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PA Ed Policy Roundup for Dec. 6, 2019
AASA Major call to action Thursday and Friday on IDEA funding
in Congress
American Association of School Administrators
Website December 3, 2019
Congressional appropriators are close
to finalizing a deal on education funding, but still hammering out allocation
on IDEA. We need you to call them (use our script and this 1-800 number) Thurs
& Fri. Details here:
Update Pa’s charter school law to foster innovation,
bolster accountability | Opinion
By Susan
L. DeJarnatt Capital-Star
Op-Ed Contributor December 6, 2019
Susan L.
DeJarnatt is a professor at Temple University’s
Beasley School of Law. Her opinions here do not represent those of
Temple University or the Beasley School of Law.
I support Gov. Tom Wolf’s call for reform to the charter school law,
which is long overdue for an update in light of 20 years of experience with
charter schools and their impact on the system of public education in the
Commonwealth. The public education system must serve the entire Commonwealth
and belongs to all of us, not just the current parents of school age children. Parental
choice matters but it is not and cannot be the only factor driving decisions
about charter schools. The proliferation of charter schools imposes real and
significant costs on every school district in Pennsylvania and those costs
cannot and should not be ignored. The original justification for charters was
that they would be innovative in exchange for accountability. We are failing on
both sides of that exchange. The charter law needs to be updated to foster
innovation and also to bolster accountability. To protect the entire public
education system, we need transparency in the application process for charters,
in the operations of charters, and in the oversight of charters. We need to
ensure that school districts have the explicit power to consider the impact of
charter growth on all of the existing schools within the district. That
consideration has to include financial impact and other impacts on existing
schools when the district is considering whether to authorize a new charter,
renew an existing charter, or expand enrollment in an existing charter.
Bethlehem and Easton districts join statewide call for
charter school reform
By JACQUELINE PALOCHKO THE MORNING CALL |
DEC 05, 2019 | 5:30 PM
The Bethlehem Area School District budgets about $5,000 for each of its
students to enroll in a district-run cyber academy, but when students opt to
attend an independently run cybercharter school, it costs the district at least
$7,000 more. For Bethlehem Area students who attend cybercharter schools, the
district pays roughly $12,000 for regular education students and $25,000 for
special education students. Superintendent Joseph Roy says the discrepancy
shows the need for charter school reform. “When money flows from us
unnecessarily, it limits our ability to change student lives and make a
difference in those lives,” he said. “Reform is reasonable and doable.” Saying
that charter schools are “financially crushing” urban schools, Roy and Easton
Area Superintendent David Piperato spoke Thursday at a news conference at
Northeast Middle School in Bethlehem. It was part of a statewide call among
about 20 other districts for immediate charter school funding reform. They were
joined by Esther Lee, president of the NAACP Bethlehem; Karen Beck Pooley,
Bethlehem Area School Board member; Mark James, Bethlehem’s supervisor of
professional learning, state Sen. Lisa Boscola, state Rep. Steve Samuelson and
Bethlehem Mayor Robert Donchez’s Chief of Staff Alex Karras.
Norristown: Pennsylvania’s
urban school districts call for change; say state funding, charter laws
crippling them
Inquirer by
Maddie Hanna, Updated: December
5, 2019- 4:16 PM
As the Norristown Area School District prepares next year’s budget,
Superintendent Christopher Dormer anticipates asking local taxpayers to pay
more — again. The Montgomery County district has repeatedly raised taxes, but
with nearly three-quarters of its students considered economically
disadvantaged, “we simply can’t generate the kind of revenue that our wealthier
suburban neighbors can,” Dormer said. Adding to the district’s frustrations, an
increasing share of its budget is beyond its control — driven in part by rising
costs for students attending charter schools, which are paid by local school
districts based on enrollment. Norristown leaders, parents, teachers, and
students on Thursday called for immediate changes to a school funding system
they described as inequitable and crippling for urban schools in particular. The
district was one of more than a dozen across the state — including Upper Darby
and Pottstown — that held news conferences Thursday to draw attention to
funding disparities facing districts that are also burdened with increasing
costs for charters each year. The conferences, organized by the Pennsylvania
League of Urban Schools, were timed to coincide with the anniversary of the
Montgomery bus boycotts sparked by Rosa Parks.
