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PA Ed Policy Roundup for Nov. 20, 2019
Flooding from Katrina
precipitated the charterization of NOLA schools. Will a historical flood of campaign
contributions do the same for Chester Upland SD? Follow the Money.
PSBA
New and Advanced School Director Training, Haverford
THURSDAY, DEC 12, 2019 • 4:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Location:
Haverford Middle School, 1701 Darby Road, Havertown, PA 19083 Room: TBD
Registration:
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Speaker Turzai’s voucher bill is now
listed on the House calendar for consideration today. If you have not called your state representative
urging them to vote NO on this bill please do so ASAP.
HB1800: Please contact your representatives
immediately and tell them to reject vouchers and vote NO on this bill.
The voucher bill is expected to be fast tracked for a vote by the
full House as soon as TODAY
Call your House member - contact info here:
Send an
email here: https://www.votervoice.net/PSBA/campaigns/69434/respond
"One of the biggest myths about
school vouchers is that students use that program to escape failing public
schools." In Indiana, 57% of all vouchers fund education for students who
have never attended a single day in a public school.”
Indiana voucher
programs hurting rural school districts like Lakeland, Westview and Prairie
Heights
The News Sun By Patrick
Redmond predmond@kpcmedia.com November 20, 2019
LAGRANGE —
Southwest Allen School Superintendent Dr. Phil Downs spent Monday evening at
Lakeland, trying to help demystify public education funding and talked about
how the state school voucher system has penalized smaller, rural school systems
like Lakeland, Prairie Heights, and Westview. Downs has spent the last couple
of years digging deep into the state’s complex school funding formula. Even
though Southwest Allen is one of the region’s more affluent school districts,
Downs was active and vocal on the topic because voucher use has an impact even
on more well-to-do districts. His speech was conveniently timed, occurring a
day before Tuesday’s huge Red for Ed teacher rally in Indianapolis. Statewide,
teachers are taking part in the movement pushing for better wages, better
funding and other reforms to the state’s education system. “Indiana is in the
business of educating children, taking care of poor kids, with a police force,
and doing a little bit of roadwork. But this is where your tax dollars go,”
Downs told the crowd of about 100 at the high school auditorium as he started
his discussion. In his talk, which he calls “Follow the Money,” Downs breaks
down the state’s education budget. Downs has been traveling to school districts
around the state this year delivering his talk. “Let’s see what we’re buying,”
he told the LaGrange County audience.
Asbestos in Philly schools demands action from district –
plus the city and state | Editorial
The
Inquirer Editorial Board | opinion@inquirer.com Updated: 43
minutes ago
In an attempt to be
reassuring, School Superintendent William Hite has said more than once that
asbestos, found in the majority of city schools, isn’t dangerous unless it’s
damaged.
He would do well to
remember that his relationships with parents hold the same fate: dangerous when
damaged. Parents are right to be concerned about the toxic dangers in the
city’s aging school buildings and the school district’s response, which has
often been too slow and not straightforward in communicating to parents a
realistic picture of how the district is fixing the dangers of asbestos in
schools. In the last few months, dangerous and damaged asbestos has been found in a building housing Benjamin Franklin High School and Science Leadership Academy, at Meredith Elementary, and
last week, at Thomas M. Peirce Elementary. While exploring options for moving Peirce students, asbestos was found at
Pratt School currently occupied by preschoolers. With the average age of
Philadelphia school buildings 70 years old, and decades of deferred investment,
the toxic schools problem, brought to light in a 2018 Inquirer series, is a
huge and complicated problem. The series first highlighted lead paint hazards, which
resulted in legislation mandating reg
Amid parent backlash, Philly schools unveil $12 million
asbestos plan
WHYY By Avi Wolfman-Arent November 19, 2019
Following a string
of crises, school leaders in Philadelphia unveiled a new, multimillion-dollar
plan to address environmental safety hazards in city schools. The plan involves
setting aside $12 million in the district’s construction budget to accelerate
asbestos abatement, as well as creating new reporting processes to help
district staff find and communicate toxic threats more quickly. “To our
parents, I want to say, I hear you,” said Superintendent William Hite. “I
understand your concerns. I am committed to getting this right.” Hite said the
district would use millions from its operating budget to ensure that the
district clears its backlog of asbestos-related repair projects by the fall of
2020. For the district to complete all asbestos- and lead paint-related
problems in its aging schools, Hite said, school leaders would need to spend
about $150 million over the next five years. The “Environmental Safety
Improvement Plan” announced Tuesday includes the money needed to fix asbestos
hazards attached to ongoing construction projects. The $12 million will come
out of a $500 million bond the district will spend over the next three-to-five
years on a wide variety of infrastructure improvements.
