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PA Ed Policy Roundup Sept. 13, 2019
PDE
announces Act 1 index base of 2.6%
PSBA News
from the PA Department of Education
A notice was published in the Sept. 7, 2019
issue of the Pennsylvania Bulletin announcing that the Department of Education
has calculated the Act 1 base index for the 2020-2021 fiscal year at 2.6%. The index is the average of the percentage
increase in the statewide average weekly wage and the Employment Cost Index.
For school districts with a market value/income aid ratio greater than 0.4000,
an adjusted index will be posted on the Department's web site at www.education.pa.gov by Sept. 30, 2019.
Blogger note: Although they are
responsible for raising taxes that are sent as tuition payments to cybers, no
elected school boards authorized cyber charters and school boards get virtually
no information back from cybers besides their invoices. We will continue
pushing out cyber charter 990 forms so all stakeholders might have a better
understanding of how their neighbors’ tax dollars are being spent.
This morning we are featuring the 21st
Century Cyber Charter School, which has consistently outperformed its peers
both on AYP and SPP ratings. It differs
from the other cybers in that its board is comprised of IU Directors and
Superintendents. Several years ago, after accumulating a multi-million dollar
fund balance, 21st Century considered refunding the excess tuition costs
to their sending school districts. However, under Pennsylvania’s charter/cyber
laws they were not permitted to do so.
21ST CENTURY CYBER CHARTER SCHOOL 990 for FYE ending June
2018
126 WALLACE AVE,
DOWNINGTOWN, PA 19335-2600 | TAX-EXEMPT SINCE DEC. 2002
ProPublica Full text of "Form 990"
for fiscal year ending June 2018
Tax returns filed
by nonprofit organizations are public records. The Internal Revenue Service
releases them in two formats: page images and raw data in XML. The raw data is
more useful, especially to researchers, because it can be extracted and
analyzed more easily. The pages below are a reconstruction of a tax document
using raw data from the IRS.
Source: Data and stylesheets from the Internal Revenue Service. E-file
viewer adapted from IRS e-File Viewer by Ben Getson.
'I Am Pro Good Schools.' Democratic Presidential
Candidates Debate Charter Schools, Equity
Education Week By Evie Blad on September 12, 2019 11:26 PM
People who've pushed for more discussion of education in the presidential primary got their wish Thursday when Democratic
candidates debating in Houston spent several minutes discussing equity and
support for K-12 schools. The discussion touched on charter schools—which have
been an especially divisive
subject on the trail—and led to
answers that touched on school funding, Title I grants, teacher pay, and how
factors like residential segregation affect educational equity. But the
candidates largely focused on their established educational positions. And they
largely avoided specifics.
Pa. state lawmakers among the highest paid in U.S., but
they’re doing less and less actual lawmaking
Inquirer by Jonathan Lai and Liz Navratil, Updated: September 13, 2019- 5:25 AM
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HARRISBURG —
Pennsylvania has the largest
full-time legislature in the nation and its lawmakers are among the highest-paid
in the country, yet,
increasingly, they’re doing less and less actual lawmaking. The number of bills
introduced in the legislature has fallen by more than 20% from its peak in the
early 1990s, and the number of bills actually passed into law has fallen even
more dramatically in the years since, according to an analysis of four decades
of legislative data by The Inquirer and Spotlight PA. Lawmakers are filling the gap by introducing far more resolutions, the
analysis found, often purely ceremonial statements that create task forces,
urge Congress to take action on an issue, honor notable Pennsylvanians or mark
special occasions like Banana
Split Day on Aug. 25 or Hot
Dog Day on July 17. The trends
track with academic research showing Republicans and Democrats in the
Legislature are more polarized and less willing to cross political lines to
reach the compromise often needed to pass legislation.
