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PA Ed Policy Roundup Sept. 23, 2019
“I Trust Parents”: What did the 9/18 Allentown Morning Call, 9/17 Pittsburgh TribLive,
9/3 Harrisburg Penn Live, and both the 9/10 and 9/18 editions of the Delco
Times, Pottstown Mercury and West Chester Daily Local all have in common?
They all ran opinion pieces authored by
Colleen Cook, an Oklahoma resident who is president of the National Coalition
of Public School Options, entitled “Tom Wolf’s Attack on Charter Schools”; or “Pennsylvania
Limits School Choice for Students”; or “My Child Might Have Died Without School
Choice”. Perhaps you saw some of them.
As someone who has written and submitted
opinion pieces to many Pennsylvania press outlets over several years, I have to
say that I envy the penetration Ms. Cook’s piece was able to gain across the
state.
Skillful marketing? Dogged
determination?
Here’s an NPR (I know; liberal media…)
piece from February 2018 describing some of K12, Inc.’s continuing efforts in
support of their virtual school products and services. It suggests a connection
between K12 funding and Ms. Cook’s National Coalition for Public School Options
“K12 Inc. is the largest operator of
virtual charter schools, with 111,000 students. Connections Academy, the second
largest, says it has 65,000 students.
K12 was co-founded in 1999, with an
investment from "junk bond" financier Michael Milken and his brother.
The founding chair of the board, William Bennett, who served as education
secretary under President Ronald Reagan, resigned in 2005 after making racist
remarks. In the early 2010s, the company settled multiple shareholder lawsuits
based on its poor student and financial performance.
Betsy DeVos and her husband, Dick DeVos,
formerly owned stock in K12 Inc. In October, Kevin Chavous was hired as K12
Inc.'s president of academics, policy and schools. Chavous was a founding board
member of the American Federation for Children, the organization DeVos chaired
before joining the Trump administration.”
Inside The Virtual
Schools Lobby: 'I Trust Parents'
NPR February 13,
2018 6:00 AM ET
The travails of
virtual schools have split the charter school movement. The national
organizations representing traditional charter schools have sought to put
daylight between themselves and virtual schools, going so far as to question
"whether virtual schools should be included in the charter school model at
all," in the words of NACSA. With states and even other charter schools
massed against them, virtual schools and their supporters have fought back.
They've lobbied politicians and donated millions to their campaigns. They've pushed for changes and exceptions to
accountability systems. They've taken legal action. And, they've organized a
network of lobbying groups to make it appear that parents don't care about test
scores — that test scores and other accountability measures actually don't
matter at all. What matters, they say, is parent choice. This message is summed
up in a phrase that has also often been a rallying cry of DeVos. It lives
online as a hashtag: #ITrustParents. At times, their opponents say, virtual
schools have resorted to "smear tactics," using parents as cover.
Like that "day of fun and learning" Marcey Morse got invited to in
Atlanta.
Let's take a closer
look at some of the players in this ongoing drama.
Blogger note: if you enjoyed watching
the video last week of Speaker Turzai where he dismissed public educators as
"special interest people" who don't care about students, you may have
some interest in his 2020 challenger…
Emily Skopov will challenge Pa. House Speaker Mike Turzai
again in 2020
PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE localnews@post-gazette.com AUG 1, 2019
After losing by
almost 9 percentage points in 2018, Marshall Democrat Emily Skopov said today
that she will again challenge Pennsylvania State House Speaker Mike Turzai for
the 28th Legislative District seat. Mr. Turzai, a Republican, has held the seat
since 2001 and been the House speaker since 2015. Democrats have challenged him
six times, but Ms. Skopov, riding a wave of Democratic energy following
President Donald Trump’s election in 2016, was the first to get within 10
points. The 28th District is located entirely within Allegheny County, and
includes Pine, Bradford Woods, McCandless, Franklin Park and Marshall. In a
press release announcing her run, Ms. Skopov argued she could win because of
“demographic and ideological shifts” in the district. “This district is one of
the few in Pennsylvania to be currently experiencing unprecedented growth. Mr.
Turzai has demonstrated an inability to recognize, let alone understand, these
changes and the changing needs and priorities of the residents that he purports
to represent,” she said.
A Pa. House Committee
is voting on an ‘In God We Trust Bill.’ Because, of course | Monday Morning
Coffee
PA Capital Star By John L. Micek September 23, 2019
Good Monday Morning, Fellow Seekers.
