I am posting this on behalf of Lois. If you have questions or wish to contact Lois, please PM me.

Here is the PAYS (Pennsylvania Youth Survey) website:
https://www.pccd.pa.gov/Juvenile-Jus...ey-(PAYS).aspx

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In 2017, I was the only Board member in Hollidaysburg to vote against administering the PAYS survey in our school district. I did my best to educate everyone I could about the questions that were being asked of 6th, 8th, 10th and 12th graders during school time. Parents have to opt out, not opt in, if they don’t want their kids to take the test.

The test asks many intrusive and personal questions about the children and their families.

Of course, we are always told this is for the “public good” and that authorities “need” this information in order to properly socialize and “protect” our children.

Below is a list of all the school districts that forced their kids to take this test during school hours in 2017. The Boards will again have to approve this test in 2019.

If you don’t have the questions themselves, you can view them on the PAYS web site or ask me and I can send you a copy.

Please keep this project in mind in 2019 when vetting your school board candidates.

Thank you,

Lois Kaneshiki



Abington Heights School District Lackawanna
Abington School District Montgomery
Academy Charter School Allegheny
Achievement House Charter School Chester
Ad Prima Charter School Philadelphia
Albert Gallatin Area School District Fayette
Aliquippa School District Beaver
Allentown City School District Lehigh
Altoona Area School District Blair
Annville-Cleona School District Lebanon
Antietam School District Berks
Armstrong School District Armstrong
Arts Academy Charter School Lehigh
Athens Area School District Bradford
Avon Grove School District Chester
Bald Eagle Area School District Centre
Bangor Area School District Northampton
Bear Creek Community Charter School Luzerne
Bedford Area School District Bedford
Bellefonte Area School District Centre
Belleville Mennonite School Mifflin
Bellwood-Antis School District Blair
Bensalem Township School District Bucks
Benton Area School District Columbia
Bentworth School District Washington
Berlin Brothersvalley School District Somerset
Bermudian Springs School District Adams
Berwick Area School District Columbia
Bethlehem Area School District Northampton
Big Spring School District Cumberland
Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High School Blair
Bishop McDevitt High School Montgomery
Blacklick Valley School District Cambria
Blairsville-Saltsburg School District Indiana
Bloomsburg Area School District Columbia
Blue Mountain School District Schuylkill
Blue Ridge School District Susquehanna
Boyertown Area School District Berks
Bradford Area School District McKean
Brandywine Heights Area School District Berks
Brentwood Borough School District Allegheny
Bristol Borough School District Bucks
Bristol Township School District Bucks
Brockway Area School District Jefferson
Brookville Area School District Jefferson
Brownsville Area School District Fayette
Burgettstown Area School District Washington
Butler Area School District Butler
Cambria Heights School District Cambria
Cameron County School District Cameron
Camp Hill School District Cumberland
Canon-McMillan School District Washington
Canton Area School District Bradford
Capital Area School for the Arts Charter School Dauphin
Carlisle Area School District Cumberland
Carmichaels Area School District Greene
Catasauqua Area School District Lehigh
Centennial School District Bucks
Central Bucks School District Bucks
Central Cambria School District Cambria
Central Catholic High School Allegheny
Central Columbia School District Columbia
Central Dauphin School District Dauphin
Central Fulton School District Fulton
Central Greene School District Greene
Central PA Digital Learning Foundation Charter School Blair
Central York School District York
Chambersburg Area School District Franklin
Charleroi School District Washington
Chartiers Valley School District Allegheny
Chartiers-Houston School District Washington
Cheltenham Township School District Montgomery
Chester Community Charter School Delaware
Chester-Upland School District Delaware
Chestnut Ridge School District Bedford
Chichester School District Delaware
Clairton City School District Allegheny
Clarion Area School District Clarion
Clarion-Limestone Area School District Clarion
Claysburg-Kimmel School District Blair
