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PA Ed Policy Roundup for Oct. 14, 2019
For the sake of
students and taxpayers, the state has to increase its share of special
education funding [opinion]
The Roundup may be intermittent
this week due to the PSBA/PASA School Leadership Conference in Hershey. If you
are in Hershey come say hello on Wednesday, Oct. 16th - I’ll be at
the PSBA booth from 8:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. with the other PSBA Advocacy
Ambassadors. Find out how we can assist you
with engaging your legislators, scheduling Show Them What it Takes
school visits, and taking advantage of free statewide advertising to share
positive news about public education via the Success Starts Here
campaign.
Experience an evening
of high-energy, top-quality public school student performances! Join us for
the 2019 Student Showcase, October 17 from 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. in the
Chocolate Ballroom at the Hershey Lodge & Convention Center.
PSBA Website
Congratulations to
those selected to perform at this year’s Showcase:
Master of Ceremonies: Sofia Mains, Cumberland Valley SD
Easton Area Middle School Jazz Band, Easton Area SD
The Dr. Kistler Handbell Choir, Wilkes-Barre SD
Washington High School Steel Drum Band, Washington SD
New Hope-Solebury High School Chamber Strings, New Hope-Solebury SD
Cheltenham Twp. High School Choir, Cheltenham Twp. SD
Eisenhower Select Musicians, Norristown Area SD
The Meistersingers, Southern Lehigh SD
Canon-McMillan High School Jazz Band, Canon-McMillan SD
Student Showcase Artistic Director: Sal
Scinto, Radnor Township
SD band director and Haverford Twp. SD school director
For the sake of
students and taxpayers, the state has to increase its share of special education
funding [opinion]
Lancaster Online by
THE LNP EDITORIAL BOARD Oct 10, 2019
THE ISSUE: Lancaster County school and health
officials expressed concerns Monday over the increasingly unsustainable costs
of special education. They aired those concerns at the third public hearing of
Pennsylvania’s recently reconstituted Special Education Funding Commission; the
hearing was held at the Manheim Township School District office. As LNP’s Alex Geli
reported Tuesday, “The commission, originally
formed in 2012 and called upon again this year to study the special education
(funding) formula it recommended in 2013” has among its co-chairs state
Secretary of Education Pedro Rivera. Also on the commission are Republican
state Sen. Scott Martin, of Martic Township, and Democratic Rep. Michael
Sturla, of Lancaster. Special education
has a branding problem. What it really should be called is education. Just
education. Perhaps then it might not be viewed as some kind of optional extra.
Because it’s not. Under federal law, Pennsylvania children with disabilities
are guaranteed a “free appropriate public education.” Unfortunately, they — and
their parents — sometimes are made to feel as if they’re imposing on
school districts by asking simply for what the law guarantees them. No child
asks to have a disability. And no parent wants his or her child to need extra
help and accommodations. We’d all like our children to sail through school
without obstacles, external or internal.
A-plus idea needs work: Worrisome details in new PPS
program
The primary
goal of a first-rate school system should be the best teaching and learning
possible.
THE EDITORIAL BOARD Pittsburgh Post-Gazette OCT
13, 2019 7:00 AM
Pittsburgh Public
Schools, the largest elementary and secondary institution in Western Pennsylvania,
is concerned that its diverse student body is not seeing a reflection of that
diversity in the faculty that stands at the front the classrooms. This is a
valid concern and the district is trying to change. Interested
paraprofessionals in the district — a group that is predominantly nonwhite —
are being given a potential pipeline to teaching. Candidates have the
opportunity to complete a two-year, online program aimed at concluding with
their employment as teachers in the district, thus increasing diversity in the
faculty ranks (pre-K through eighth grade.) But PPS is partnering with a
potentially troubled institution to teach the would-be teachers. Background:
The PPS pilot program, Para2Teacher, is backed by the Pittsburgh Federation of
Teachers and The Heinz Endowments, each of which will contribute $49,500 toward
the program in the first year. There is no financial impact on taxpayers this
year. A district spokeswoman said candidates must have at least three years
seniority at PPS and a bachelor’s degree. The initial group of up to 33
students will be taught by Grand Canyon University, a private, Christian school
based in Phoenix. This school, with some 85,000 students, is suspect.