Lehigh Valley: A fight to stop these schools from ‘making
a profit on every single special education kid’
By Sara K. Satullo | For lehighvalleylive.com Updated 5:14 PM;Today 4:43 PM
Across Pennsylvania
Thursday, nearly 20 school districts held simultaneous news conferences to
press state lawmakers to tackle charter and cyber school reform. The
superintendents of the Bethlehem and Easton area school districts and Lehigh
Valley lawmakers gathered at Northeast Middle School in Bethlehem to call for
an overhaul of Pennsylvania’s 1997 charter school law to level the playing
field between traditional public schools and cyber and charter schools. “Urban
school districts aren’t just big city districts like Philadelphia and
Pittsburgh," Piperato said. "They’re districts like ours where
there’s a higher concentration of population and where we have a higher number
of students coming from low-income families. In fact, nearly 40% of the state’s
low income students are concentrated in just 40 of our state’s 500 school
districts.”
Mon Valley: ‘Urban’ superintendents decry charter school
funding system
By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com December 6, 2019 Mon Valley Independent Latest News
Superintendents
from 19 “urban school districts” across the state held press conferences
Thursday to call for an end to the current cyber-charter/charter school funding
system they say is unfair and inequitable. The events were organized by The
Pennsylvania League of Urban Schools. McKeesport Area Superintendent Dr. Mark
Holtzman is one of the superintendents who participated and was joined by
superintendents from seven school districts. They were Dr. Lisa Duval (South
Allegheny), Sue Moyer (Duquesne City), James Harris (Woodland Hills), Dr. Nancy
Hines (Penn Hills), Dr. Ginny Hunt (Clairton), Ed Wehrer (Steel Valley) and Dr.
Linda J. Iverson (Wilkinsburg). The group, dubbed “Ed. Leaders Pittsburgh,” meets
each month “to discuss the common issues our similar districts that kind of
represent the Mon Valley share.”
Lancaster: Facing a
potential $10M deficit, School District of Lancaster will join urban schools
across the state to rally for equitable funding, charter reform
Lancaster Online by
ALEX GELI | Staff
Writer December 5,
2019
School District of
Lancaster is facing a potential $10 million budget deficit in 2020 for reasons,
its superintendent says, beyond its control. Climbing charter school tuition
costs and a lack of state funding are two reasons why the county’s largest
school district is in that position, Lancaster Superintendent Damaris Rau said.
So on Thursday, the district is hosting a public rally to raise awareness of
the struggles Pennsylvania’s urban school districts face. The event, organized
by the Pennsylvania League of Urban Schools, is one of 19 others happening at
urban schools across the state Thursday. It’s meant to promote the need for
charter reform and a more equitable school funding model. “We really want the
public to understand our challenges,” Rau said. Speaking at Thursday’s rally
will be Rau; Democratic state Rep. Mike Sturla, of Lancaster; Lancaster Mayor
Danene Sorace; and Amanda Aikens, fifth-grade teacher at King Elementary
School. Rau’s district spent $4.9 million last year in tuition for privately
run but taxpayer-funded charter schools that consistently underperform and lack
appropriate oversight, she said.
Less state funding,
Rau said, means more of that money comes from local taxpayers.
Johnstown: School
officials seek charter reform, allege funding inequalities
Johnstown Tribune
Democrat By Ronald Fisher rfisher@tribdem.com December 6, 2019
A call to action
was made by several local school superintendents and administrators on
Thursday, as they came together in hopes of bringing attention to what many of
the area’s educators are calling “unfair funding.” Greater Johnstown Superintendent Amy Arcurio
was surrounded Thursday afternoon at Greater Johnstown High School by
neighboring superintendents, community leaders and students during a conference
to call attention to charter reform and the funding inequalities they say are
drastically impacting urban schools. “This was important for a variety of
reasons,” said Arcurio following the conference. “We have a current governor
who is eager to reform the funding that is currently creating so many
challenges for school districts that are already underfunded and we want to
support that reform and keep that momentum going so that the conversation
doesn’t happen in isolation and then we forget about it. “It’s information
that needs to be brought up to the forefront over and over again until we are
able to find some relief, families are able to still have school choice, but
that it doesn’t costs students in brick and mortar the expense that it
currently does by taking money from districts like ours, like Westmont, like Forest
Hills – that really just can’t put that burden back on the local taxpayers.”
Thursday’s
conference was one of nearly 20 that took place simultaneously across the state
by urban school districts.