As Others See It: Politicians
take note as Walmart moves on guns
Post Gazette AN EDITORIAL FROM BLOOMBERG
OPINION SEP 12, 2019 12:00 AM
Walmart, the
biggest retailer in the U.S. and a leading seller of firearms and ammunition,
announced this week that it would stop selling bullets for handguns and
military-style rifles, stop selling handguns in Alaska (the last remaining
state where it makes such sales), and “respectfully” ask its customers to stop
openly carrying guns in its stores. The move is welcome in its own right — but
it’s especially encouraging as a sign that public opinion is swinging ever more
strongly in support of effective gun-control policies. CVS, Kroger, Walgreens
and other retailers have also adjusted their policies. If Walmart and others
see the case for changing their minds, politicians ought to pay attention. Walmart
took the opportunity to address politicians directly, saying: “We encourage our
nation’s leaders to move forward and strengthen background checks and to remove
weapons from those who have been determined to pose an imminent danger.”
“The business leaders are asking the
Senate to act on legislation that’s already passed the House to strengthen
background checks of those buying guns and “red flag” laws to permit courts to
take guns from a person deemed a public safety threat.”
Dick’s Sporting Goods
CEO signs letter seeking Senate action on gun safety bills
Trib Live by TOM DAVIDSON | Thursday, September 12, 2019 1:35 p.m.
The CEO of Dick’s
Sporting Goods is among leaders of 147 companies across the nation who sent a
letter to U.S. Senate members Thursday calling for lawmakers to pass gun safety
legislation. Dick’s Sporting Goods CEO Edward Stack joined leaders from a wide
range of industries in signing the letter. Dick’s is based in Findlay. “Gun violence
in America is not inevitable; it’s preventable,” the letter said. “There are
steps Congress can, and must, take to prevent and reduce gun violence. We need
our lawmakers to support common-sense gun laws that could prevent tragedies
like these.” Leaders from Bain Capital, Gap Inc., Levi Strauss & Co., Uber
and Lyft were among those signing the letter. Forty-seven of the companies
employ more than 500 people. “We have a responsibility and obligation to stand
up for the safety of our employees, customers and all Americans in the
communities we serve,” the letter said.
Editorial: We need to
take measures to protect students from gun violence and those measures ought to
be constitutional [opinion]
Lancaster Online by
THE LNP EDITORIAL BOARD Sep 12, 2019
THE ISSUE: Lancaster Country Day School seeks
a 1,000-foot “gun-shop-free school zone” around its Manheim Township campus, as
well as all other educational institutions in the suburb, LNP’s Junior Gonzalez
has reported. The “two-pronged proposal” not
only would forbid gun shops within 1,000 feet of the school but would “ban any
pictures or drawings of guns that ‘promote the use or sale of firearms’ within
the same zone,” Gonzalez noted. The Manheim Township Board of Commissioners
heard from a half-dozen residents about the school’s desired zoning proposal at
its meeting Monday evening but did not vote on the matter. Even before the February
2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas massacre in which 14
students and three staff members were fatally shot in Parkland, Florida, we called
for stronger, sensible gun regulation. We’ve lamented the burden placed on students to protect themselves —
with active-shooter drills and bullet-resistant
backpacks — and
railed at the failures of our elected officials to pass sensible gun measures
that would keep children safer (and by sensible measures, we don’t mean
equipping children with river stones to throw at intruders, as one Schuylkill
County school district unbelievably did). Sensible. That’s the word we have
used repeatedly. In our view, a 1,000-foot “gun-shop-free school zone” around a
school campus strikes
us as sensible. Schools
should be gun-free zones. Their doors should be locked against intruders; they
should be appointed with state-of-the-art security features. But the only
people packing heat in a school should be police officers.