Just about a week
ago, our new pals at the investigative journalism site Spotlight PA made
a bit of a splash by reporting that the Pennsylvania General Assembly, one of
the nation’s largest and best paid, didn’t do much in
the way of actual law-making anymore. In the midst of that thorough and well-reported story, House
Democratic Whip Jordan Harris, D-Philadephia, suggested that lawmakers were
putting quality over quantity by “trying to be more deliberate about which
bills they introduce.” So, from our “Hold My Beer” file, we bring you
state Rep. Cris Dush, R-Jefferson, who has not only located a
solution in search of problem, but has also cannily tracked it to its lair and
throttled the life out of it. He’s sponsoring legislation that would allow local school districts to plaster “In
God We Trust” in classrooms and other parts of school buildings. The reason, according to Dush, is to pay homage to the
“rich history” of the slogan, which had far less to do with protecting the
nation’s moral fiber than it did with countering the Red Menace.
Under the terms of
this latest grenade in the culture wars, school districts could display the
motto in “the form of mounted plaques or artwork from a student contest that
will be prominently displayed in each school building,” he wrote in a memo seeking co-sponsors for his proposal. If Dush were
merely shouting at the clouds for the first time, that would be one thing. But,
as his co-sponsorship memo makes clear, it’s his second try at introducing the
legislation. And it comes amid a broader national push to squeeze religion into
the schoolhouse. There’s even model legislation to help lawmakers on their way,
as Forbes reported in
September 2018.
“Failing schools” is a meaningless phrase | PennLive
letters
PennLive Letters to the Editor by Scott
Bonner, Mechanicsburg Updated Sep 19,
2019; Posted Sep 19, 2019
In her pro-charter
school letter, Colleen Cook repeatedly mentioned “schools that fail.” Nowhere
in her letter does she ever mention what her definition of “fail” is. Is her
definition of “fail” a school that does not meet the designated benchmarks for
standardized testing? Probably not, because as president of the National
Coalition for Public School Options, Ms. Cook almost certainly is aware that
charter schools have not produced standardized test results any better,
sometimes not even as good, as many traditional public schools. I can think of
a local high school whose enrollment surnames read like a roll call of the U.N.
General Assembly. Every day, teachers and administrators work hard and smart to
balance relatively free student expression with peaceful co-existence in what
is the 21st Century version of the American Experiment. This high school does
not “wow” media outlets with lofty standardized test scores, but to clumsily
label it as failing is a deep and ignorant injustice. Is a “failing” school something
subjective? Is it in the eye of the beholder? If we cannot operationally define
what a failing school is, then we end up with the label being hurled
haphazardly based on quirks, grudges, and prejudices. I propose that
responsible people take the time to consider all the societal influences that
traditional public schools have no control over, recognize the legions of
dedicated educators working in what is well beyond professional good faith, and
assign the phrase "failing schools" to the dustbin of history.
Blogger note: Pugliese Associates is a lobbying
firm whose listed clients include the Public Cyber Charter School Association,
K12, Inc. and the PA Leadership Charter School
“Pugliese Associates is activity engaged
in preserving the ability of parents to choose charter and cyber charter
instruction so their children can have educational opportunities. We are
addressing the daily assault on charters by the traditional school districts
who have seen an increase of student transfers.”
Pugliese Associates’
Pursuit to Retain Robust PA Charter School Options
Pugliese Associates
Website Author: Rick Allan
(5 Important Clarifications on the Topic)
Recently there have
been many discussions in the news and within PA on the topic of charter school
reform. The charter school movement started over 25 years ago as a taxpayer
funded tuition and at that time ran independently of the traditional school districts. Later,
PA passed the charter school law, ACT 22 of 1997. Then in 2002, Governor
Schweiker signed Act 88 into law allowing cyber charter schools to be an
additional option for parents to choose the best education for their children. Pugliese
Associates was instrumental in the development and passage of the cyber charter
school law as it remains today. Charter schools offer another educational
choice for parents and their children, and enrollment has risen in recent years
with state enrollment reaching approximately 137,000 students – approximately
of which 40,000 are enrolled in one of the Commonwealth’s 15 cyber charters. It
speaks volumes that so many parents are currently choosing the charter school
option for their children. It goes to the core of what so many Pennsylvanians
still want in terms of parent choice. Clearly the traditional district
school model does not work for every child.