Report warns inaction
on Pa. school funding could lead more schools into distress
The Phoenix
Reporter By Kim Jarrett The Center Square November 19, 2019
It’s a message
Timothy Shrom has been preaching since his co-authored report with William
Hartman was published 11 month ago — about 60 percent of Pennsylvania’s
school districts are expected to face financial hardship in the next few years
unless something changes. “I am kind of upbeat,” Shrom, the director of
research for the Pennsylvania Association of School Business Officials, told
the Pennsylvania Economy League recently. “But this can kind of get to the
point where you shake your head.” “A Tale of Haves and Have-Nots: The Financial
Future of Pennsylvania School Districts” is more than just a forecast of doom
and gloom. The 28-page report published by the Temple University Center on
Regional Politics outlines the reasons why some districts have more funding
than others. Over the last few years, on average 20 percent of the districts in
the state did not see their assessed property values grow. Another reason is
the state's funding formula for charter schools, Shrom told the Pennsylvania
Economy League recently. School districts are required to fund charter school
tuition costs. But for some districts, that expenditure exceeds what they
receive from the state in basic and special education needs.
Blogger Commentary: Flooding from Katrina precipitated the
charterization of NOLA schools. Will a historical flood of campaign
contributions do the same for Chester Upland SD?
PA Department of Education Future Ready Index reports show that
3 of the 4 Chester Upland school district’s elementary/middle schools are
outperforming the Chester Community Charter School. Why would the charter
school operator want to charterize all the elementary schools in the district?
There is no Right-to-Know requirement for private charter
management companies like Vahan Gureghian’s CSMI, but the 990 for Chester Community
Charter School for last year alone lists $18 million in management fees.
PA Ed Policy Roundup June 1, 2011: Follow the Money: Campaign
Contributions by Vahan Gureghian 1/1/07 - 5/31/11
Keystone State
Education Coalition - This post
was last updated on March 29, 2013
2007 YTD $224,620.00
2008 YTD $267,205.93
2009 YTD $330,302.76
2010 YTD $421,025.00
2011 YTD $77,500.00
Total 2007-2011: $1,320,653.69
PA Ed Policy Roundup July 16, 2019: Follow the Money:
Campaign Contributions by Vahan Gureghian 2013-2019; the intersection of money,
politics, government and schools
Keystone State
Education Coalition July 16, 2019
Blogger commentary:
In an effort to gain a better understanding of the dynamics in Harrisburg, from
time to time over the years we have published “Follow the Money” charts using
data from the PA Department of State’s Campaign Finance Reporting website:
https://www.campaignfinanceonline.pa.gov/Pages/CFReportSearch.aspx
We’ll leave it up
to our readers to draw their own conclusions regarding how such contributions
may or may not influence policymakers as they go about the people’s business in
Harrisburg.
The chart
below lists over $470,000 in campaign contributions made by Mr. and Mrs.
Gureghian for PA state offices from 2013 through 2019.
Highlights include
$205,000 to the House Republican Campaign Committee, $37,000 to the Senate
Republican Campaign Committee, $30,000 to House Speaker Mike Turzai, $82,000 to
Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman’s Build PA PAC, $85,000 to Senate President
Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati and$16,000 to House Majority Leader Bryan Cutler.