Johnstown: Greater Johnstown School District hosts League
of Urban Schools press conference, charter school coalition responds
by WJAC Staff Thursday,
December 5th 2019
Greater Johnstown School District is one of many Pennsylvania school districts hosting a press conference
Thursday to discuss charter school reform and funding inequities that are
affecting urban schools.{/p}
JOHNSTOWN, Pa
(WJAC) — Greater Johnstown School District is one of many Pennsylvania
school districts hosting a press conference Thursday to discuss charter school
reform and funding inequities that are affecting urban schools. The
Pennsylvania League of Urban Schools will conduct a statewide, simultaneous
conference at over 20 urban school districts, including Greater Johnstown and
Altoona Area school district locally. These urban schools are urging lawmakers
to help with their funding, which is primarily obtained through local taxes, by
reforming the funding for charter and cyber schools. The League stated in a
release that " the quality of a child's education should not be dependent
upon a zip code."
Altoona: Schools urge cyber reform
AASD joins group to push for online charter
school reform bill
Altoona Mirror by RUSS
O'REILLY Staff Writer roreilly@altoonamirror.com DEC 6, 2019
With a blitz of
press conferences, the League of Pennsylvania Urban Schools, including Altoona
Area School District, on Thursday pushed the state Legislature to pass a cyber
charter reform bill. The league wants a
reform package that keeps school district money from going to cyber charter
schools. House Bill 1897 is sponsored by Rep. Curtis Sonney, R-Erie, and
co-sponsored by several others including state Rep. Lou Schmitt, R-Altoona.
Schmitt did not return a call for comment on Thursday. The reforms would require
all Pennsylvania school districts to offer full-time cyber education programs
accountable to local communities. Those programs would take the place of cyber
charter schools, which the bill would require to cease operation at the end of
the 2020-21 school year. AASD already has the Altoona Cyber Academy competing
to attract students away from cyber charter schools. Altoona Area
Superintendent Charles Prijatelj urged support for Sonney’s legislation, saying
the school district can provide a higher quality cyber education at 30 percent
of the cost. If the law passes, Prijatelj said Altoona Area would save millions
of dollars.
Altoona: School districts call for equitable funding
School
districts across the commonwealth are calling for a reform of public school
funding.
WJAC by Marshall
Keely Thursday, December 5th 2019
ALTOONA, Pa. (WJAC)
-- On Thursday, representatives from the Altoona Area School District joined 20
other districts in the Pennsylvania League of Urban Schools calling for
equitable school funding and education levels. Administrators from the urban
school district said they can't generate the same revenue as their suburban
counterparts, yet they're forced to spend millions on cyber charter education. “We're
using the same tools for a lot of our instruction that these companies are
using to deliver their instructions,” said Dr. Charles Prijatelj,
superintendent of the Altoona Area School District. “It’s a redundancy.” Prijatelj
sees value in online education programs. “If a child needs to take a specific
class but they can’t fit it into their schedule, they can take it cyber, they
can take it online,” Prijatelj said. “In turn, it opens up the ability to take
more electives.” Prijatelj said his district’s cyber academy outperforms cyber
charter schools, boasting a 100% graduation rate compared to 49% for cyber
charters. “We guarantee the success of our students because of the oversight
and monitoring and accountability that we expect of our children in our
program,” he said. “They are actually held accountable. They have to come into
the school. They have to meet their teachers, and they also get an Altoona High
School diploma,” said Sharon Bream, the school board president. Prijatelj said
operating the cyber programs in-house knocks down the price. “I can deliver
that instruction, but I can do it at 25% to 30% of the actual face cost I pay a
cyber charter school,” he said.
Mon-Yough Districts
to Join Statewide Public School Rally
McKeesport, Duquesne, S.A. claim charters are
‘ineffective,’ demand more oversight
By Staff
Reports The Tube
City Almanac December 04, 2019
McKeesport, Duquesne, South Allegheny and other local school districts will participate in a statewide rally on Thursday demanding more oversight of Pennsylvania’s charter schools.
McKeesport, Duquesne, South Allegheny and other local school districts will participate in a statewide rally on Thursday demanding more oversight of Pennsylvania’s charter schools.
A group called
Pennsylvania League of Urban Schools, or PLUS, is planning simultaneous press
conferences at 12 noon at nearly 20 different school districts, calling on Gov.
