Editing Riegelsville, Pennsylvania (section)

==Education==
Formerly located in the [[Easton Area School District]], Riegelsville is now in the [[Palisades School District]].

Circa 2006 a campaign to move Riegelsville from the Easton Area School District to the Palisades School District began. In 2011, Ronald J. Tomalis, the Secretary of Education of Pennsylvania, ruled in favor of the Riegelsville Tax and Education Coalition by stating that the group's request is related to education quality. The previous secretary had ruled against the group.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mcall.com/2011/10/21/ruling-riegelsville-may-break-from-easton-schools/|title=Ruling: Riegelsville may break from Easton schools |newspaper=[[The Morning Call]]|date=2011-10-21|access-date=2025-05-05}}</ref> Clyde Waite, a judge in Bucks County approved the plan in 2012. Riegelsville was to be an independent school district for a period between it being part of two different school districts.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/easton/2012/02/riegelsville_students_one_step.html|title=Riegelsville students one step closer to moving to Palisades|newspaper=[[The Express-Times]]|publisher=[[Advance Local Media LLC]]|date=2012-02-25|access-date=2025-05-05}}</ref> [[Pennsylvania State Board of Education]] approved the moving of districts in July 2012. The change was to be effective in 2013. Around 60 students were to be moved to the Palisades district.<ref>{{cite news|last=Panepinto|first=Peter|url=https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/easton/2012/07/the_pennsylvania_state_board_o.html|title=Riegelsville Independent School District transfer to Palisades School District approved by Pennsylvania State Board of Education|newspaper=[[The Express-Times]]|publisher=[[Advance Local Media LLC]]|date=2012-07-16|access-date=2025-05-05}}</ref> To cover the student transfer, the Palisades district gave $1,400,000 to the Easton Area school district.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/easton/2012/02/palisades_school_district_to_p.html|title=Palisades School District to pay $1.4M to Easton Area School District for shift of Riegelsville students - UPDATE|newspaper=[[The Express-Times]]|publisher=[[Advance Local Media LLC]]|date=2012-02-09|access-date=2025-05-05}}</ref>