Census time

The Columbia Borough School District will be performing its annual district census in April and May.

The district will be mailing census forms in the near future directly to residents for completion, rather than sending census takers door-to-door in an effort to save money and make the census more convenient for residents to complete.

The district is required by the Pennsylvania School Code to collect a careful, correct and accurate census of all households, with or without children in the district. Census data provides information necessary for the district to fulfill the obligations with regard to compulsory attendance regulations, effectively plan for special education services and for the calculation of future enrollments.

All information is confidential.

When residents receive their form, they are asked to make necessary corrections, sign and date the form and return it in the enclosed envelope, whether there are corrections or not, to 200 North Fifth St.

The form will only take a few minutes to fill out. In instances where the forms are not returned, the district will have to incur costs by phone or by sending out a census taker.