Ana Meyers, Executive
Director of PA Coalition Of Public Charter Schools, Appointed As Middle States
Commissioner
Website of the
Commissions on Elementary and Secondary School of the Middle States Association
We are pleased to
announce the appointment of Ana Meyers, executive director of the Pennsylvania
Coalition of Public Charter Schools as a new commissioner. In her current role,
Meyers manages a statewide coalition of 125 charter schools. Previously, she
was director of legislative affairs and director of partnership programs at
LeadingAge PA, a statewide association representing 360 non-profit senior
facilities. She has also served in the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue and
advocated for school choice and charter reform legislation as a state director
with FreedomWorks. Meyers is a native of Brazil and earned her bachelor’s
degree in business administration in marketing and international business from
Baylor University. Her extensive leadership background gives us a stronger
understanding of the relationship between education and government affairs. “Ana is well versed in education reform and
the impact of state government on schools locally,” said Lisa Marie McCauley,
Ed.D., president of the Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and
Secondary Schools. “She will bring this experience in her role as commissioner
and will continue to serve as an important voice for charter school educators
everywhere.” "I have been impressed with how the Middle States
accreditation process validates the good work charter schools are doing while
setting goals for continuous improvement. I’m looking forward to becoming even
more engaged with the organization in my new role as a commissioner.” --Ana
Meyers
Charter schools not
the enemy
Citizens Voice LETTER
TO THE EDITOR by Tammy Miller, SHICKSHINNY / PUBLISHED: SEPTEMBER 21, 2019
Editor: I work at a
fabulous school, surrounded by people who care. I also choose to send my
children to this school. Charter schools are about choice. They are about
recognizing that all kids don’t fit into one proverbial box. When I hear
elected officials and those in the traditional public school system make
comments about charter schools stealing money from traditional public schools,
it disgusts me. Competition is healthy. It fosters innovation. It pushes us
forward. Perhaps people who have not stepped foot inside a public charter
school and do not take the time to look into what good they are doing for
children simply don’t like charter schools because they challenge the status
quo. Charter schools are not the enemy. Charter schools are simply an option.
The funding is shifting from traditional public school districts because
parents are choosing the alternative option. Maybe the question that elected
officials should be asking themselves is why parents feel the need to make a
choice. It is not only about the thousands of students who are currently
attending these charters, it’s also about the thousands of students on the
waiting lists. It should not be “us against them.” It should be preparing our
children to take on the world that lies ahead, and giving them every advantage
in our power to help them do so.
La Academia Charter seeks
to eliminate 'perceived' conflict of interest with SACA by bringing business
services in-house
Lancaster Online by
ALEX GELI | Staff
Writer Sep 21,
2019
At risk of losing
substantial donor support, a Lancaster charter school serving historically
underperforming, at-risk students is taking a step toward independence more
than two decades after its creation. Founded by the nonprofit Spanish American
Civic Association in 1998, La Academia Partnership Charter School, the county’s
lone brick and mortar charter school, is working to bring its business services
in-house, shifting the responsibility away from SACA. SACA has always managed
the school’s money, the vast majority of which comes from local taxpayers. The shift
represents an important step to becoming a self-sustaining, independent
institution, as concerns from its donors over a potential conflict
of interest appear
to be rising, school officials say. “In the early days, La Academia was a
fledgling charter school, and it needed the support of another organization,”
SACA president and La Academia school board Vice President Carlos Graupera
said. “It’s been more than 20 years, and La Academia has (grown), and maturity
calls for standing on your own.”
In-house cyber school
options vary by Valley district
Daily Item By Joe Sylvester
jsylvester@dailyitem.com Sep 14,
2019
Valley school
districts spend hundreds of thousands of dollars operating their own in-house
cyber programs, in addition to funding students’ attendance at outside cyber
academies. Pennsylvania has 16 cyber charter schools that enroll more than
37,000 students, while last school year, about 400 of the state’s 501 public
school districts had in-house cyber education programs, according to data
provided by the state Department of Education. Valley school districts offer a
variety of cyber schooling options for their students. The $1.2 million
Shikellamy spends on students who attend outside cyber charter schools is based
on tuition costs of about $10,877 for regular education students and $27,711
for special education students, Superintendent Jason Bendle said. “These costs
are set on tuition costs set by the state,” he said. “This is based on school
choice, which our state government supports.”