Tom Wolf and the state General Assembly to address what its leaders call
“unfair and inequitable” funding. “We are coming
together in solidarity to stand up for fair funding,” said Stephen Rodriguez,
president of PLUS and superintendent of the Pottstown Area School District,
located about an hour northwest of Philadelphia in eastern Pennsylvania. Other
local districts planning to participate in Thursday's rally include Clairton,
Penn Hills, Steel Valley, Wilkinsburg and Woodland Hills. In Pennsylvania,
charter schools are funded by school taxes but are overseen by separate,
independent boards of directors. Many are operated by non-profit institutions
but some are run by for-profit management companies. Some charter schools offer
specialized arts, science or language programming not available in public
school districts, and proponents say they provide parents with a choice for
their children, especially those who live in communities where the local school
system is struggling. But critics --- including many public school officials
--- claim that charter schools drain public resources, and that most offer no
better or worse education than nearby public school districts. State Auditor
General Eugene DePasquale has called Pennsylvania's charter school law, passed
in 1997, "the worst in the nation."
Upper Darby: Educators,
students rally for more public education money
Delco Times By Kevin Tustin
ktustin@21st-centurymedia.com December 6, 2019
UPPER DARBY —
Sixty-four years to the day Rosa Parks ignited a civil rights fight for
integrated public transportation, the decades-long right for prosperous schools
throughout the country continues to plague more diverse school districts, and
Upper Darby persists for its fair share. Upper Darby School
District officials, students and community members Thursday afternoon called
for more financial help from the state to provide the adequate resources and
learning spaces to educate 12,500 students in 14 school buildings. The diverse
district of 1,000 English language learners, 2,000 students with special
education services, more than half of all students being economically
disadvantaged, and classrooms that can be packed with over 30 students each are
just some of the realities that the district is dealt with day-to-day and
year-to-year to attempt an equally beneficial learning environment to
neighboring districts that are more advantageous. With an annual state funding
shortfall of about $16 million, according to district leaders, Upper Darby is
making due with the deft hand afforded to it by the state.
“While we certainly
are not provided the financial support the state and federal government have
promised, we are rich. Despite the very clear attack on public schools, we
excel. We have students attending some of the best colleges in the country, and
we have students eager and ready to take on the world, and I mean the world,”
said Superintendent Dan McGarry. “The lack of funding for school districts like
ours continues to put pressure on our teachers, administrators, school boards,
our taxpayers, and in all reality, our students. We are united, however, in our
belief that public education should be the number one priority on a national
and state level.”
Twin Valley Superintendents' forum: State needs to change
law on funding charter schools
Twin Valley schools chief says there are
serious problems with current system.
Reading Eagle
Written By Dr. Robert F. Pleis FRIDAY NOVEMBER 29, 2019 07:24 AM
Historically
schools have reflected the needs of society. Over the years the method of
educating students has changed. Students have many educational options:
attending their local public school or a private or nonpublic school; receiving
education at home; or enrolling in the latest option, charter and cyber charter
schools. Unfortunately, charter and cyber charter schools are funded through
public school districts. This creates an issue as they are not held to the same
educational requirements and standards as public schools. Public schools are
required to make tuition payments to charter schools based on the budgeted
expenditures of the school district rather than the charter school's actual
costs to educate a student. The Berks County Committee on Legislative Action
reported in 2018-19 that Pennsylvania charter and cyber charter schools
received on average $12,540 per regular education student and $28,003 per
special education student from Berks County school districts. In 2017-18, Berks
schools spent more than $17 million on cyber charter schools. The Twin Valley
School District paid more than $1.3 millions in 2018-19. Special education
tuition payments paid by school districts do not have to be spent entirely on
special education expenses by charter/cyber charter schools. Even with this
amount of financing, no cyber charter schools had their students collectively
exceed the state average on the 2018 Pennsylvania State Assessments in
literature, math and science.
Comcast Newsmakers with
Joe Ciresi, PA State Rep. Charter School Reform
Posted Dec 04,
2019 Expires Jan 04, 2020 Runtime 4:13
Pennsylvania State Representative Joe Ciresi discusses reform to the formula used for funding charter schools.
CHARTER REFORM
PBS39 NEWS REPORTS Clip: Season 2019 | 4m 29s
CHARTER REFORM:
Presser by Pa. schools superintendents demanding changes to the state's charter
school laws and funding formulas.