Upper Bucks Tech event lauds career, vocational education
connection
Bucks County Courier Times By Chris
English Posted
Oct 11, 2019 at 5:15 PM
Three area
lawmakers and representatives for two others attended the first Legislator Day
at the Bedminster school Friday. Area federal, state and county lawmakers spent
a good part of Friday taking a deep dive into career and vocational education,
and hearing about the importance of further strengthening ties between labor,
business and schools to meet the demands of industry. Attending the first
Legislator Day at Upper Bucks County Technical School in Bedminster were three
federal or state elected officials and representatives for two others, along
with Bucks County Commissioners Chairman Rob Loughery. U.S. Rep. Brian
Fitzpatrick, R-1, Middletown; state Rep. Wendy Ullman, D-143, Plumstead; state
Rep. Craig Staats, R-145, Richland, and representatives for state Sen. Steve
Santarsiero, D-10, Lower Makefield and Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey were on
hand. They started the day by listening to remarks from area business leaders
on their present and future needs and the instrumental role schools like UBCTS
plays in filling them. Following was a tour of several classrooms or labs to
watch students practice their skills in areas like large and small engine
repair, mechatronics and dental technology, and then lunch with the lawmakers
and business and school officials enjoying food prepared by students in the
UBCTS culinary program.
Soaring school lunch
debts driving Pennsylvania districts to collection agencies
By JACQUELINE PALOCHKO THE MORNING CALL | OCT 11, 2019 | 7:00 AM
At the end of last
school year, taxpayers paid off nearly $30,000 in meal debt that Quakertown
students had.The unpaid meals were considered bad debt, and covered with money
in the district’s general fund budget. That’s why the school board is
considering a drastic measure that some other area districts have already taken
— a policy that would send any student’s unpaid meal debt to a collection
agency when the balance exceeds $1,000. Under the proposal, Quakertown students
could be prevented from participating in events like school dances and
graduation ceremonies. The plan, expected to be voted on this month, might seem
harsh, but in just a month of school, Quakertown Community School District
students and their families already have amassed $4,000 in meal debt this
school year — $1,000 ahead of this time last year. That $4,000 is expected to
increase as the school year goes on. Zach Schoch, Quakertown’s chief operating
officer, said there are two reasons for considering a new policy. “One was the
ballooning of our student lunch debt that led us to create a line item in the
general fund to cover the bad debt,” Schock said. The other was a change to a
2017 state law that banned schools from stigmatizing children for having debt,
a practice known as “lunch shaming.” Now districts can take away student
privileges, such as school dances or attending graduation ceremonies, for
unpaid meals if the same restrictions apply for library fees and overdue books.
Displaced by asbestos and construction, Philly’s Ben
Franklin High moves north, SLA stays near Center City
Inquirer by Kristen A. Graham, Updated: October 10, 2019
Philadelphia school
superintendent William R. Hite Jr. announced Thursday that students from the
two schools displaced by construction problems and the discharge of asbestos
will resume classes in new locations Monday. Benjamin Franklin High School will
use the former Khepera Charter School at 926 W. Sedgley St. The school with
which it is to share a Spring Garden location, Science Leadership Academy, will
adopt a campus model, sending its students to two locations a couple of blocks
apart — at School District headquarters, 440 N. Broad St., and Congregation
Rodeph Shalom, 615 N. Broad. The Sedgley location will cost the district
$70,000 per month to rent, and renting Rodeph Shalom will cost $80,000 through
December. The nearly 1,000 students at both schools are expected to be back in
their building along North Broad after winter break.
