Board adopts 2009-2010 budget
     The Colonial Board of School Directors voted unanimously to adopt a 2009-10 General Fund Budget of $92,580,000 at their public business meeting on Thursday, June 18. The budget represents an increase of 3.01 percent over the 2008-2009 spending plan and includes a real estate tax rate of 17.249 mils, an increase of 4.1 percent. Property owners will see a real estate tax increase of $67.90 per $100,000 of assessed value or $99.82 on the district's median assessed value of $147,010. The budget utilizes $4,850,000 of the projected $10,233,825 Fund Balance. Click here to review the budget.

Congratulations Class of 2009!
        The PWHS Class of 2009 is the largest class (432) at the school in nearly three decades. Ninety-eight members of the class graduated with a cumulative weighted grade point average of 4.0 or better. Class of 2009 members have been offered $7,225,648.00 in scholarship money to continue their education over the next four to five years, including $1.9 million in the coming year. Overall, 95 percent of the class will continue their education. Sixty-five percent will attend four-year colleges and universities, while 30 percent will attend two-year schools. Of the top 200 students in the class, 96 percent will attend four-year schools and four percent will go to a two-year school. The PWHS Class of 2009 includes 13 National Merit Scholars and 21 students who were named AP Scholars following their junior year.