Gun owners don’t need
to break local firearm laws to bring a legal challenge, Commonwealth Court
rules
PA Capital Star By Stephen Caruso September 13, 2019
A ruling issued by a
state appeals court Thursday will allow gun owners to challenge locally passed
firearms laws, regardless of whether they have been prosecuted for violating
the ordinances. In a 7-0 decision, Commonwealth Court ruled that the
pro-gun group Firearms Owners Against Crime and three of its members may
challenge the constitutionality of four Harrisburg gun laws. The previous
precedent, set a decade ago by the court, found that lawsuits challenging local
laws could only be brought by individuals who were about to or had already
broken the law. “It makes little sense to wait for appellants to break the law,
which we presume they do not want to do, before they can challenge it,” Judge
P. Kevin Brobson wrote in the decision. “It also makes little sense to force law-abiding citizens to rely on
law breakers to advocate their interests.” Firearms Owners Against Crime
brought the suit against Harrisburg in 2015, challenging five locally passed
laws, some from as early as 1821. They include an ordinance that requires
the reporting of lost and stolen guns, a ban on carrying firearms in city
parks, and a prohibition on firing guns within the city limits of Harrisburg
outside of a firing range or educational facility.
Philadelphia schools still segregated as suburban
districts integrate, analysis finds
Inquirer by Joseph A. Gambardello, Updated: September 12, 2019- 1:57 PM
Besides losing
population due to the advent
of charter schools,
Philadelphia’s public schools remain segregated while schools in surrounding
districts have become more integrated, according to a nationwide
analysis by the Washington Post. The analysis found that as the nation’s racial makeup has
changed, more
students in the country “attend schools with children of different races than
ever before" as
integration has taken hold in smaller districts that had predominantly white
student bodies and have become more diverse. But in many big cities, schools
remain segregated.
Philly-area findings
• Philadelphia: The
Philadelphia School District, while considered historically diverse in the
analysis, stands out in the region as “not integrated.” The analysis also
underscores how the district’s student population has shrunk from 206,000 in
1995 to 126,000 in 2017, as more families have opted to send
their children to charter schools. The analysis also highlights the district’s shifting racial balance,
with the proportion of black and white students shrinking while the proportion
of Hispanic and Asian students has increased.
• The
suburbs: Districts surrounding Philadelphia that the analysis deemed
to be “highly integrated” include Lower Merion, Abington, and Cheltenham in
Pennsylvania, and Cherry Hill, Moorestown, and Mount Laurel in South Jersey. Of
those districts, Cheltenham was classified as historically diverse while the
others were considered newly diverse.
Guest Opinion: Rep. DiGirolamo’s failure on Bensalem
school funding
Bucks County Courier Times Letter By Jordan
Allen Posted at 5:52 AM
It’s September, and
kids across Pennsylvania are back in school. If you’re in Rep. Gene
DiGirolamo’s Bensalem district, that means you’re returning to the most
underfunded schools in Bucks County. But despite how students in his district
are hurting, Rep. DiGirolamo, R-18, has not signed on to House
Bill 961,
legislation that would correct the misallocation of school funding and greatly
benefit Bensalem’s strapped schools. There is a wide disparity in school
funding in Pennsylvania, largely due to the state’s 1991 “hold harmless” rule,
which does not factor in enrollment changes in schools when allocating dollars.
This often results in gross underfunding for school districts that educate more
minority students and tend to be poorer. In 2016, the state enacted a fair
funding formula that takes student needs into account when considering how much
districts should get, but it only applies to new dollars — only 11% of the
state’s basic education budget. Nearly 90% of state funding is still
distributed inequitably. According to a study by POWER, students in the whitest Pennsylvania districts are each on average
given $2,200 more than the formula determines they should have. HB 961 would
fix that by requiring all state education dollars to go through the fair
funding formula. Bensalem students, who are 50% people of color, stand to gain
a great deal if HB 961 passes. This year alone, they lost $9.7 million to
inequitable funding distribution. Compare Bensalem to United, another
Pennsylvania school district located in Indiana County with similar funding
needs. United currently receives over $6,500 more per student per year from the
state than Bensalem does. What makes United different than Bensalem? It’s 97.5%
white.
All schools need a certified librarian to help improve
academic achievement | Opinion
Penn Live Commentary By Thomas P. Murt Posted Sep 12, 8:31 AM
Rep. Thomas P. Murt, Ed.D. represents the
152nd Legislative District which includes part of Montgomery County and
Northeast Philadelphia. Grace Devlin and Emilie Vayner from Lower Moreland High
School contributed to this article.