Charter school pushes for takeover of Chester Upland’s
elementary schools
Inquirr by Maddie Hanna, Updated: November
18, 2019
Pennsylvania’s
largest brick-and-mortar charter school, which already enrolls 60% of the
Chester Upland School District’s elementary students, has moved to let charters
take over the fiscally distressed district’s primary schools. Chester Community
Charter School has asked Delaware County Court to order the district and state
to issue requests for proposals for charters to educate Chester Upland’s
prekindergarten through eighth grade students. The charter did not ask that it
be the only operator considered, but its management company said it is
positioned to expand if the court moves ahead with the plan.
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Charters have
increased their presence and faced heightened controversy in school districts
nationwide. More than half of Chester Upland’s approximately 7,000 public
school students attend charters, one of the largest such shares nationally. If
the petition is granted, that number could grow to about 80%. Without
elementary students, the district’s enrollment would drop from about 3,000 to
1,400. Chester High School would not be affected.
It would also send
millions of more tax dollars to charters and leave the Chester Upland district
with less control and money, a prospect that district teachers say will further
erode their mission and ranks.
Pennsylvania:
Low-Performing Charter School Demands Charter Takeover of Elementary Schools in
Entire School District
Diane Ravitch’s
Blog By dianeravitch November 19,
2019 //
One charter school
in the Chester-Upland district in Pennsylvania enrolls 60% of the district’s
elementary schools. It is owned by one of the richest men in the state, a
lawyer who was Republican Tom Corbett’s biggest campaign donor. That charter
school, the Chester Community Charter School, has asked the
county to turn all of the district’s elementary students over to
charters. CCCS is not
just any charter. It has received special treatment, despite its poor
performance.
More than 4,300
students in kindergarten through eighth grade are already enrolled in Chester
Community Charter, which is managed by CSMI. The for-profit education management
company was founded by Vahan Gureghian, a Gladwyne lawyer and major Republican
donor. It manages another charter school in Atlantic City that
was placed on probation by the New Jersey Department of Education this year. A
third charter in Camden was previously closed due to poor academic performance.
In an earlier
post, I described
how CCCS made a deal in 2017 to win authorization until 2026, which is an
unprecedented extension for any charter. In that post, I noted:
Its test scores are
very low. Only 16.7% were proficient in English language arts, compared to a
state average of 63%. Only 7% were proficient in mathematics, compared to a
state average of 45%. By most metrics, this charter school is a failing school,
yet it gets preferential treatment. The scores in the charter school are below
those of the remaining public schools in the district.
CCCS promised not
to open a high school if it received a new extension. The decision was made by
the court-appointed receiver for the district, which had been pushed into
near-bankruptcy by CCCS; the receiver had been treasurer for the Corbett
campaign. Just a coincidence, no doubt.
Curmuducation Blog by Peter Greene Tuesday,
November 19, 2019
This week the
Philadelphia Enquirer ran the story of a charter operator that wants to take over all of a district's public
elementary schools. This is perhaps a logical next step in a district that has
been steadily and methodically starved over the past decade. Once you've sucked
out the blood and consumed the flesh, what is there left to do but feast on the
bones? The school district is Chester Uplands, and they've been in the charter-related
news before.
Specifically, they were the poster child for how a careful gaming of the
charter system in Pennsylvania could result in
huge charter profits. As I wrote at the
time: The key is
that while all CUSD students with special needs come with a hefty $40K for a
charter school, they are not all created equal. Students on the autism spectrum
are expensive to teach; they make up 8.4% of CUSD special ed student
population, but only 2.1% at Chester Community Charter School, and a whopping
0% at Widener and Chester Community School of the Arts. Emotionally disturbed students
are also costly; they make up 13.6 % of special ed at CUSD, 5.3% at Chester
Community, and zero at the other two. Intellectual disabilities make up 11.6%
for CUSD, 2.8% for CCCS, and zero for the others. Speech and language
impaired, however, are pretty inexpensive to educate. CUSD carries 2.4% of the
special ed population in this category, but the three charters carry 27.4%,
20.3% and 29.8%. Back in 2015, this helped put CUSD in the astonishing position
of giving more money to charter schools than it received from the state.
