JEFFERSON TWP — Come July 1, the South Butler County School District will cease to exist.

The school board at its Wednesday meeting voted 7-1 to change the district's name to Knoch School District.

State Rep. Marci Mustello, R-11th, championed a bill in Harrisburg to allow the district to change its name, which passed both chambers and was signed by Gov. Tom Wolf last month.

The bill requires a two-thirds vote by the school board to change the name, which was accomplished on Wednesday.

Superintendent David Foley recommended changing the district's name to Knoch two years ago in the interest of a fresh start and because most people already refer to the district as Knoch since that is the name of two of its schools and all the district's sports teams.

“It's the name we most readily identify with,” Foley told the board on Wednesday.

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