Lower Merion School District

Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Public School Districts. Lower Merion School District is in the southern corner of the county.

Lower Merion High School

Lower Merion School District, or LMSD, is a public school district located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The school district includes residents of both Lower Merion Township and the Borough of Narberth. Established in 1836, LMSD is one of the oldest districts in Pennsylvania. It is the wealthiest school district in the state, and one of the wealthiest school districts in the country.^[1]

Schools administered

Ten schools comprise the district:

Lower Merion High School^[2]
Harriton High School^[3]
Bala Cynwyd Middle School^[4]
Welsh Valley Middle School^[5]
Belmont Hills Elementary School (originally the Ashland Avenue School)^[6]^[7]
Cynwyd Elementary School^[8]
Gladwyne Elementary School^[9]
Merion Elementary School, the site of the April 4, 1991, plane crash that killed Republican U.S. Senator John Heinz. The plane crash also took the lives of six others, including two first grade students playing at recess.
Merion Elementary School
^[10]
Penn Wynne Elementary School, the elementary school that Alex Scott attended.^[11]
Penn Valley Elementary School^[12]

Class action

Main article: Robbins v. Lower Merion School District

In February 2010, a class action lawsuit was filed against the school district, alleging that Harriton High School had been secretly using remotely activated webcams built into laptops issued to their students to spy on the students in their homes, thereby infringing on their privacy rights.^[13] The webcam picture-snapping function was part of an anti-theft mechanism to help locate laptops that were reported by students as stolen. This function was activated by the school district on numerous occasions without adherence to the established guidelines. The lawsuit was filed by the parents of a student who had been warned by an assistant principal that he had been engaging in "improper behavior" in his bedroom. The schools admitted to snapping over 66,000 pictures and screenshots, including webcam shots of students in their bedrooms.^[14]^[15] No individuals were found guilty of spying though.

References

↑ "Philadelphia Magazine". Phillymag.com. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
↑ "Lower Merion High School". LMSD. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
↑ "Harriton High School". LMSD. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
↑ "Bala Cynwyd Middle School". LMSD. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
↑ "Welsh Valley Middle School". LMSD. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
↑ "Belmont Hills Elementary School". LMSD. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
↑ "Belmont Hills Elementary Schools: About Belmont Hills: History". Lower Merion School District. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
↑ "Cynwyd Elementary School". LMSD. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
↑ "Gladwyne Elementary School". LMSD. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
↑ "Merion Elementary School". LMSD. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
↑ "Penn Wynne Elementary School". LMSD. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
↑ "Penn Valley Elementary School". LMSD. Retrieved September 2, 2013.
↑ "School used student laptop webcams to spy on them at school and home". Boing Boing. February 17, 2010. Retrieved February 18, 2010.
↑ Doug Stanglin (February 18, 2010). "School district accused of spying on kids via laptop webcams". USA Today. Retrieved February 19, 2010.
↑ "Initial LANrev System Findings", LMSD Redacted Forensic Analysis, L-3 Services – prepared for Ballard Spahr (LMSD's counsel), May 2010. Retrieved August 15, 2010.

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Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania

Founded 1713

Communities

Educational Institutions

Primary & Secondary Schools	Lower Merion School District Belmont Hills Elementary School Cynwyd Elementary School Gladwyne Elementary School Merion Elementary School Penn Valley Elementary School Penn Wynne Elementary School Bala Cynwyd Middle School Welsh Valley Middle School Harriton High School Lower Merion High School Baldwin School French International School of Philadelphia Friends' Central School Gladwyne Montessori School The Haverford School Merion Mercy Academy Rosemont School of the Holy Child Saint Margaret School Shipley School Torah Academy Waldron Mercy Academy

Colleges and universities	Bryn Mawr College Harcum College Rosemont College St. Charles Borromeo Seminary Saint Joseph's University Haverford College

Regional Rail Stations

Medical facilities

Footnotes

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Education in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Colleges and Universities	Arcadia University Bryn Athyn College Bryn Mawr College Gwynedd Mercy University Haverford College Manor College Montgomery County Community College Salus University Penn State Abington Rosemont College St. Charles Borromeo Seminary Temple University Ambler Ursinus College Westminster Theological Seminary