Charter Schools;
Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
PENNSYLVANIA
BULLETIN PROPOSED RULEMAKING DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION [ 22 PA. CODE CH. 711 ]
Runaway travel budget: PPS spending exceeds larger
Philadelphia district
Taxpayers
deserve an explanation and accountability
THE EDITORIAL BOARD Pittsburgh Post-Gazette DEC 5, 2019
Board members of
the Pittsburgh Public Schools must do their job and take control of excessive
travel expenses by Superintendent Anthony Hamlet and staff. An embarrassing
situation has turned mind-boggling. Taxpayers deserve an explanation and
accountability. PPS faces a $30 million operating deficit while the district’s
travel expenses are soaring compared to the much larger Philadelphia district,
state Auditor General Eugene DePasquale has disclosed. The PPS 2019 travel
budget, at $453,231 is more than double the School District of Philadelphia’s
$217,906 travel budget, Mr. DePasquale has determined. The Philadelphia
district has about 10 times more students than the Pittsburgh district. That
means Pittsburgh schools spend about $19.43 per student on travel compared to
$1.07 per student on travel spending in the Philadelphia district, Mr.
DePasquale concluded.
Philly students won’t be punished for climate strike
walkout, school district says in 180-degree flip
Kids will
need parents’ permission to earn the excused absence.
Billy Penn by Layla A. Jones Yesterday, 11:00 a.m.
The School District
of Philadelphia is changing its tune on students who walk out to participate in
climate change protests. Superintendent Dr. William Hite on Tuesday issued a
letter informing families that kids who miss school for these rallies may be
granted an excused absence, one that won’t incur penalties — as long as parents
are on board. The note comes ahead of a youth-led action planned for Friday. “If
you would like to permit your child to participate in an off-campus climate
strike event,” Hite wrote, “please contact your child’s school and provide
written consent in accordance with that school’s principal’s absence consent
directions.” Abby Leedy, a 2019 Central High School graduate and local strike
co-organizer, said the movement was glad to see the district “take a step in
the right direction.” Leedy said she was uncertain if everyone had been notified
about the new policy. “I’ve heard from former classmates and current students
on our organizing team that they have not seen this letter passed out in
schools,” she said, “and that their parents have not received it.”
Philly state rep facing theft, perjury charges to resign
from her House seat on Dec. 13
Penn Live By Jan
Murphy | jmurphy@pennlive.com Updated Dec 05, 2019;Posted Dec 05, 2019
One day after her
arrest on theft, perjury and tampering with public records charges, state Rep.
Movita Johnson-Harrell carried through with her promise to resign from the House seat she was
elected to earlier this year. The 53-year-old Philadelphia Democrat sent a
letter to House Speaker Mike Turzai, R-Allegheny County, on Thursday stating it
is her intention to resign, effective Dec. 13. Once her resignation takes
effect, it will be up to Turzai to schedule a special election to fill her seat
for the unexpired portion of Johnson-Harrell’s term which ends Nov. 30.
PA Society: ‘It’s an annual tradition and a must-attend
event’ for politicians and power brokers
By Jan
Murphy | jmurphy@pennlive.com Today 5:00 AM
It’s that time of
year again when Pennsylvanians by the thousands flock to New York City for a
whirlwind weekend of parties, dinners, and other festivities filled with
chatter about all things politics at Pennsylvania Society weekend. This annual
event has roots going back more than a century to Pennsylvania’s industrial
era. It has grown into a tradition that movers and shakers in the state’s
political circles – and those looking to become one – mark on the calendar as
soon as a new year rolls around. Some suspect this year’s Society weekend will
be quieter than most. But organizers planning receptions and events don’t
expect that will stop most people from attending this political gabfest.
A Republican Party remade by President Trump arrives in
Manhattan for Pennsylvania Society | Clout
Inquirer by Chris Brennan, Updated: 37 minutes ago
Pennsylvania
Society was a postcard
from an earlier age, Republican
and Democratic politicians and insiders traipsing together in black tie and
ball gowns from one cocktail party to the next in the Art Deco opulence of
Manhattan’s Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Then Donald Trump showed up for
lunch in 2015 — and all hell broke loose. Yeah, that was only four
years ago. A different Republican Party rolls into Manhattan on Friday, in the
throes of political metamorphosis, with insiders who once viewed Trump with
disdain now obediently bent to the president’s will (or cast off to the
fringes) as articles
of impeachment appear on the
horizon. Trump was the party’s keynote speaker at its 2015 Pennsylvania Society
kickoff luncheon — an invitation that opened a
GOP fault line and
was crashed
by protesters angry
at his aspersions for immigrants, Muslims and others.