Clearfield Area School District Clearfield
Coatesville Area School District Chester
Cocalico School District Lancaster
Colonial School District Montgomery
Columbia Borough School District Lancaster
Columbia-Montour Area Vocational Technical School Columbia
Commodore Perry School District Mercer
Conemaugh Township Area School District Somerset
Conemaugh Valley School District Cambria
Conestoga Valley School District Lancaster
Conewago Valley School District Adams
Conneaut School District Crawford
Connellsville Area Career & Technical Center Fayette
Connellsville Area School District Fayette
Conrad Weiser Area School District Berks
Cornwall-Lebanon School District Lebanon
Corry Area School District Erie
Coudersport Area School District Potter
Council Rock School District Bucks
Cranberry Area School District Venango
Crawford Central School District Crawford
Crispus Attucks Youthbuild Charter School York
Cumberland Valley School District Cumberland
Curwensville Area School District Clearfield
Dallas School District Luzerne
Dallastown Area School District York
Delaware Valley School District Pike
Derry Area School District Westmoreland
Derry Township School District Dauphin
Donegal School District Lancaster
Dover Area School District York
Downingtown Area School District Chester
DuBois Area Catholic High School Clearfield
Dubois Area School District Clearfield
Dunmore School District Lackawanna
Duquesne City School District Allegheny
East Allegheny School District Allegheny
East Lycoming School District Lycoming
East Penn School District Lehigh
East Pennsboro Area School District Cumberland
East Stroudsburg Area School District Monroe
Eastern Lancaster County School District Lancaster
Eastern Lebanon County School District Lebanon
Eastern York School District York
Elizabethtown Area School District Lancaster
Ellwood City Area School District Lawrence
Ephrata Area School District Lancaster
Erie City School District Erie
Everett Area School District Bedford
Exeter Township School District Berks
Fairfield Area School District Adams
Fannett-Metal School District Franklin
Farrell Area School District Mercer
Ferndale Area School District Cambria
Forbes Road School District Fulton
Forest Area School District Forest
Forest Hills School District Cambria
Frazier School District Fayette
Freedom Area School District Beaver
Freeport Area School District Armstrong
Galeton Area School District Potter
Garnet Valley School District Delaware
General McLane School District Erie
Gesu School Philadelphia
Gettysburg Area School District Adams
Girard School District Erie
Glendale School District Clearfield
Governor Mifflin School District Berks
Great Valley School District Chester
Greater Johnstown School District Cambria
Greater Latrobe School District Westmoreland
Greater Nanticoke Area School District Luzerne
Greencastle-Antrim School District Franklin
Greensburg Salem School District Westmoreland
Greenville Area School District Mercer
Greenwood School District Perry
Halifax Area School District Dauphin
Hanover Public School District York
Harbor Creek School District Erie
Harmony Area School District Clearfield
Harrisburg City School District Dauphin
Hatboro-Horsham School District Montgomery
Haverford Township School District Delaware
Hempfield Area School District Westmoreland
Hempfield School District Lancaster
Hermitage School District Mercer
Hollidaysburg Area School District Blair
Homer-Center School District Indiana
HOPE for Hyndman Charter School Bedford
Huntingdon Area School District Huntingdon
I-LEAD Charter School Berks
Indiana Area School District Indiana
Interboro School District Delaware
Iroquois School District Erie
Jamestown Area School District Mercer
Jeannette City School District Westmoreland
Jefferson County-DuBois AVTS Jefferson
Jefferson-Morgan School District Greene
Jenkintown School District Montgomery
Jersey Shore Area School District Lycoming
Jim Thorpe Area School District Carbon
Johnsonburg Area School District Elk
Juniata County School District Juniata
Kane Area School District McKean
Karns City Area School District Butler
Kennedy Catholic Middle/High School Mercer
Kennett Consolidated School District Chester
Keystone Central School District Clinton
Keystone Education Center Charter School Mercer
Keystone School District Clarion
Kutztown Area School District Berks
Lakeview School District Mercer
Lampeter-Strasburg School District Lancaster
Lancaster Catholic High School Lancaster