Calling Ben Franklin situation a ‘watershed moment,’
school board chair says leaders must do better
“We
significantly underestimated the challenges of maintaining a healthy learning
environment. … I offer my sincerest apologies,” the superintendent said.
The notebook by Bill Hangley Jr. October 10 — 9:30 pm, 2019
With Ben Franklin
High School and Science Leadership Academy students finally on the way to
their new homes, Board of Education chair Joyce Wilkerson says it’s time for the entire
School District of Philadelphia leadership team to re-examine how it makes
decisions, manages projects, and communicates with school communities. “We
can’t have a breakdown like this again. What can we do better?” said Wilkerson,
after Thursday’s meeting of the board’s Finance and Facilities Committee. Wilkerson
acknowledged that the responsibility for the Ben Franklin debacle falls
heaviest on Superintendent William Hite, whose administration hatched the
co-location plan and has been working on it for two years. “This happened on
his watch. He’s accountable,” said Wilkerson of Hite, who has acknowledged
making numerous missteps during the process, including disregarding warnings
and complaints from Ben Franklin staff and failing to develop contingency plans
in case things went wrong. Construction to prepare for the co-location of the
two schools in the 50-year-old Ben Franklin building, 550 N. Broad St.,
dislodged some asbestos, causing fears that dangerous airborne fibers from the
widely used insulation material could compromise the health of staff and
students. About 1,000 students in the two schools will have missed 11 days of
school by Monday, when they will show up at their new sites, and they will not
return to the Ben Franklin building, where the renovations cost $37 million,
until after winter break.
How race, class, and privilege shape the asbestos crisis
at two Philly high schools
Inquirer by Kristen A. Graham, Updated: October 11, 2019
During her junior
year, Mecca Taylor coped with near-constant construction noise in her high
school, tools lying in the hallways, and dust everywhere. Her allergies acted
up in a way they never had, and her friend’s asthma was awful. “You could see
your footprints [along dust-covered floors] when you walked,” said Taylor, 17,
now a senior at Benjamin Franklin High School. “We took the SATs in the
basement because that was the only place where it was quiet enough." When classes resumed this September, the
school in the city’s Spring Garden section was still an active construction site,
but things seemed “10 times better," Taylor said. Still, work was shut
down once and then again, indefinitely, when asbestos contamination was
discovered and a cry went up from teachers, staff, and students. Classes were
canceled for 11 school days.
‘Protect our legacy!’ How a public school crisis exposed
a rift in the Philly Catholic school community
WHYY By Avi Wolfman-Arent October 11, 2019
The signatures
piled up and the comments poured in.
“No outsiders should
be allowed…”
“I pay to send my
daughters to Hallahan…”
“This petition is
shameful.”
“Send them to
Southern!”
“As an alum, I’m
ashamed…”
“I’m all for
helping others but…”
On the website,
Change.org, a woman identifying herself as an alum of John W. Hallahan Catholic
Girls High School in Center City, Philadelphia posted a petition on Oct. 10 with an urgent, bolded warning. “HALLAHAN Alumni Protect
our Legacy! STOP the relocation of Public school students to HH.” The
petition came shortly after administrators at Hallahan sent a letter to parents
and guardians floating the idea of temporarily loaning some of their space to
students from Science Leadership Academy (SLA). Students from SLA — a
selective, often sought-after public magnet school — have been exiled from their home building due to the discovery of asbestos in the
school’s boiler room. In a desperate search to find new spaces for SLA’s 500
marooned children, the School District of Philadelphia and the Archdiocese of
Philadelphia briefly considered a partnership.
Synagogue says plan to host displaced SLA students was
announced ‘without our knowledge’
WHYY By Avi Wolfman-Arent October 11, 2019 Update 4:32 p.m.
