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Bethlehem

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Bethlehem is a city in Lehigh and Northampton counties in
the Lehigh Valley region of the eastern portion of the U.S.
state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the city had a
total population of 74,982, making it the seventh largest city
in Pennsylvania, after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown,
Erie, Reading, and Scranton. Of this, 55,639 were in
Northampton County, and 19,343 were in Lehigh County.

Bethlehem lies in the center of the Lehigh Valley, a region of
731 sq mi (1,890 km2) that is home to more than 800,000
people. Together with Allentown and Easton, the Valley
embraces the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
metropolitan area, including Lehigh, Northampton, and
Carbon counties within Pennsylvania, and Warren County in
the adjacent state of New Jersey. Smaller than Allentown but
larger than Easton, Bethlehem is the Lehigh Valley's second
most populous city. In turn, this metropolitan area comprises
Pennsylvania's third-largest metropolitan area.

There are four general sections of the city: central
Bethlehem, the south side, the east side, and the west side.
Each of these sections blossomed at different times in the
city's development and each contains areas recognized
under the National Register of Historic Places. ZIP codes that
use the address Bethlehem totaled 116,000 in population in
the year 2000. These ZIP codes include Bethlehem Township
and Hanover Township.

The Norfolk Southern Railway's Lehigh Line (formerly the
main line of the Lehigh Valley Railroad), runs through
Bethlehem heading east to Easton, Pennsylvania and
Phillipsburg, New Jersey across the Delaware River. The
Norfolk Southern Railway's Reading Line runs through
Bethlehem heading west to Allentown and Reading

Bob Donscez (D)
Mayor

Bethlehem Area
School District

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Schools of the Bethlehem Area School District

High Schools
Freedom High School
Liberty High School

Middle schools
Broughal Middle School
East Hills Middle School
Nitschmann Middle School
Northeast Middle School

Elementary schools

The Farmersville Elementary School in
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Asa Packer Elementary School
Calypso Elementary School
Clearview Elementary School
Donegan Elementary School
Farmersville Elementary School
Fountain Hill Elementary School
Fountain Hill Kindergarten Center
Freemansburg Elementary School
Governor Wolf Elementary School
Hanover Elementary School
James Buchanan Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School
Marvine Elementary School
Miller Heights Elementary School

Private/Other Schools

Bethlehem Catholic High School
Centennial School
Holy Infancy Elementary School
Lehigh Valley Academy
Moravian Academy
Notre Dame of Bethlehem Elementary School
Our Lady of Perpetual Help School
Regional Academic Standards Academy
St. Anne Elementary School
Bethlehem Christian School

Board of School
Directors

Michael Faccinetto
President

Shannon Patrick
Vice-President

Winston Alozie
Dr. Karen Beck Pooley
Dr. Dean Donahers
Craig Neiman
Dr. Kim Shively
Angela Sinkler
Emily Schenkel

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Bob Donchez is a retired educator who
taught American Government for thirty-five
years at William Allen High School in the
Allentown School District. Presently Bob is
the Mayor for the City of Bethlehem.

Bob currently serves on the boards of the
Bethlehem Economic Development
Corporation, Lehigh Valley Economic
Development Corporation, Lehigh Valley
Industrial Park, Lehigh Valley Partnership,
Lehigh Valley Planning Commission,
Southside Vision 2014-2024, and is an
honorary board member of the Hispanic
Center of the Lehigh Valley.

CITY COUNCIL

BRYAN G
CALLAHAN

MICHAEL G
COLON

OLGA NEGRON

J WILLIAM
REYNOLDS

PAIGE VAN WIRT

ADAM R WALDRON

GRACE CRAMPIE
SMITH

GEORGE YASSO
CONTROLLER

DR JOSEPH J ROY
SUPERINTENDENT