Lancaster School District Lancaster
Lansdale Catholic High School Montgomery
Laurel Highlands School District Fayette
Laurel School District Lawrence
Lawrence County Career & Technical Center Lawrence
Lebanon County CTC Lebanon
Lebanon School District Lebanon
Leechburg Area School District Armstrong
Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts Northampton
Lehighton Area School District Carbon
Lenape Technical School Armstrong
Ligonier Valley School District Westmoreland
Line Mountain School District Northumberland
Littlestown Area School District Adams
Lower Dauphin School District Dauphin
Lower Merion School District Montgomery
Lower Moreland Township School District Montgomery
Loyalsock Township School District Lycoming
Mahanoy Area School District Schuylkill
Manheim Central School District Lancaster
Manheim Township School District Lancaster
Marian Catholic High School Schuylkill
Marion Center Area School District Indiana
Marple Newtown School District Delaware
McGuffey School District Washington
Mechanicsburg Area School District Cumberland
Mercer Area School District Mercer
Methacton School District Montgomery
Meyersdale Area School District Somerset
Middletown Area School District Dauphin
Midd-West School District Snyder
Mifflin County School District Mifflin
Mifflinburg Area School District Union
Millersburg Area School District Dauphin
Millville Area School District Columbia
Milton Area School District Northumberland
Minersville Area School District Schuylkill
Mohawk Area School District Lawrence
Monessen City School District Westmoreland
Moniteau School District Butler
Montgomery Area School District Lycoming
Montoursville Area School District Lycoming
Moshannon Valley School District Clearfield
Mount Carmel Area School District Northumberland
Mount Pleasant Area School District Westmoreland
Mount Union Area School District Huntingdon
Mountain View School District Susquehanna
Nativity BVM High School Schuylkill
Neshaminy School District Bucks
New Brighton Area School District Beaver
New Castle Area School District Lawrence
New Day Charter School Huntingdon
New Hope-Solebury School District Bucks
Newport School District Perry
Norristown Area School District Montgomery
North Clarion County School District Clarion
North Schuylkill School District Schuylkill
North Star School District Somerset
Northampton Area School District Northampton
Northeast Bradford School District Bradford
Northeastern York School District York
Northern Bedford County School District Bedford
Northern Potter School District Potter
Northern Tioga School District Tioga
Northwest Area School District Luzerne
Northwestern Lehigh School District Lehigh
Northwestern School District Erie
Norwin School District Westmoreland
Octorara Area School District Chester
Oil City Area School District Venango
Olney Charter High School Philadelphia
Oswayo Valley School District Potter
Otto-Eldred School District McKean
Owen J Roberts School District Chester
Oxford Area School District Chester
Palisades School District Bucks
Palmerton Area School District Carbon
Panther Valley School District Carbon
Parkland School District Lehigh
Penn Cambria School District Cambria
Penn Manor School District Lancaster
Penncrest School District Crawford
Penn-Delco School District Delaware
Pennridge School District Bucks
Penns Manor Area School District Indiana
Penns Valley Area School District Centre
Pennsbury School District Bucks
Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School Beaver
Pequea Valley School District Lancaster
Perkiomen Valley School District Montgomery
Perseus House Charter School of Excellence Erie
Philipsburg-Osceola Area School District Clearfield
Phoenixville Area School District Chester
Pine Grove Area School District Schuylkill
Pittston Area School District Luzerne
Pleasant Valley School District Monroe
Pocono Mountain School District Monroe
Pope John Paul II High School Montgomery
Port Allegany School District McKean
Portage Area School District Cambria
Pottsgrove School District Montgomery
Pottstown School District Montgomery
Pottsville Area School District Schuylkill
Punxsutawney Area School District Jefferson
Purchase Line School District Indiana
Quakertown Community School District Bucks
Radnor Township School District Delaware
Reading School District Berks
Red Lion Area School District York
Redbank Valley School District Clarion
Reynolds School District Mercer
Richland School District Cambria