After missing weeks
of classes due to asbestos in their building, Science Leadership Academy
students thought they had a semi-permanent home. One problem: their host apparently
wasn’t yet committed to the plan. The School District of Philadelphia announced
Thursday afternoon that 500 SLA students would spend the next three months
splitting time between classrooms at district headquarters in Center City and a
nearby synagogue, Rodeph Shalom. Late Thursday evening, Rodeph Shalom executive
director Fred Katz sent an email to congregants saying the district’s
announcement was “premature and made without our knowledge.” Katz said that a
“thorough review is underway” with a “particular focus on security.” Katz added
that synagogue leadership is “optimistic all details can be worked through.” At
first, the district did not respond to questions about the uncertainty sparked
by Katz’s note. Friday afternoon, the district and Rodeph Shalom sent a
joint statement. “While a signed agreement is not yet concluded, if feasible,
there is a mutual desire to temporarily house a portion of the students of the
Science Leadership Academy at Congregation Rodeph Shalom. We are working
through open issues while concurrently addressing the needs of the Rodeph
Shalom community.”
Bangor Area School
Board twice rejects fact-finder’s proposal on new teachers contract
By MICHELLE MERLIN and CHRISTINA TATU THE MORNING CALL | OCT 11, 2019 | 3:53 PM
The Bangor Area
School District and its teachers union are back to square one after the school
board twice rejected a fact-finder’s recommendation. The fact-finder was called
in after the union and district officials were unable to reach an agreement on
their contract, which expired June 30. Negotiations started in October 2018,
said Bangor Area Education Association President Edward Ziegenfuss. The groups
couldn’t reach an agreement on salaries, benefits and other issues, according
to the fact-finder’s report. Union members approved the fact-finder’s
recommendations, which called for a five-year contract that simplified the step
schedule and called for a $921 increase in the first year, a $1,000 increase in
the second and third years, and $1,100 and step movement in the last two years.
But school board members rejected the recommendations at their meetings Oct. 2
and on Wednesday, putting both parties back at square one. “We voted ‘no’ on
the fact-finder’s report because it wasn’t economically viable,” said board
President Michael Goffredo.
“A state report on the subject is
expected to be issued in October, Citarelli Jones said at the latest board
meeting. Thus far, 13 districts in Pennsylvania have already changed their
start times, with eight opting for times between 7:50 and 8:10 a.m. and five
revising them to between 8:15 and 8:40 a.m. What’s more, there are
numerous others investigating modifications.”
Wallingford-Swarthmore
to consider later starting times
Delco Times By Neil
A. Sheehan Times Correspondent Oct 10, 2019
NETHER PROVIDENCE
>> Strath Haven High School students in the future may be able to hit the
snooze button without fear of being dinged for tardiness. Whether that occurs
depends in large part on the findings of committees studying the issue of sleep
and school start times and due to report back to the Wallingford-Swarthmore
School Board in February. Superintendent Lisa Palmer said the school district
selected the issue as an area of focus last May and began the work of considering
changes. Denise Citarelli Jones, the district’s director of secondary
education, said an expert on the topic, Wendy Troxel, spoke at a
Wallingford-Swarthmore gathering recently. Troxel recommended that rather than
state officials coming up with policies in this area districts would be
expected to follow, it should seek to validate the latest data and allow them
to make choices based on the research.
“The new start times will be implemented
by the beginning of the 2022-23 school year or when a school’s three-year
collective bargaining agreement with its employees comes to an end, whichever
is later. Schools that have recently negotiated agreements or are in the midst
of negotiating new agreements with teachers would have the option of adjusting
to the later times when their contracts end.”
California becomes
first state in the country to push back school start times
Senate Bill
328 calls for delaying middle and high school start times in California in
order to give students more time to sleep.