Rep. Frank Ryan: Time
to eliminate Pennsylvania property taxes
Delco Times Opinion
By Rep. Frank Ryan Guest columnist
There have been
discussions about eliminating property taxes for decades. The day of reckoning
has arrived. The School Property Tax Elimination Act, HB-13, is in its final
draft. In the past two years, we have had extensive meetings with the affected
groups to determine how to proceed. This is the result of those efforts.
First, our bill
eliminates school property taxes 100%.
Second, the
majority of the replacement taxes remain local to our school districts.
Third, we have
created a concept called a “local personal income tax” and “local sales tax” so
that the new taxes remain local.
Fourth, the
replacement taxes for the $15 billion in school property taxes that must be
replaced are made up of the following items:
• A local personal
income tax of 1.85% which will be paid directly to the school district.
• A local sales tax
of 2% will be added to existing items that are already taxed by sales tax and
these taxes will be allocated to the school district in the county to which the
sale took place.
• A local sales tax
of 2% only will be added to food and clothing. These items will not pay the 6%
sales tax. Anyone receiving SNAP benefits or public assistance will be exempt
from those taxes on food.
• Social Security
will not be taxed.
• Retirement income
will be taxed at a rate of 4.92% with 3.07% of that tax going to the state and
1.85% of the tax going to the school district. Seniors will save 75% of all the
taxes that they currently pay.
• Landlords will be
expected to lower rents by the amount of property taxes saved unless they can
prove that they did not raise rents when property taxes went up.
Fifth, we have
created a lender of last resort for school districts that run into financial
distress. This fund of $500 million is designed to protect the school and
community in the event of a catastrophe.
Sixth, school
districts would be prohibited from reinstating a school property tax. There is
a working commission within the Pennsylvania Department of Education that we
have established that would allow for legislative fixes or executive branch
intervention in school districts where there has been some degree of financial
problems not anticipated.
Paul Muschick: Want
to reduce Pennsylvania school property taxes? Here’s how it can be done.
By PAUL MUSCHICK THE MORNING CALL | SEP 20, 2019 | 8:00 AM
The news from
Harrisburg on the prospects of school tax relief isn’t promising.
A bipartisan group
of senators and representatives who have been leading the effort are unlikely
to reach a consensus on an alternate funding plan, Morning Call Capitol
reporter Ford Turner wrote Thursday. That’s not a surprise. Lawmakers have been
talking for years about reducing or doing away with property taxes, with little
to show for it. It’s likely that the legislative group will send a list of
options to House and Senate leaders, instead of recommending a single solution.
I have three ideas
that should be on that list. I also include ideas submitted by senior citizens
who are tired of paying rising taxes that threaten their ability to stay in
their homes.
Pa. has no standards for teaching climate change in the
classroom — so it might not be taught at all
WHYY By Andy Kubis,
The Allegheny Front September 20, 2019
This article
originally appeared on StateImpact
Pennsylvania.
A random act of
teaching. That’s how Jeff Remington describes the state of climate change
education in Pennsylvania today. “There is no consistency of how it would be
taught,” he said. “I don’t think there’s any formal training on how to teach it
or why to teach it.” Remington is a science teacher at Palmyra Middle School,
outside Harrisburg. He’s also one of 10 national STEM ambassadors for a program
funded by the National Science Foundation. He’s been teaching science, but not
climate change, for 33 years. Actually, Remington said he’s hard-pressed to
think of any teacher he knows who’s tackling climate change in the classroom.
That’s largely because Pennsylvania’s current environment and ecology
standards don’t address climate change specifically. They were
written in 1996 and were adopted 17 years ago. “Our existing standards do talk
a lot about man’s impact on the environment and certainly teachers have been
doing that,” Remington said. “But the specifics of climate change have not been
a part of our old standards.” That means schools in the state are not formally
required to teach climate change.
Many Philly students leave school for climate change
protest, despite being marked absent
"The
government and Congress can't ignore us any more."
