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==Education== Linwood is a part of [[Chichester School District]].<!--UNI 05910--><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st42_pa/schooldistrict_maps/c42045_delaware/DC20SD_C42045.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st42_pa/schooldistrict_maps/c42045_delaware/DC20SD_C42045.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=2020 CENSUS β SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Delaware County, PA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-10-31}} β [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st42_pa/schooldistrict_maps/c42045_delaware/DC20SD_C42045_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> Children within the area usually attend Linwood Elementary School (Grades K-4), Chichester Middle School (Grades 5-8), or [[Chichester High School (Pennsylvania)|Chichester High School]] (Grades 9-12). Holy Family Regional Catholic School in [[Aston, Pennsylvania|Aston]] is the area Catholic school. It formed in 2012 from a merger of Holy Savior-St. John Fisher Elementary School in Linwood and St. Joseph Catholic School in Aston.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://catholicphilly.com/2012/07/uncategorized/school-closing-list/|title=2012 Catholic grade school consolidations/closings|work=Catholicphilly.com|date=2012-07-15|accessdate=2020-04-22}}</ref> Holy Saviour-St. John Fisher School in Linwood opened in September 1917.<ref name=RodgersAlumni>{{cite web|author=Rodgers, Loretta|url=https://www.delcotimes.com/news/alumni-offer-final-farewells-to-holy-saviour-st-john-fisher/article_83f4c941-7333-5402-8606-dafe08d42738.html|title=Alumni offer final farewells to Holy Saviour-St. John Fisher School |work=[[Delco Times]]|date=2012-06-04|accessdate=2020-05-03}}</ref> Its service area included [[Lower Chichester Township]], [[Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania|Marcus Hook]], and [[Upper Chichester Township]].<ref name=HolySaviourStJohnFisherinfo>{{cite web|url=http://www.holysaviourparish.org/school.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726152803/http://www.holysaviourparish.org/school.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=2011-07-26|title=Our Parish School|publisher=Holy Saviour Parish|date=2011-07-26|accessdate=2020-05-03}}</ref> Its first facility had four classrooms. It moved in 1952. Enrollment later exceeded 900 and the later building had an addition, with a total of 16 classrooms.<ref name=RodgersAlumni/> It was renamed to Holy Saviour-St. John Fisher School several years after the establishment of St. John Fisher Church in [[Boothwyn, Pennsylvania|Boothwyn]], Upper Chichester Township in 1971. It began taking students of Immaculate Conception Parish of Marcus Hook in 1974 and students in [[Trainer, Pennsylvania|Trainer]] after 1993, the latter when Resurrection School in [[Chester, Pennsylvania|Chester]] closed.<ref name=HolySaviourStJohnFisherinfo/> In 1998 one classroom and a computer lab were added to the campus.<ref name=RodgersAlumni/> It merged into Holy Family Regional Catholic School in 2012.<ref name=2012closinglist>{{cite web|url=https://catholicphilly.com/2012/07/uncategorized/school-closing-list/|title=2012 Catholic grade school consolidations/closings|work=Catholicphilly.com|date=2012-07-15|accessdate=2020-04-22}}</ref> At the end of its life it served three parishes: Holy Saviour, St. John Fisher, and Immaculate Conception.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.holysaviourparish.org/school.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821100734/http://www.holysaviourparish.org/school.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=2008-08-21|title=Our Parish School|publisher=Holy Saviour Parish|date=2008-08-21|accessdate=2020-05-03}}</ref>
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