Los Angeles Times By TARYN LUNA STAFF WRITER OCT. 13, 2019 5:22 PM
California will
become the first state in the nation to mandate later start times at most
public schools under legislation signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom Sunday, a
proposal designed to improve educational outcomes by giving students more
sleep. The new law is not without controversy, though, opposed by some school
officials and rejected twice before by lawmakers and Newsom’s predecessor. The
governor didn’t offer any explanation for why he signed the bill. A request for
comment to his office wasn’t immediately returned on Sunday. The law will take
effect over a phased-in period, ultimately requiring middle schools to begin
classes at 8 a.m. or later while high schools will start no earlier than 8:30
a.m. The law does not apply to optional early classes, known as “zero periods,”
or to schools in some of the state’s rural districts. While school schedules
vary, a legislative analysis in July said that roughly half the schools in the
state will be required to delay their start times by 30 minutes or less to
comply with the law. An analysis of the 2011-2012 school year by the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention found the average start time for California
schools attended by some 3 million middle school and high school students was
8:07 a.m. Some of the state’s students were required to be in class before 7:30
a.m.
“Delloso and other pols who have signed
on to the plan think it could raise $600 million in new revenue for the state,
as well as supporting 18,000 new jobs. He wants to use the bulk of the revenue
for education. Delloso relates the story of knocking on doors in his campaign
for the Legislature and hearing the same two stories again and again: Young
parents complaining about the lack of adequate funding for their local school
district, and older residents complaining about skyrocketing property taxes,
the basic building block of education funding in Pennsylvania.”
Letter From the
Editor: High time for Pa. to get out of the booze business?
By Phil Heron
pheron@delcotimes.com @philheron on Twitter October 14, 2019
Well, this is
certainly going to complicate my one-man mission to get Pennsylvania out of the
booze business. My stance is not a secret. For years I have told anyone who
would listen of my delight in visiting other states where you can stroll your
local supermarket, put a six-pack or case of beer, or perhaps a bottle of wine,
into your cart along with the rest of your groceries and pay for them all at
the checkout counter. Or perhaps duck into your local convenience store on the
ride home and grab a cold six. Pennsylvania is being dragged - of course much
slower than most would like - out of the dark ages when it comes to the sale of
alcohol.
Philly Student Achievement and Support Committee: October
10, 2019
Alliance for Philadelphia Public
Schools by Lynda Rubin October 10, 2019
Present were
Co-chairs Chris McGinley and Angela McIver, Committee members Maria McColgan
and Julia Danzy, and Student Representative Doha Ibrahim.
Doha Ibrahim is one
of the two non-voting Student Representatives selected to sit on the Board of
Education for this school year. Doha is a senior at Lincoln High School,
President of the ESOL Ambassador Program (English to Speakers of Other
Languages), and she identifies herself as the voice of non-English speaking
students. She owns her own business, Doha Photography. Doha wants to increase
student support at all schools throughout the District. APPS welcomes
Doha Ibrahim! McGinley presided over the first half of the meeting. He stated
that Action items on the agenda were posted publicly on October 3 to be voted
on at the Board of Education Action meeting to be held Thursday, October
17. When possible, agenda items will be posted approximately one week in
advance of the Student Achievement Committee meeting. McGinley then announced
that two Action Items were just added to this meeting and will be on the agenda
of the Action Meeting: Action 34, Non-renewal of Aspira Olney High School
Charter and Action Item 35, Non-renewal of Aspira John B. Stetson Middle
School. McGinley invited the public to submit written items on any topic to the
Committee by emailing them to schoolboardcommittees@philasd.org The minutes of the September 5, 1919 Student Achievement were approved.
Philly Finance and Facilities Committee Meeting: October
10, 2019
Alliance for Philadelphia Public Schools by
Diane Payne October 13, 2019
The SLA/Franklin
snafu was the subject of remarks from Board members, Superintendent Hite, and
community members. Some public speakers asked why no Board members were present
during the community meetings earlier in the week.
Present and Opening Remarks: Present were Co-chairs Lee Huang and Leticia Egea-Hinton, Committee
members Joyce Wilkerson and Wayne Walker (who again participated via phone).