Pa.’s Toomey, W.Va.’s
Manchin want to restart background checks talks with Trump. They’ll be waiting
a while | Wednesday Morning Coffee
PA Capital Star By John L. Micek November 20, 2019
Good Wednesday Morning, Fellow Seekers.
Anyone else notice
how President Donald Trump has left no stone unturned in his
quest to pass a federal ‘Red Flag’ law, expanded background checks and all the
gun control measures he said he’d adopt after last summer’s rash of mass shootings?
Yeah, us neither.
Surprising exactly
no one, the Zero Attention Span president dropped any and all
support for the reforms he said he’d adopt after being
predictably, repeatedly, and effectively, lobbied by the National Rifle
Association. And with
impeachment worries boiling his brain, Trump had other fish to
fry in any event. In a joint opEd
for USA Today, U.S.
Sens. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., along with Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin,
of West Virginia, and Christopher Murphy, of Connecticut, called
on Trump to rejoin them at the negotiating table.
Bill limiting gifts to public officials moves in Pa.
Legislature
Penn Live By Mark
Scolforo | The Associated Press Posted Nov 19, 2019
HARRISBURG, Pa.
(AP) — A legislative committee voted Tuesday to advance new limits on gifts to
Pennsylvania public officials, including an outright prohibition on taking
cash, although the proposal includes numerous exceptions. The House State
Government Committee unanimously approved an annual limit on the cash value of
gifts and hospitality that public officials, public employees or candidates can
accept. The vote came after Republicans pushed through a party-line vote to add
an exception to let lobbyists give birthday or wedding presents. Rep. Matt
Gabler, R-Clearfield, said he wanted to make the legislation "more
workable" and argued that lobbyists have friends and attend personal
events such as weddings where gifts should be allowed.
Pennsylvania lawmaker switches from Democrat to
independent
AP By MARC LEVY an
hour ago
HARRISBURG, Pa.
(AP) — A moderate Democrat in Pennsylvania’s state Senate from an area that
shifted decisively to support Donald Trump in 2016’s presidential election is
switching his registration to become an independent and said Tuesday that he
will caucus with the Republican majority. In a news conference in his Capitol
office, Sen. John Yudichak of Luzerne County said that he had found a growing
disconnect with an increasingly liberal Democratic caucus, and that some issues
that are important to him will find a better home in the Republican caucus. A
pro-labor descendant of coal miners in a historic coal region, Yudichak
maintained that his move wasn’t personal or about a single event. His stances
on issues won’t change, such as backing some of Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf’s
signature issues, he said. Adding to the tightrope Yudichak will walk, he said
he would continue to fundraise for Democratic candidates and back Democrat Joe
Biden in the 2020 race for president. “This is unique,” Yudichak said. “I’m an
independent. I’m going to be fiercely independent. I’ve been independent by nature,
now it’s going to be by party.”
Republicans hold 27
seats in the 50-seat chamber, with one solidly Republican district temporarily
vacant until the winner of a Jan. 14 special election is sworn in. Counting
Yudichak and the vacant seat, Republicans will likely have an effective 29-21
majority next year.
Veteran Dem Pa. Sen.
John Yudichak says he’s becoming an independent
PA Capital Star By Stephen Caruso November 19, 2019
A Democrat from
northeastern Pennsylvania has announced he is switching is affiliation to
independent Tuesday. Sen. John Yudichak, of Carbon County, announced the switch
in a press release Tuesday morning. The Associated Press reported that he will
caucus with Republicans. “I will continue to support Democratic ideas as well
as Republican ideas when it is clear that they serve the greater good and help
government work for people rather than the narrow interests of partisan
‘purists,’” Yudichak said in a statement. Long a Blue Dog Democrat, Yudichak
represented parts of Luzerne County, including Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton, as
well as a chunk of the Poconos.