Public school districts	Abington School District Boyertown Area School District Bryn Athyn School District Cheltenham Township School District Colonial School District Hatboro-Horsham School District Jenkintown School District Lower Merion School District Lower Moreland Township School District Methacton School District Norristown Area School District North Penn School District Perkiomen Valley School District Pottsgrove School District Pottstown School District Souderton Area School District Springfield Township School District Spring-Ford Area School District Upper Dublin School District Upper Merion Area School District Upper Moreland School District Upper Perkiomen School District Wissahickon School District

Private secondary schools	Academy Of The New Church Boys School Academy Of The New Church Girls School Abington Friends School AIM Academy Baldwin School Bishop McDevitt High School Calvary Baptist School Christopher Dock Mennonite High School Coventry Christian Schools Episcopal Academy Friends' Central School Germantown Academy Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School The Haverford School The Hill School Huntingdon Valley Christian Academy Indian Creek Mennonite School Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy Kennedy-Kenrick Catholic High School Lakeside School Lansdale Catholic High School La Salle College High School Lincoln Academy Main Line Academy Martin Luther School Mary, Mother of the Redeemer Catholic School Meadowbrook School Merion Mercy Academy Mount Saint Joseph Academy New Life Youth & Family Svcs The Pathway School The Perkiomen School Pope John Paul II Catholic High School Reformation Christian School Saint Aloysius School Saint Basil Academy Saint Katherine Day School Saint Pius X High School Stowe Lighthouse Christ Academy Shipley School Torah Academy of Greater Philadelphia Trinity Christian Academy Valley Forge Baptist Academy Wyncote Academy

Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, schools

Main school districts

Abington	Abington Senior High School

Bryn Athyn	(Does not operate any schools)

Cheltenham	Cheltenham High School Cedarbrook Middle School

Colonial	Plymouth Whitemarsh High School Colonial Middle School

Hatboro-Horsham	Hatboro-Horsham Senior High School Keith Valley Middle School

Jenkintown	Jenkintown Middle/High School

Lower Merion	Lower Merion High School Harriton High School Bala Cynwyd Middle School Welsh Valley Middle School

Lower Moreland Township	Lower Moreland High School

Methacton	Methacton High School

Norristown Area	Norristown Area High School

North Penn	North Penn High School

Perkiomen Valley	Perkiomen Valley High School

Pottsgrove	Pottsgrove High School

Pottstown	Pottstown Senior High School

Springfield Township	Springfield Township High School

Upper Dublin	Upper Dublin High School

Upper Merion Area	Upper Merion Area High School

Upper Moreland	Upper Moreland High School

Wissahickon	Wissahickon High School Wissahickon Middle School

Other schools

Boyertown Area (partially located in Berks County)	Boyertown Area Senior High School

Private schools	Abington Friends School Academy Of The New Church Boys School Academy Of The New Church Girls School AIM Academy Baldwin School Calvary Baptist School Christopher Dock Mennonite High School Coventry Christian Schools Episcopal Academy Friends' Central School Germantown Academy Huntingdon Valley Christian Academy Indian Creek Mennonite School Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy La Salle College High School Lakeside School Lincoln Academy Main Line Academy Martin Luther School Mary, Mother of the Redeemer Catholic School Meadowbrook School Merion Mercy Academy Mount Saint Joseph Academy New Life Youth & Family Svcs Reformation Christian School Saint Aloysius School Saint Basil Academy Saint Katherine Day School Shipley School Stowe Lighthouse Christ Academy The Haverford School The Hill School The Pathway School The Perkiomen School Torah Academy of Greater Philadelphia Trinity Christian Academy Valley Forge Baptist Academy Wyncote Academy

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia	Bishop McDevitt High School Country Day School of the Sacred Heart Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School Lansdale Catholic High School Pope John Paul II High School

Souderton Area (partially located in Bucks County)	Souderton Area High School

Spring-Ford Area (partially located in Chester County)	Spring-Ford Senior High School

Upper Perkiomen (partially located in Berks County)	Upper Perkiomen High School

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Lower Merion School District

Schools administered

Class action

See also

References

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