The ”’Butler Area School District”’ (”’BASD”’) is a school district in western Pennsylvania, headquartered in [[Butler Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania|Butler Township]], [[Butler County, Pennsylvania|Butler County]]; the office has a [[Butler, Pennsylvania|Butler]] postal address.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.basdk12.org/|title=Home|publisher=Butler Area School District|access-date=2024–07–15|quote=110 Campus Lane Butler PA 16001}} – on the same property as [[Butler Area High School]], which is at [https://shs.basdk12.org/ 120 Campus Lane], and the high school is in the township: {{cite web|url=https://butlertwp.org/wp–content/uploads/2021/05/Zoning–Map-2020-09.pdf|title=Zoning District Map|publisher=Butler Township|access-date=2024–07-15|quote=Butler Area High School}} (see area “C, 5”)</ref> It encompasses approximately {{convert|150|sqmi|km2}} and operates ten schools.<ref>{{Cite web |title=District Information – Butler Area School District |url=https://www.basdk12.org/our-district/district-information |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=www.basdk12.org |language=en-US}}</ref>
The ”’Butler Area School District”’ (”’BASD”’) is a school district in western Pennsylvania, headquartered in [[Butler Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania|Butler Township]], [[Butler County, Pennsylvania|Butler County]]; the office has a [[Butler, Pennsylvania|Butler]] postal address.<ref>{{ web |date=–|= High School https://shs.basdk12.org/ |=– |= |=-}}</ref> It encompasses approximately {{convert|150|sqmi|km2}} and operates ten schools.<ref>{{Cite web |title=District Information – Butler Area School District |url=https://www.basdk12.org/our-district/district-information |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=www.basdk12.org |language=en-US}}</ref>
The first Butler area public school, “the Little Red Schoolhouse” opened in 1838 as a result of the Pennsylvania Free Public School Act of 1834.<ref name=”:0″>{{Cite web |last=Cicero |first=Steve |title=Little schools that could — Butler County’s one-room schools |url=https://www.butlereagle.com/20240312/little-schools-that-could-butler-countys-one-room-schools/ |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=www.butlereagle.com |language=en-US}}</ref> In 1854, a bill establishing a system of Superintendents in Pennsylvania was established which lead to the appointment of the county’s first superintendent, Isaac Black.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=June 1865 |title=II. The Pennsylvania State Normal School |url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/72be072c821815b288c6733c6c0d5f57/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=24236 |journal=The American Journal of Education |publication-place=Hartford: American Periodicals Series III |issue=39|id={{ProQuest|124989609}}}}</ref><ref name=”:0″ /> In an 1856 report, Superintendent Black reported that 84 of the county’s 182 school-houses “were unfit to enter” while 57 “were tolerable”.<ref name=”:1″>{{Cite book |last=Baughman |first=Cindy |title=1895 History of Butler County |publisher=[[R. C. Brown Co.]] |pages=185–192 |url=https://sites.rootsweb.com/~pabutler/1895/95×13.htm}}</ref> The Butler County Teacher’s Institute, established in 1855, determined which resources were to be used in the classrooms.<ref name=”:1″ /> The first [[Butler Area Senior High School|Butler area high school]] was originally built in 1908 and became a middle school in 1917 until the building was closed in 1985 and razed in 1987.<ref>https://www.phmc.state.pa.us/portal/communities/school-preservation/files/150042@20-@20butler@20junior@20high.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=September 2025}}</ref> By 1963, all of the county’s one-room school-houses had closed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wills |first=Rick |date=February 21, 2015 |title=One-room schools once dominated Butler County rural areas |url=https://archive.triblive.com/news/one-room-schools-once-dominated-butler-county-rural-areas/ |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=www.tribliveoffers.com}}</ref> In 2015, the board of trustees voted to close five elementary schools. Six board members voted in favor, and three voted against.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/butler-school-district-board-votes-favor-closing-5/46334212/|title=Butler votes in favor of closing 5 elementary schools|publisher=[[WPXI-TV]]|date=2015-01-13|access-date=2024-07-17}}</ref>