In the 21st
century, the need for successful research and accurate information is more
profound than ever. With misinformation so prevalent in today’s media and
society, the skill of recognizing precise and competent sources of information
is critical and should be developed early in a child’s academic career. Certified
School Librarians possess a vital role in guiding students and assisting them
in developing these skills. Despite librarians’ critical importance, some
school districts do not provide Certified School Librarians in every school.
Over the past six years, the number of Certified School Librarians in
Pennsylvania has decreased 9%, and in the Philadelphia, only 7 of 214 Philadelphia
public schools have Certified School Librarians. The lack of librarians within
Philadelphia’s schools can be attributed primarily to inadequate school budgets
and insufficient funding for public education. In the eyes of some misguided
budget-cutting officials, the increased access to the internet diminishes the
necessity for libraries. I have been discreetly advised, that some principals
in Philadelphia, must choose between a Certified School Librarian or a
Certified School Nurse for their buildings.
Pa. to launch review of its science standards that may include
emphasis on helping students think like scientists
Penn Live By Jan Murphy | jmurphy@pennlive.com Updated Sep 12, 9:03 PM; Posted Sep 12,
6:01 PM
Pennsylvania education
officials will begin the process of reviewing the framework around how science
is to be taught to students and consider whether to incorporate a set of
standards embraced by most other states that encourage students to think like
scientists. The State Board of Education directed the state Department of
Education to begin preparing to modernize the state’s 17-year-old science
standards to bring them into alignment with current research and best
practices, including a look at the Next Generation Science Standards. The Next
Generation Science Standards have been adopted in some form or fashion by 44
states, plus the District of Columbia. These standards, which came out in 2013, establish learning goals
and best practices for science instruction and serve as the basis for
curriculum development and instruction. Science
educators across Pennsylvania have been urging Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration and state lawmakers to consider
building on the state’s commitment to science and technology education by
adopting them.
Blogger note: Talk the talk; walk the
walk – Mike Faccinetto also served as President of PSBA
BOARD TO CLASSROOM
PBS39 NEWS REPORTS Clip: Season 2019 | Video
Runtime 3m 18s
BOARD TO CLASSROOM:
Michael Faccinetto is an insurance agent who serves as president of the
Bethlehem Area School Board. He went back to school and this month became a
classroom teacher at Central Elementary School in the Allentown School
District.
FBI is investigating Harrisburg School District: sources
Penn Live By Christine Vendel | cvendel@pennlive.com Posted Sep 12, 12:24 PM
The FBI has joined
the investigation into the Harrisburg School District and has begun
interviewing employees and former employees, PennLive has learned. Two sources
confirmed that federal agents have been conducting interviews for the past week
and a half. The sources, who asked to remain anonymous because they are not
authorized to speak about the investigation, said a Pennsylvania State Police
officer and a federal agent were working together to interview people, starting
with people who worked in the school district’s business office. The
Attorney General’s office already had been investigating the loss of several computers from the business office amid a mass firing
of school district leaders in June as the state took over the troubled
district. But the confirmation of the involvement of the FBI indicates that the
investigation is broader than the missing computers. The FBI’s website says
public corruption is their top criminal investigative priority and that the
agency:
- Investigates potential violations of federal
law by public officials at the federal, state, and local levels of
government; and
- Oversees the nationwide investigation of
allegations of fraud related to federal government procurement, contracts,
and federally funded programs.
The Attorney
General’s office on Thursday confirmed it has not relinquished its
investigation to the federal agency. “This is a joint investigation and we are
still involved,” said Jacklin Rhoads, a spokeswoman for the Attorney General’s
office.
Did asbestos in a Philly school cause a teacher to get
cancer? It’s complicated.
