from our site.
1. Penn W. Frame of Government of Pennsylvania . The Avalon Project : Frame of Government of Pennsylvania - May 5, 1682. May 5, 1682. Accessed May 13, 2024. View PDF / Original source.
2. Bissett J, Hillman A, Elliot E. THE HISTORY of SCHOOL FUNDING in PENNSYLVANIA the PENNSYLVANIA ASSOCIATION of RURAL and SMALL SCHOOLS WRITTEN by of RURAL and SMALL SCHOOLS.; 1682. View PDF / Original source.
3. Thorpe FN. The Federal and State constitutions, colonial charters, and other organic laws of the state[s], territories, and colonies now or heretofore forming the United States of America /compiled and edited under the Act of Congress of June 30, 1906. avalon.law.yale.edu. Published December 18, 1998. View PDF / Original source.
4. Kober N. History and Evolution of Public Education in the US. Center on Education Policy; 2020:1-8. View PDF / Original source.
5. Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania – 1790. PA Constitution. View PDF / Original source.
6. Pennsylvania, Volume I April. SAMUEL BRECK and the PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL LAW of 1834 a T the Present Time a Large Number of Children in Pennsylvania.; 1934. Accessed May 13, 2024. View PDF / Original source.
7. Pennsylvania Common Schools. www.pennsylvaniaresearch.com . Accessed May 14, 2024. View PDF / Original source.
8. Breck S. An Act for the Purpose of General Education of Common Schools.; 1834. View PDF.
9. State Normal Schools.; 1857. Accessed May 15, 2024. View PDF / Original source
10. Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania – 1874. PA Constitution. Original source
11. Wilson v. Philadelphia School District.(Pennsylvania Supreme Court 1937). Accessed May 15, 2024. Original source
12. Public School Code of 1949. View PDF 1 / 2 / 3.
13. Pennsylvania General Assembly 1809 - 1810. View PDF.
14. Pennsylvania Council of Education investigation into Carnegie. 2/4/1960. View PDF.
15. Allegheny County Board of School Directors meeting minutes from 12/19/55 around Carnegie Borough’s inability to enter jointures with surrounding districts. View PDF.
16. Scott Township School District notifying joint board of intent to leave. 5/15/1956. View PDF.
17. Chartiers Valley Joint Schools first proposed budget. 1956. View PDF.
18. Council of Education's approval of Chartiers Valley Joint Schools. 1956. View PDF.
19. Chartiers Valley Joint Schools jointure agreement. 12/12/1955 View PDF.
20. Bridgeville High School 1956 - 1957 yearbook. View PDF.
21. Scott Township High School 1956 - 1957 yearbook. View PDF.
22. Pennsylvania General Assembly 1833 - 1834. View PDF.
23. Pennsylvania General Assembly 1833 - 1834. View PDF.
24. Allegheny County Board of School Directors Meeting Minutes 12/19/1955. View PDF.
25. Committee on Education Final Report April 1961. View PDF.
26. Act 561 of 1961. View PDF 1 / 2
27. Fox Chapel Reorganization Appeal. View PDF.
28. The Politics of Educational Change: What Can We Learn from the School Consolidation Acts of 1961 and 1963. View PDF.
29. Act 299 of 1963. View PDF 1 / 2
30. Act 299 Progress. 1964. View PDF.
31. South Central Special Joint Schools Jointure Agreement. 9/23/1964. View PDF.
32. South Central Special Joint Schools Jointure Approval. 9/23/1964. View PDF.
33. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: State Returns County School Plan for Study. 9/23/1964. View PDF.
34. 1952 Allegheny County Board of Schools Reorganization Plan.View PDF.
35. Allegheny County Board of Schools Exclusion Request. 8/9/1954. View PDF.
36. Allegheny County Board of Schools Reorganization Plan. 1/17/1957. View PDF.
37. Allegheny County Board of Schools Reorganization Plan. 6/1/1957. View PDF.
38. Allegheny County Board of Schools Reorganization Plan. 8/20/1958. View PDF.
39. State Council of Education deferral of county plan to include Carnegie. 10/22/1959. View PDF.
40. Chartiers Valley Opposes County Plan. 5/17/1961. View PDF.
41. Allegheny County Reorganization Plan Approval. 2/10/1960. View PDF.
42. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: State Returns County School Plan for Study. 8/13/1964. View PDF.
43. Chartiers Valley to Council of Education on county plan. 8/14/1964. (Below news article in PDF) View PDF.
44. Department of Public Instruction commentary on Allegheny County plan. 8/25/1964. View PDF.
45. Department of Public Instruction: Chartiers Valley Interim Board Appointments. 1/10/1966. View PDF.
46. Department of Public Instruction: Approval of Chartiers Valley Name. 2/4/1966. View PDF.
47. Chartiers Valley Joint Senior High School Yearbook. 1965-1966 View PDF.