The Amish community in the Octorara and Solanco communities is continuing to build new schools.
A school for young Amish scholars up through the eighth grade is being built on Mount Vernon Road in Sadsbury Township within the Octorara School District, and two Amish schools are being built in neighboring Bart Township in the Solanco School District.
Both should be ready for students in the fall.
These schools are in addition to one new school in Sadsbury, and another new Amish school in Highland Township, Chester County, both of which opened last year.
Amish schools, which are overseen by parent committees, are paid for by their own Amish community, which employs a teacher (usually from the Amish community) to teach all eight grades. Amish property owners also pay property taxes to public school districts.