WHYY By Avi Wolfman-Arent September 11, 2019
The Philadelphia
Federation of Teachers announced Wednesday that one of its members has
mesothelioma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer caused by exposure to
asbestos. PFT President Jerry Jordan says it’s the first time, as far as he
knows, that a Philly educator has gotten the disease. We know relatively little
about this case of mesothelioma or what caused it. The PFT did not release the
educator’s name. Officials said the teacher worked at Nebinger School in the
Bella Vista portion of Center City before moving to Meredith School in Queen
Village, where the person has taught for the last 17 years. There’s no
conclusive proof that the educator’s illness was caused by working in a school
with asbestos. Although Arthur Frank, an occupational health expert
who works at Drexel University, told WHYY that if the educator was exposed to
asbestos at a school, it would have at least contributed to the development of
the disease — even if it wasn’t the original cause. Union leaders and politicians
used the announcement to redouble their calls for urgent remediation in
Philly’s public schools. A coalition called “Fund Our Facilities” wants the
city and state to allocate $100 million for lead and asbestos removal.
City could kick in $10M for asbestos work in Philadelphia
schools
Inquirer by Kristen A. Graham, Wendy Ruderman and Barbara Laker, Updated: September 12, 2019- 5:05 PM
A day after news
broke that a longtime city teacher has a deadly cancer often linked to
asbestos, City Councilman At-Large Derek Green announced legislation Thursday
that would give the Philadelphia School District $10 million to deal with environmental
hazards in schools across
the city. Green wants to give the school system a one-time grant that would
come from the city’s fund balance, which has exceeded projections over the last
three years. The money would pay for just a fraction of the environmental work
needed to be done in the district. The funding proposal was prompted by news
Wednesday that a
city teacher has mesothelioma, an asbestos-linked cancer, and a coalition’s call for $100 million to
handle asbestos and other environmental hazards inside district buildings. The
career teacher has spent 30 years in Philadelphia classrooms, first at Nebinger
Elementary and most recently at Meredith Elementary. The schools are blocks
apart in South Philadelphia, and both have known asbestos issues.
Philly councilman
wants to give school district $10M to address lead, asbestos in classrooms
Special to the
Capital-Star By Michael D’Onofrio September 13, 2019
Michael D’Onofrio is a reporter for the Philadelphia
Tribune, where this story first appeared.
The asbestos, lead
and other environmental issues plaguing Philadelphia’s aging school buildings
have become so significant that a Philadelphia City Councilman wants to
dedicate millions more of city dollars address them. At-large City Councilman
Derek Green, a Democrat, introduced an ordinance in City Council on Thursday
that aims to dip into the city’s fund balance, or surplus, to provide $10
million for immediate remediation in schools. “This gives an opportunity to
show the city of Philadelphia has some skin in the game and is trying to
address this issue,” Green said on Thursday outside the City Council Chambers
in City Hall. The legislation, which now heads to a committee hearing that has
yet to be scheduled, would be a one-time transfer. If passed, the funding would
supplement the $222.4 million the city will shell out to the district this
year.
Philly SD Finance and Facilities Committee: September
12, 2019
Alliance for
Philadelphia Public Schools by Lisa Haver September 12, 2019
Two positive
developments: the acoustics were much better and the Committee members were
very responsive to the public speakers. Present: when the meeting convened at
10 AM, Co-chairs Leticia Egea-Hinton and Lee Huang. Joyce Wilkerson arrived at
10:13; Wayne Walker attended via phone. Angela McIver, Chris McGinley and Julia
Danzy arrived later and sat at the head table. The attendance of other
Board members is appreciated, but the Co-chairs should specify who actually
serves on the Committee. The Agenda listed 22 Action Items for possible
discussion before the September 19 Action Meeting. No content was included, not
even the amount of the contract or grant. The Committee did address the
need to have Items on the Committee agenda at least one week before the Action
Meetings. (I reminded the Committee before my testimony that the District, in
its legal settlement with APPS on Sunshine Act violations, agreed to post all
Action Items at least 2 weeks prior to the Action Meeting.) Minutes of the June
13 2019 Committee meeting were approved by the Co-chairs.