The remaining five Board members also attended: Julia Danzy, Mallory Fix-Lopez,
Maria McColgan, Angela McIver, and Chris McGinley. Also seated at the
head table were Superintendent Hite, Chief Operating Officer Danielle Floyd,
and Chief Financial Officer Uri Munson. Wilkerson announced that the City of
Philadelphia CFO Rob Dubow was in attendance in the audience. Continue reading here.
Ridley Proud: You can
now rock a Ridley license plate
By Barbara Ormsby
Times Correspondent
RIDLEY TOWNSHIP —
Members of the Ridley Educational Foundation are hoping they have found the
perfect Christmas gift for people to give Ridley High School graduates--an
official Pennsylvania license plate featuring the Ridley School District's
distinctive "Rocking R" logo. And buying the specialty license plate
will help to fund programs and projects for Ridley students through grants
provided to teachers by the volunteer REF. The new license plate was on display
at a recent Ridley School Board meeting. Ridley School Board Vice President
Beverly Kapanjie , who is president of the REF, noted that the license plate is
offered through PennDOT's Special Organization Program. The program allows
approved groups to promote their organization with a distinctive registration
plate. According to a release from the REF, Ridley School District appears to
be the first school district to pursue the opportunity. Anyone residing in the
school district or a graduate residing in the state may access an application
for their vehicle on the school district website at www.ridleysd.org. The REF receives a $17 donation from the sale of the plates.
The Contradiction at the Heart of Public Education
Gifted
education puts in tension two equally treasured American ideals: egalitarianism
and individualism.
The Atlantic by Andy Smarick OCT 10, 2019
Over the summer, an
education panel convened by Bill de Blasio put New York City’s mayor in a bind:
It recommended dismantling much of the city’s programming for gifted students in order to advance integration. Hizzoner is known for his charged progressive rhetoric about ending
inequality, but the proposal would compel him to stop talking and take on the
thousands of families who like special academic offerings for their high-performing
children. The panel argues in its report that the system serves to segregate by
race, income, and language, and to “perpetuate stereotypes about student
potential and achievement.” The panel would institute a moratorium on new
gifted-and-talented programs, phase out existing programs, end the use of
middle-school entrance criteria (such as grades, test scores, behavior, and
lateness), and fundamentally alter high-school admissions practices. The panel
would instead prioritize schoolwide enrichment programs so a diverse student
body could learn together under one roof. The recommendations
were met by swift opposition from several city leaders, who defended programs for precocious
children while acknowledging the imbalance in program enrollment. As for the
mayor: He was conspicuously noncommittal in response to the panel of his administration’s own
creation.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/10/gifted-and-talented-programs-arent-problem/599752/
Why Market Forces Will Not Provide Charter School
Accountability
Forbes by Peter Greene Senior Contributor Oct 10, 2019,
02:48pm
It has been a rough
day at my house. The IRS is auditing me and needs me to send them money now. My
computer has a virus. My Microsoft Windows is expired and will shut down soon.
And if I don’t re-enter my personal information, my email, Netflix, and bank accounts
will all be shut down. The only good news is that I still have a chance to buy
great insurance, and I’m still waiting to hear back from that Nigerian prince. Why
do phone and online scammers keep
at it, long after
the vast majority of folks have heard about the most common scams, and even
your mother knows not
to say “yes” to a robocaller? Why don’t these scammers think, “Time to change my business model?”
Because if scammers get a return on even one hit out of 10,000, that’s more
than enough to keep them in business. Charter school advocates have long argued
that one reason that charters don’t need much formal government oversight is
that they are subject to a greater accountability, that they must answer to
parents who can “vote
with their feet.” But the
feet of charter parents don’t exert very much pressure. The vast majority of
charter school operators have nothing in common with phone scammers, but the
same basic market principle applies.