The notebook by Dale Mezzacappa September 20 — 12:55 pm, 2019
UPDATED with statement from the School District
It was appropriate
that the class that Hazel Carb packed up and walked out of this morning so she
could protest climate change was World History. Rather than dwelling on the
past, she was thinking about the future. “There’s no point in going to school
if the world we’re growing up in is so bad,” said Carb, 14, a 9th grader at
Central High School. She took the subway to City Hall, where she met up with
thousands more people at the youth-organized protest, including an unknown
number of other District students. All of them will be marked absent for the
day or part of it. Carb said she would be recorded as missing five class
periods. “I guess it will be like we cut class,” she said, a little worried
about that, but firm in her conviction that action is necessary. Other students
agreed. “It’s the world we’re growing up in, and we want to see change,” said
Ren Gibson, 14, a 9th grader at the High School for Creative and Performing
Arts (CAPA). Torie Flanagan, 14, also a CAPA 9th grader, said she’s scared to
have children when she’s older “because climate change is affecting everything
so negatively.”
After environmental risks highlighted, Philly school
board gets an earful
Inquirer by Kristen A. Graham, Updated: September 19, 2019
The seventh grader
looked up at the powerful adults in front of him, then down at his paper.
“Why are we still
in school if there’s asbestos?” Travien Bryson asked the Philadelphia school
board. Their worries stirred by the revelation that a teacher
at Meredith Elementary School has a deadly form of cancer linked to asbestos exposure, teachers, parents, and students turned
out in force Thursday night to plead with the board to take urgent action to
address environmental hazards, not just at Meredith but across the city. Travien
said he and his fellow students had a lot of questions when they heard that one
of their teachers was sick with mesothelioma. “If I have been in Meredith
School since kindergarten, how likely am I to develop health conditions related
to asbestos?” Travien asked. “Why has it taken so long to address the asbestos
around the School District? Now that Meredith is being fixed, what is the plan
for other schools?"
“There’s one hundred percent attendance
in this class,” says their instructor, Garth Schuler. “They were out there
yesterday working in 90-degree heat. They’re just excited to be here.”
GENERATION URBAN FARMERS
W.B. Saul, the largest agricultural school in
the country, trains students in the art of farming. Yes, even in the city
Philadelphia
Citizen BY JASON WILSON SEP. 18, 2019
It’s a Friday
morning at Walter B.
Saul High School of Agricultural Sciences in Roxborough, and outside one of the campus barns, a dozen juniors
pair up with a horse or donkey. The school year has just begun and they’re
learning to brush and feed them, and clean their hooves. “The students are
trying to build a relationship with them,” says their teacher, Jane Arbasak. One
girl seems a bit skittish around her donkey. “I think you should just get over
it,” Arbasak tells her. “You’re going to have to get used to him.” Then, in a
moment that is a reminder that Saul students are, after all, teenagers, she
scolds another boy for having his phone out. “Esteban! The last time I checked
the horses weren’t interested in looking at phones!” “Sorry, sorry” he says,
and goes back to brushing his horse. Meanwhile, over in the greenhouse, another
group of juniors are given an orientation by their horticulture teacher, Jesse
Lepkowski. “What are some of the weekly responsibilities of the greenhouse?” he
asks. “Fertilizing?” says one student. “Yes,
we need to fertilize at least once a week.” He also reminds them that the
plants need extra water every Saturday to help survive the weekend. “We also
need to monitor the ground for weeds,” he says. In another classroom, another
horticulture class is preparing to go outside to work on the landscaping. “What
we do here, is we fix up our campus and keep it looking neat and nice,” says
junior Axae Marrero.
It's not just Elizabeth Forward: Bus driver shortages
pose a problem nationwide
MATT MCKINNEY Pittsburgh Post-Gazette mmckinney@post-gazette.com SEP 22, 2019
At 5:30 a.m.
Monday, the bus company that shuttles students for Elizabeth Forward schools
alerted its emergency contact in the district of an urgent development. Three
drivers were unavailable to complete their routes that morning, leaving more
than 350 students without bus service and families with practically zero notice
to make other plans. The problem spilled into the next several days,
frustrating parents and resulting in a court-ordered mediation session. Some
questioned whether the interruption was a deliberate escalation in an ongoing
contract dispute, which delayed the start of the school year just weeks
earlier. McKeesport-based Pennsylvania Coach Lines said it was doing its best
under difficult circumstances. Either way, the episode shed renewed light on a
persistent, well-documented hurdle that has dogged school districts and
contractors alike: a nationwide school-bus driver shortage. Blame a relatively
strong job market, a booming gig economy, low pay, irregular hours and the
stresses of transporting sometimes rambunctious students. No matter the cause,
driver shortages can throw a wrench in the healthy operations of a school
district.
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 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!
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