Longtime state Rep
Steve Barrar retiring, will not seek re-election
UPPER
CHICHESTER — After two decades of service and wanting to spend more time
with family while also facing health concerns, state Rep. Stephen Barrar,
R-160, of Upper Chichester, announced his retirement. The 65-year-old said he
plans to finish out his term through November 2020 and will step down at that
time. "It is not easy to leave," Barrar said. "I have always
loved this job, but after 24 years, I feel it is time to step down. Over the
years, I have spent a lot of time away from my family. I want to spend more
time together. Also, I have been dealing with some serious health issues which
have led to my decision to retire." Barrar and his wife, Elena, have two
daughters and five grandchildren, three of whom live out-of-state and with whom
he hopes to spend more time when his long stint in Harrisburg is finished. The
state representative is a graduate of Interboro High School and prior to his
legislative career, was the owner of the Twin Oaks Garden Mart, which he closed
after becoming a state legislator in 1997. Prior to that, he was an Upper
Chichester township commissioner from 1992 to 1996, the last two years of which
he served as the board's president.
Under pressure, Philly school district touts new
environmental safety plan
Inquirer by Kristen A.
Graham, Updated: 17
minutes ago
Philadelphia
schools Superintendent William R. Hite Jr. on Tuesday announced a new
environmental safety plan, pledging quicker response to asbestos concerns in
school buildings and better communication with affected communities. The news
came as pressure mounted on the Philadelphia School District to better handle
environmental concerns in the district’s stable of aging, challenged buildings. The school system has been buffeted by crisis after crisis since the
summer — asbestos at the building that houses both Benjamin Franklin High
School and Science Leadership Academy, at Meredith Elementary, and at T.M.
Peirce Elementary. “Everything we’ve
done hasn’t been enough,” the superintendent said at a news conference. “We
have made mistakes and fallen short of my expectations in key areas, and have
not fully confronted many of the challenges we have faced.” Hite said the
district was now “fully committed" to a plan that would have all asbestos
reports investigated within 24 hours and to clearing a backlog of
asbestos-related work orders by the beginning of next school year. He also
promised more training on asbestos risks and said the school system would hire
more staff and consultants to tackle asbestos projects and educate the
community. In the past, the district lacked the staff and resources to
adequately handle its environmental issues.
Health sciences, dance-focused charter schools proposed
for Philadelphia
Inquirer by Maddie Hanna, Updated: November 19, 2019- 1:39 PM
The Philadelphia
school board has been asked to consider two new charter schools, one aimed at
preparing students for careers in health care and the other focusing on dance
and creative arts. The proposed High School of Health Sciences Leadership says
it has support from area universities and colleges including Thomas Jefferson
University, Temple University, Drexel University, and the Philadelphia College
of Osteopathic Medicine. The second applicant, Joan Myers Brown Academy,
is named for the Philadanco founder and pitched by charter operator String Theory Schools. The school’s
backers first applied to open the charter last year but failed to win board
approval. The two schools were the only applicants for new charters by Friday’s
deadline. The board will hold hearings within 45 days and must vote within 75
days after the hearings. Charter schools, which are publicly funded but
independently run, educate about one-third of Philadelphia’s public school
students. About 70,000 students are enrolled in 89 city charters.
Gov. Wolf pushes STEM
education in Interboro
By Kevin Tustin
ktustin@21st-centurymedia.com Nov 16, 2019
PROSPECT PARK — The
Interboro School District wrote the right “code” to get a visit from Gov. Tom
Wolf Friday afternoon. The governor got a look at the Interboro Kindergarten
Academy’s robotics and STEM program, which has benefited from a $35,000 PAsmart
grant. STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education is one
portion of the education sector Wolf is pushing to prepare students for current
and future job opportunities. “Anything you do, anything that requires a really
good understanding of computers and understanding technology is what we’re
preparing them for,” said Wolf about the youngest learners at the school. “My
PAsmart program has the intent to expand STEM education. A $35,000 grant ... is
a small start to ensure that we are adequately invested in the education we
need them to have.” According to district Director of STEM and Professional
Learning Mark Avitabile, the district has used the grant to work with the
Delaware County Intermediate Unit to provide professional development for the
teachers to incorporate technology into their classrooms and the purchasing of
KIBO Robots and Cubelet Blue-bots. Kindergarten students have started to learn
about code writing to maneuver those robots. Avitabile said the district is
working to fill in the technological gap from the elementary and middle school
levels to create more participation in high school technology courses.