Your Guide to ESSA's New School-by-School Spending
Mandate
Education Week By Daarel Burnette II October 8, 2019
For decades,
"per-pupil spending" has been the public's main lens on how $700
billion in K-12 funding gets spread around at the school district level. But
experts have long argued the yardstick does little to illuminate districts'
academic and financial priorities or spending inequities. The Every Student Succeeds Act, passed in 2015, requires states for the first time to break out how
much districts spend on each school. Advocates hope such detailed data will
revolutionize the public's understanding of K-12 finance and drive academic-
and fiscal-policy shifts at the state, federal, and local levels. It could also
land like a dud and confuse the public even more about how taxpayers' dollars
are distributed. A recent survey conducted by the Education Week Research
Center found that more than 67 percent of district administrators and
principals don't believe that ESSA's requirement for public reporting of
school-level spending will lead to more equitable spending. Either way, the
flood of new district spending data is coming. While U.S. Secretary of
Education Betsy DeVos set a deadline of this school year for states to display
the information to the public, 17 states so far have already released the
information.
https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/10/09/your-guide-to-essas-new-school-by-school-spending.html
On the Table: We Count in Delco 2020! Thursday, October
17 @ 1:00 PM
Delaware County
Intermediate Unit (DCIU) 200 Yale Avenue Morton, PA 19070
On The Table,
Greater Philly, is a one-day event on October 17, when communities all over the
region are having conversations about important local issues. Along
with our local sponsor, The Community Foundation for Delaware County, we invite
community leaders and partners for lunch and conversation on the 2020 census right
here in Delaware County. We want to make sure everyone gets
counted. Please help us find and connect with underrepresented
communities and brainstorm ideas on how we can facilitate access and
completion. We know there are other local events happening this
week. We’re working with Congresswoman Scanlon and the Delco Counts
Committee to make sure we accommodate schedules and get a complete count.
Registration Link
(space is limited): https://www.senatorkearney.com/event/census-roundtable/
Career, Trades & Labor
Apprenticeship Fair Saturday • October 26, 10 a.m.– 2 p.m.
Delaware County
Intermediate Unit (DCIU) Marple Education Center • 85 N. Malin Road • Broomall,
PA
Sponsors: Senator
Kearney’s Office, Delco AFL-CIO and DCIU
This event will be
open to students from grades 8 – 12, along with their parents and guardians. We
are also inviting school administrators and teachers, local businesses and
trades, and all community stakeholders who are interested in preparing today’s
students for tomorrow’s opportunities. The 26th Senate District
has a wide range of career, technical, and labor apprenticeship training
programs for young people seeking careers in growing fields where they can earn
living wages and, in some cases, even Associate degrees during their training.
We hope to connect students with these opportunities and to build new
relationships between everyone invested in our young people’s educational and
career paths. Please RSVP no later than October 25, 2019. You can RSVP online
at https://www.senatorkearney.com/apprenticeship-fair/ or by contacting Gina Curry, my Constituent Relations
Associate, at Gina.Curry@pasenate.com or 610-352-3409 (ext. 222). We look forward to seeing you at the
fair!
Know Your Facts on Funding and Charter Performance. Then
Call for Charter Change!
PSBA PA Charter
Change Website September 2019
Register now for PSBA’s
Sleep & Student Performance Webcast OCT
31, 2019 • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 27,
2019 IN PSBA
NEWS
Our students face
many issues today, but who would have imagined sleep deprivation could be a
significant issue? The Joint State Government Commission established an
advisory committee to study the issues, benefits and options related to school
districts instituting later start times in secondary schools. Register now to hear from the executive director of the Commission, Glenn
Pasewicz, commission staff and David Hutchinson, PSBA’s appointee to the
commission, on the results of their study and work.
According to state
law, all school directors must complete training. How many hours are required
if you are a new school director? What about if you’re re-elected? Get the
answers to these and other related questions in this episode of PSBA’s #VideoEDition.
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
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
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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