'To embrace charter schools in 2020 is to embrace Betsy
DeVos, Donald Trump,’ says black scholar who once led charters
Washington Post Answer
Sheet Blog By Valerie Strauss Reporter Dec. 5, 2019 at 12:23 p.m. EST
Last month,
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) was giving a
campaign speech in Atlanta when she was interrupted by pro-charter school
protesters from an alliance of black and Latino education activists who were
upset with her plan to stop federal funding for new charter schools. Rep.
Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), a black congresswoman and supporter of Warren’s,
stepped in to help Warren deal with the situation. The episode underscored
growing skepticism within the Democratic Party of charter schools — which are
publicly funded but privately operated — as well as divisions within the
African American community about such schools. These issues are analyzed in
this post by Andre Perry, a fellow at the Brookings Institution, a nonprofit
think tank in Washington, who was once the head of a charter school network.
His research focuses on race and structural inequality, education and economic
inclusion. Before becoming the founding dean of urban education at Davenport
University in Grand Rapids, Mich., Perry worked in both academic and
administrative capacities, most notably as chief executive of the Capital
One-University of New Orleans Charter Network, which consisted of four charter
schools in New Orleans. His newest book, “Know Your
Price,” will soon be
published by Brookings Institution Press.
PSBA
New and Advanced School Director Training, Haverford
Thursday December
12, 2019 • 4:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Haverford
Middle School, 1701 Darby Road, Havertown, PA 19083
The award winning documentary Backpack Full of
Cash that explores the siphoning of funds from traditional public
schools by charters and vouchers will be shown in three locations in the
Philadelphia suburbs in the upcoming weeks.
The film is
narrated by Matt Damon, and some of the footage was shot in Philadelphia.
Members of the
public who are interested in becoming better informed about some of the
challenges to public education posed by privatization are invited to attend.
At all locations, the film will start promptly
at 7 pm, so it is suggested that members of the
audience arrive 10-15 minutes prior to the start of the
screening.
………………………………………….
Backpack Full of
Cash hosted by State
Senator Maria Collett, and State Representatives Liz Hanbidge and Steve Malagari
Monday,
December 2, 2019
Wissahickon
Valley Public Library, Blue Bell 650 Skippack Pike Blue Bell, PA 19422
………………………………………….
Backpack Full of
Cash hosted by
Montgomery County Democracy for America (Montco DFA)
Thursday,
December 5, 2019
Jenkintown Library
(Park and enter at rear.)
460 York Road
(across from IHOP) Jenkintown, PA 19046
………………………………………….
Backpack Full of
Cash hosted by State
Representatives Mary Jo Daley, Tim Briggs, and Matt Bradford
Monday,
January 6, 2020
Ludington
Library 5 S. Bryn Mawr Avenue Bryn Mawr,
PA 19010
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)
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Save the Date: PSBA/PASA/PAIU Advocacy Day at the Capitol-- March 23, 2020
PSBA Advocacy Day
2020 MAR 23, 2020 • 8:00 AM - 2:30 PM
STRENGTHEN OUR
VOICE.
Join us in
Harrisburg to support public education!
All school leaders
are invited to attend Advocacy Day at the state Capitol in
Harrisburg. The Pennsylvania School Boards Association (PSBA), Pennsylvania
Association of Intermediate Units (PAIU) and the Pennsylvania Association of
School Administrators (PASA) are partnering together to strengthen our advocacy
impact. The day will center around meetings with legislators to discuss
critical issues affecting public education.
Registration: As a
membership benefit, there is no cost to register. Your legislator
appointments will be coordinated with the completion of your registration. The
day will begin with a continental breakfast and issue briefing prior to the legislator
visits. Registrants will receive talking points, materials and leave-behinds to
use with their meetings. Staff will be stationed at a table in the Main Rotunda
during the day to answer questions and provide assistance.
Sign up today
at myPSBA.org.
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
Congress, Courts, and
a National Election: 50 Million Children’s Futures Are at Stake. Be their
champion at the 2020 Advocacy Institute.
NSBA Advocacy
Institute Feb. 2-4, 2020 Marriot Marquis, Washington, D.C.
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