“What these AI experiments keep proving
over and over is that students do not have to possess any knowledge or
understanding of the subject matter to be trained to succeed on the tests. The
high stakes test that have been the foundation of the education accountability
movement clearly do not measure what they purport to measure, as demonstrated
by computer software that has zero “academic achievement” and yet scores well
on the test. If actual academic knowledge and understanding is not a
prerequisite for a good score on the test, then what does the big standardized
test actually measure? And is there anything be gained by pushing–and
measuring–students to be more like software that doesn’t know much except how
to figure out the correct answer on a multiple choice test?”
AI Pokes Another Hole In Standardized Testing
Forbes by Peter Greene Senior Contributor Sep 12, 2019,
02:16pm
The stories were
supposed to capture a new step forward in artificial intelligence. A “Breakthrough
for A.I. Technology: Passing an 8th-Grade Science Test,” said the New York Times. “AI
Aristo takes science test, emerges multiple-choice superstar,” said TechXPlore. Both stories were talking about Aristo
(indicating a child version of Aristotle), a project of Paul Allen’s Allen
Institute for Artificial Intelligence, where the headline read, “How
to tutor AI from an ‘F’ to an ‘A.’”
The occasion for
all this excitement is Aristo’s conquest of a big standardized test, answering
a convincing 80% of questions correctly on the 12th grade science test and 90%
on the 8th grade test. Four years ago, none of the programs that attempted this
feat were successful at all.
10 K-12 Education Policy Questions Every Presidential
Candidate Should Answer
Center for American
Progress By Scott Sargrad, Lisette Partelow, and Khalilah Harris Posted on September 10, 2019, 5:00 am
After months of
campaigning and two rounds of primary debates, presidential candidates still
aren’t prioritizing K-12 education. While some have released specific plans,
others have only put out general statements or mentioned the issue in
passing—if at all. While understandably, proposals to increase access to early
childhood and higher education are front and center, it is still disappointing
that the 50 million students in K-12 public schools seem to be an afterthought.
America’s education
system should be an engine of opportunity that generates shared prosperity by
preparing every child for success in college, the workforce, and our democracy.
Unfortunately, while many white and middle-class families have access to this
preparation, far too many students do not—especially Black, Latinx, Native
American, and some Asian American and Pacific Islander students, as well as
students from families with low incomes, students with disabilities, and
English language learners. The impact of these opportunity gaps is stark. By
fourth grade, Black, Latinx, and Native students are less than half as
likely as
white students to score proficient in reading on the National Assessment of
Educational Progress. Moreover, only two-thirds of both students with
disabilities and English language learners graduate high
school, compared
with 85 percent for all students. The federal government must take an active
role in ensuring equitable access to educational opportunity across the
country, and the next president must have a comprehensive agenda for improving
K-12 education. Here are the questions that candidates need to answer so
Americans can evaluate how serious they are about making sure that every child
has access to an excellent public school.
Information about the
education sessions for the 2019 @PasaSupts @PSBA School Leadership Conference are now live on our
website! We hope to see you there! #PASLC2019
What: Informal
discussion on cyber charter schools
When: 9 a.m.
refreshments, 9:30 a.m. panel, Oct. 7
Where: Central
Pennsylvania Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, 800 E. Park Ave., State College
AAUW State College
Branch invites you to attend an informational panel discussion to learn more
about background and issues connected with cyber charter schools. Join us on
Saturday, Oct. 7, at the Central Pennsylvania Convention and Visitors Bureau,
800 E. Park Ave., State College (visitor center off Porter Road). Refreshments,
9 a.m.; panel discussion, 9:30 a.m.
The American
Association of University Women State College Branch is part of a nationwide
network of about 1,000 branches that are dedicated to advancing equity for
women and girls.