Ridley School District Delaware
Ringgold School District Washington
Rochester Area School District Beaver
Rockwood Area School District Somerset
Rose Tree Media School District Delaware
Saint Clair Area School District Schuylkill
Saint Marys Area School District Elk
Salisbury-Elk Lick School District Somerset
Saucon Valley School District Northampton
Sayre Area School District Bradford
Schuylkill Haven Area School District Schuylkill
Schuylkill IU 29 Schuylkill
Scranton School District Lackawanna
Selinsgrove Area School District Snyder
Shade-Central City School District Somerset
Shamokin Area School District Northumberland
Shanksville-Stonycreek School District Somerset
Sharon City School District Mercer
Sharpsville Area School District Mercer
Shenandoah Valley School District Schuylkill
Shenango Area School District Lawrence
Shikellamy School District Northumberland
Shippensburg Area School District Cumberland
Slippery Rock Area School District Butler
Smethport Area School District McKean
Solanco School District Lancaster
Somerset Area School District Somerset
Souderton Area School District Montgomery
South Allegheny School District Allegheny
South Eastern School District York
South Middleton School District Cumberland
South Western School District York
South Williamsport Area School District Lycoming
Southeast Delco School District Delaware
Southeastern Greene School District Greene
Southern Columbia Area School District Columbia
Southern Fulton School District Fulton
Southern Tioga School District Tioga
Southern York County School District York
Spring Cove School District Blair
Spring Grove Area School District York
Springfield School District Delaware
Springfield Township School District Montgomery
Spring-Ford Area School District Montgomery
St Gabriel School Philadelphia
State College Area School District Centre
Steelton-Highspire School District Dauphin
Stroudsburg Area School District Monroe
Susquehanna Community School District Susquehanna
Susquehanna Township School District Dauphin
Susquenita School District Perry
Tamaqua Area School District Schuylkill
Titusville Area School District Crawford
Towanda Area School District Bradford
Tredyffrin-Easttown School District Chester
Trinity Area School District Washington
Tri-Valley School District Schuylkill
Troy Area School District Bradford
Turkeyfoot Valley Area School District Somerset
Tussey Mountain School District Bedford
Tyrone Area School District Blair
Union Area School District Lawrence
Union City Area School District Erie
Union School District Clarion
Uniontown Area School District Fayette
Unionville-Chadds Ford School District Chester
Upper Adams School District Adams
Upper Darby School District Delaware
Upper Dauphin Area School District Dauphin
Upper Dublin School District Montgomery
Upper Merion Area School District Montgomery
Upper Moreland Township School District Montgomery
Upper Perkiomen School District Montgomery
Upper Saint Clair School District Allegheny
Urban Pathways 6-12 Charter School Allegheny
Valley Grove School District Venango
Wallenpaupack Area School District Pike
Wallingford-Swarthmore School District Delaware
Warren County School District Warren
Warrior Run School District Northumberland
Warwick School District Lancaster
Washington School District Washington
Wattsburg Area School District Erie
Waynesboro Area School District Franklin
Weatherly Area School District Carbon
Wellsboro Area School District Tioga
West Branch Area School District Clearfield
West Chester Area School District Chester
West Greene School District Greene
West Middlesex Area School District Mercer
West Mifflin Area School District Allegheny
West Perry School District Perry
West Shore School District Cumberland
West York Area School District York
Western Wayne School District Wayne
Westmont Hilltop School District Cambria
Whitehall-Coplay School District Lehigh
Widener Partnership Charter School Delaware
Wilkes-Barre Area School District Luzerne
William Penn School District Delaware
Williams Valley School District Schuylkill
Williamsburg Community School District Blair
Williamsport Area School District Lycoming
Wilson Area School District Northampton
Windber Area School District Somerset
Wissahickon School District Montgomery
Wyncote Academy Montgomery
Wyoming Area School District Luzerne
York Academy Regional Charter School York
York City School District York
York Co School of Technology York
York Suburban School District York