Allentown School
District starts new partnership with crowdfunding website
By JACQUELINE
PALOCHKO THE MORNING
CALL | NOV 19, 2019 | 5:00 PM
The Allentown
School District has been selected as one of almost 30 districts in the country
to benefit from a partnership with DonorsChoose, a crowdfunding website that
financially supports teachers’ classroom projects. Allentown now has its own
landing page on the DonorsChoose website to help potential donors find
classroom projects. Allentown is the only Pennsylvania district that will be
part of this group. As part of the partnership, Allentown will be able to
monitor all donated materials and principals will be notified each time a
project is funded. “The district partnership will allow us to leverage the
DonorsChoose platform to expand that philanthropical impact across our district
and fulfill the needs of 17,000 children,” Superintendent Thomas Parker said in
a news release. Allentown teachers have long used the website to raise money
for projects and classroom supplies, but there has never been a landing page
specifically for Allentown projects. This new way will present a more unified
district, according to the news release.
Why this week is a 'major turning point' for America's
daily newspapers
By Brian Stelter, CNN Business Updated
12:45 AM ET, Wed November 20, 2019
New York (CNN Business)Let's take a close
look at what's happening at three of the biggest newspaper owners in the United States. Because, after all, changes at
local newspapers have ramifications for communities big and small, from coast
and coast and all the points in between. "This week marks a major turning
point in the already-churning U.S. daily business," news industry analyst
Ken Doctor told me on Tuesday night. "As the year, and woeful decade,
close, financial players have taken control of much of the daily press,"
Doctor wrote in an email. "This week, GateHouse closed on its acquisition
of Gannett, creating a single company of 256 dailies, and 18% of the press --
and it is controlled by PE Fortress Investment Group. McClatchy, looking at
default on its pension plan funding obligations, faces either financial
restructuring, or bankruptcy -- and its primary shareholder and debtholder
Chatham Asset Management is in the driver's seat." And that's not all. On
Tuesday afternoon "the industry's bete noire Alden Global Capital shocked
the industry by buying out the quarter share of Tribune Publishing owned by
(almost equally disdained) Michael Ferro's ownership group," Doctor wrote.
His point: "At a time when local news is needed more than ever, it is the
bankers who are deciding what will be defined as news, and who will be employed
to report it."
147 Indiana school districts canceled classes as teachers
protested at the state Capitol
Post=Gazette by TINA BURNSIDE, PAUL P. MURPHY
AND HOLLY YAN CNN NOV 20, 2019
Thousands of
Indiana teachers are turning the state Capitol into a sea of red as they demand
better pay and more funding for public schools. At least 147 school districts
canceled classes Tuesday for the "Red for Ed Action Day," said Kim
Clements-Johnson, spokeswoman for the Indiana State Teachers Association. Connie
Neri-Jones and 150 of her colleagues drove more than two hours from East
Chicago to the Statehouse in Indianapolis to protest. "Teaching is a
profession, not a charity," said Neri-Jones, who's worked in Indiana
schools for 47 years. "We have a huge shortage of qualified teachers, and
increased funding could help ameliorate that demand." The teachers were
joined at the one-day event by supporters such as Becky Pringle, vice president
of the National Education Association. Schools that canceled classes have
implemented an e-learning program for students to complete their assignments at
home, the Indianapolis Star reported.
A Networking and Supportive Event for K-12 Educators of
Color (teachers, school counselors, and administrators)! Thursday, December 12, 7:00-8:30 pm Villanova University,
Dougherty Hall, West Lounge
You are cordially
invited to this gathering, with the goal of networking and lending support and
sustenance to our K-12 Educators of Color and their allies. This is your chance
to make requests, share resources, and build up our community. Please feel free
to bring a school counselor, teacher, or administrator friend! Light
refreshments provided.