The first Butler area public school, “the Little Red Schoolhouse” opened in 1838 as a result of the Pennsylvania Free Public School Act of 1834.<ref name=”:0″>{{Cite web |last=Cicero |first=Steve |title=Little schools that could — Butler County’s one-room schools |url=https://www.butlereagle.com/20240312/little-schools-that-could-butler-countys-one-room-schools/ |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=www.butlereagle.com |language=en-US}}</ref> In 1854, a bill establishing a system of Superintendents in Pennsylvania was established which lead to the appointment of the county’s first superintendent, Isaac Black.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=June 1865 |title=II. The Pennsylvania State Normal School |url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/72be072c821815b288c6733c6c0d5f57/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=24236 |journal=The American Journal of Education |publication-place=Hartford: American Periodicals Series III |issue=39|id={{ProQuest|124989609}}}}</ref><ref name=”:0″ /> In an 1856 report, Superintendent Black reported that 84 of the county’s 182 school-houses “were unfit to enter” while 57 “were tolerable”.<ref name=”:1″>{{Cite book |last=Baughman |first=Cindy |title=1895 History of Butler County |publisher=[[R. C. Brown Co.]] |pages=185–192 |url=https://sites.rootsweb.com/~pabutler/1895/95×13.htm}}</ref> The Butler County Teacher’s Institute, established in 1855, determined which resources were to be used in the classrooms.<ref name=”:1″ /> The first [[Butler Area Senior High School|Butler area high school]] was originally built in 1908 and became a middle school in 1917 until the building was closed in 1985 and razed in 1987.<ref>https://www.phmc.state.pa.us/portal/communities/school-preservation/files/150042@20-@20butler@20junior@20high.pdf |date= }}</ref> By 1963, all of the county’s one-room school-houses had closed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wills |first=Rick |date=February 21, 2015 |title=One-room schools once dominated Butler County rural areas |url=https://archive.triblive.com/news/one-room-schools-once-dominated-butler-county-rural-areas/ |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=www.tribliveoffers.com}}</ref> In 2015, the board of trustees voted to close five elementary schools. Six board members voted in favor, and three voted against.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/butler-school-district-board-votes-favor-closing-5/46334212/|title=Butler votes in favor of closing 5 elementary schools|publisher=[[WPXI-TV]]|date=2015-01-13|access-date=2024-07-17}}</ref>
The district covers<!–UNI 04590–> the [[Butler, Pennsylvania|City of Butler]], the boroughs of [[Connoquenessing, Pennsylvania|Connoquenessing]] and [[East Butler, Pennsylvania|East Butler]], and the townships of [[Butler Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania|Butler]], [[Center Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania|Center]], [[Clearfield Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania|Clearfield]], [[Connoquenessing Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania|Connoquenessing]], [[Oakland Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania|Oakland]] and [[Summit Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania|Summit]]. [[Census-designated places]] in Butler Township include [[Homeacre-Lyndora, Pennsylvania|Homeacre-Lyndora]], [[Meadowood, Pennsylvania|Meadowood]], [[Meridian, Pennsylvania|Meridian]], and [[Oak Hills, Pennsylvania|Oak Hills]]. CDPs in Center Township include [[Shanor-Northvue, Pennsylvania|Shanor-Northvue]] and [[Unionville, Butler County, Pennsylvania|Unionville]].<ref name=CensusSDMap>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st42_pa/schooldistrict_maps/c42019_butler/DC20SD_C42019.pdf|title=2020 Census – School District Reference Map: Butler County, PA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access–date=2024-07-15}} – [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st42_pa/schooldistrict_maps/c42019_butler/DC20SD_C42019_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>
The district covers<!–UNI 04590–> the [[Butler, Pennsylvania|City of Butler]], the boroughs of [[Connoquenessing, Pennsylvania|Connoquenessing]] and [[East Butler, Pennsylvania|East Butler]], and the townships of [[Butler Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania|Butler]], [[Center Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania|Center]], [[Clearfield Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania|Clearfield]], [[Connoquenessing Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania|Connoquenessing]], [[Oakland Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania|Oakland]] and [[Summit Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania|Summit]]. [[Census-designated places]] in Butler Township include [[Homeacre-Lyndora, Pennsylvania|Homeacre-Lyndora]], [[Meadowood, Pennsylvania|Meadowood]], [[Meridian, Pennsylvania|Meridian]], and [[Oak Hills, Pennsylvania|Oak Hills]]. CDPs in Center Township include [[Shanor-Northvue, Pennsylvania|Shanor-Northvue]] and [[Unionville, Butler County, Pennsylvania|Unionville]].<ref name=CensusSDMap>{{ web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st42_pa/schooldistrict_maps/c42019_butler/DC20SD_C42019.pdf |= |-=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st42_pa/schooldistrict_maps/c42019_butler/. </ref>