Adolescent Health and
School Start Times: Science, Strategies, Tactics, & Logistics
Workshop Nov 13, Exton
Join school administrators and staff, including superintendents, transportation directors, principals, athletic directors, teachers, counselors, nurses, and school board members, parents, guardians, health professionals and other concerned community members for an interactive and solutions-oriented workshop on Wednesday, November 13, 2019 9:30 am to 3:00 pm
Join school administrators and staff, including superintendents, transportation directors, principals, athletic directors, teachers, counselors, nurses, and school board members, parents, guardians, health professionals and other concerned community members for an interactive and solutions-oriented workshop on Wednesday, November 13, 2019 9:30 am to 3:00 pm
Clarion Hotel in
Exton, PA
The science is clear. Many middle and high school days in Pennsylvania, and across the nation, start too early in the morning. The American Medical Association, Centers for Disease Control, American Academy of Pediatrics, and many other major health and education leaders agree and have issued policy statements recommending that secondary schools start no earlier than 8:30 am to allow for sleep, health, and learning. Implementing these recommendations, however, can seem daunting. Discussions will include the science of sleep and its connection to school start times, as well as proven strategies for successfully making change--how to generate optimum community support and work through implementation challenges such as bus routes, athletics, and more. Register for the workshop here: https://ssl-workshop-pa.eventbrite.com Thanks to our generous sponsors, we are able to offer early bird registration for $25, which includes a box-lunch and coffee service. Seating is limited and early bird registration ends on Friday, September 13.
For more information visit the workshop website www.startschoollater.net/workshop---pa or email contact@startschoollater.net
The science is clear. Many middle and high school days in Pennsylvania, and across the nation, start too early in the morning. The American Medical Association, Centers for Disease Control, American Academy of Pediatrics, and many other major health and education leaders agree and have issued policy statements recommending that secondary schools start no earlier than 8:30 am to allow for sleep, health, and learning. Implementing these recommendations, however, can seem daunting. Discussions will include the science of sleep and its connection to school start times, as well as proven strategies for successfully making change--how to generate optimum community support and work through implementation challenges such as bus routes, athletics, and more. Register for the workshop here: https://ssl-workshop-pa.eventbrite.com Thanks to our generous sponsors, we are able to offer early bird registration for $25, which includes a box-lunch and coffee service. Seating is limited and early bird registration ends on Friday, September 13.
For more information visit the workshop website www.startschoollater.net/workshop---pa or email contact@startschoollater.net
“Each member entity will have one vote
for each officer. This will require boards of the various school entities to
come to a consensus on each candidate and cast their vote electronically during
the open voting period (Aug. 23 – Oct. 11, 2019).”
PSBA Officer
Elections: Slate of Candidates
PSBA members
seeking election to office for the association were required to submit a
nomination form no later than June 1, 2019, to be considered. All candidates
who properly completed applications by the deadline are included on the slate
of candidates below. In addition, the Leadership Development Committee met on
June 15th at PSBA headquarters in Mechanicsburg to interview candidates.
According to bylaws, the Leadership Development Committee may determine
candidates highly qualified for the office they seek. This is noted next to
each person’s name with an asterisk (*).
WHERE: Hershey Lodge and
Convention Center 325 University Drive, Hershey, PA
WHEN: Wednesday, October
16 to Friday, October 18, 201
Registration is now open!
Growth from knowledge acquired. Vision inspired by innovation. Impact
created by a synergized leadership community. You are called upon to be the
drivers of a thriving public education system. It’s a complex and challenging
role. Expand your skillset and give yourself the tools needed for the
challenge. Packed into two and a half daysꟷꟷgain access to top-notch education
and insights, dynamic speakers, peer learning opportunities and the latest
product and service innovations. Come to the PASA-PSBA School Leadership
Conference to grow!
NPE Action National
Conference - Save the Date - March 28-29, 2020 in Philadelphia, PA.
The window is now open for workshop proposals for the Network for Public
Education conference, March 28-29, 2020, in Philadelphia. I hope you all sign
on to present on a panel and certainly we want all to attend. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NBCNDKK
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