Where: Villanova
University, Dougherty Hall, West Lounge (first floor, back of building)
Directions, campus
and parking map found here
Parking: Free
parking in lot L2. Turn on St. Thomas Way, off of Lancaster Avenue. You will
need to print a parking pass that will be emailed shortly before the event to
all who register.
Questions? Contact
an event organizer: Dr. Krista Malott (krista.malott@villanova.edu), Dr.
Jerusha Conner (Jerusha.conner@villanova.edu), Department of Education &
Counseling, and Dr. Anthony Stevenson, Administrator, Radnor School District
(Anthony.Stevenson@rtsd.org)
PSBA Alumni Forum: Leaving school board service?
Continue your connection and commitment to public education by joining PSBA Alumni Forum. Benefits of the complimentary membership includes:
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- legislative information via email
- Daily EDition e-newsletter
- Special access to one dedicated annual briefing
Register
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Crista Degregorio at Crista.Degregorio@psba.org with questions.
Save the Date: PSBA/PASA/PAIU Advocacy Day at the Capitol-- March 23, 2020
Registration
will open on December 2, 2019
PSBA New and Advanced
School Director Training in Dec & Jan
Do you want
high-impact, engaging training that newly elected and reseated school directors
can attend to be certified in new and advanced required training? PSBA has been
supporting new school directors for more than 50 years by enlisting statewide experts
in school law, finance and governance to deliver a one-day foundational
training. This year, we are adding a parallel track of sessions for those who
need advanced school director training to meet their compliance requirements.
These sessions will be delivered by the same experts but with advanced content.
Look for a compact evening training or a longer Saturday session at a location
near you. All sites will include one hour of trauma-informed training required
by Act 18 of 2019. Weekend sites will include an extra hour for a legislative
update from PSBA’s government affairs team.
New School
Director Training
Week Nights:
Registration opens 3:00 p.m., program starts 3:30 p.m. -9:00 p.m., dinner with
break included
Saturdays: Registration opens at 8:00 a.m., program starts at 9:00 a.m. -3:30 p.m., lunch with break included
Saturdays: Registration opens at 8:00 a.m., program starts at 9:00 a.m. -3:30 p.m., lunch with break included
Advanced
School Director Training
Week Nights:
Registration with dinner provided opens at 4:30 p.m., program starts 5:30 p.m.
-9:00 p.m.
Saturdays: Registration opens at 10:00 a.m., program starts at 11:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m., lunch with break included
Saturdays: Registration opens at 10:00 a.m., program starts at 11:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m., lunch with break included
Locations
and dates
- Saturday, December 7 — AW Beattie
Career Center, 9600 Babcock Blvd., Allison Park, PA 15101
- Saturday, December 7 — Radnor
Township School District, 135 S. Wayne Ave., Wayne, PA 19087
- Tuesday, December 10 — Grove City
Area School District, 511 Highland Avenue, Grove City, PA 16127
- Tuesday, December 10 — Penn Manor
School District, 2950 Charlestown Road, Lancaster, PA 17603
- Tuesday, December 10 — CTC of
Lackawanna County, 3201 Rockwell Ave, Scranton, PA 18508
- Wednesday, December 11 — Upper St.
Clair Township SD, 1820 McLaughlin Run Road, Upper St. Clair, PA
15241
- Wednesday, December 11 — Montoursville
Area High School, 700 Mulberry St, Montoursville, PA 17754
- Wednesday, December 11 — Berks
County IU 14, 1111 Commons Blvd, Reading, PA 19605
- Thursday, December 12 — Richland
School District, 1 Academic Avenue, Suite 200, Johnstown, PA 15904
- Thursday, December 12 — Seneca
Highlands IU 9, 119 S Mechanic St, Smethport, PA 16749
- Thursday, December 12 — School
District of Haverford Twp, 50 East Eagle Road, Havertown, PA 19083
- Saturday, December 14 — State
College Area High School, 650 Westerly Pkwy, State College, PA 16801
- Saturday, January 11, 2020 — PSBA
Headquarters, 400 Bent Creek Blvd, Mechanicsburg, PA 17050
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