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PA Ed Policy Roundup for Jan. 22, 2020
Religious School Choice Case May Yield Landmark Supreme
Court Decision
With oral arguments coming on Wednesday, both
sides of the long-running fight over vouchers for religious schools are
preparing for a watershed moment for public education.
New York Times By Erica
L. Green Jan. 21, 2020
WASHINGTON — A potentially landmark education
case before the Supreme Court on Wednesday has pulled in heavy hitters on both
sides of the school choice debate who are trying to shape a ruling that could
end decades of wrangling over school vouchers and religious education. Oral
arguments in the case, Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, have
attracted briefs from President Trump’s Justice Department, which hopes the
high court will bolster the administration’s marquee education issue: public
funding for private schools. On the other side, Democratic state governments,
school boards and teachers’ unions argue that a ruling in favor of a disbanded
voucher program in Montana could open the floodgates for publicly funded
religious education while draining traditional public schools. Such a decision
would be a “virtual earthquake” in the public education system, said Randi
Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers. She added
that it would send money cascading away from public schools.
'If we had fair funding, our schools wouldn’t be in such
disrepair': 3 takeaways from editorial board meeting with School District of Lancaster's
superintendent and board president
Lancaster Online by ALEX GELI | Staff Writer January 22,
2020
Overseeing 11,000 students on a daily basis
requires great balance.
That’s particularly the case considering most
of those students come from low-income households and about one-fifth are
English language learners. That’s one of the significant challenges facing
leaders of Lancaster County’s largest school district: determining which
services to provide, and which to cut, with a limited amount of resources. School
District of Lancaster Superintendent Damaris Rau and school board President
Edith Gallagher both described how they deal with the struggles the district
and its students regularly face, as well as what makes the district special,
during an interview Tuesday
with the LNP | LancasterOnline Editorial Board. Here’s three takeaways from the
conversation.
‘Bazooka to a knife fight’? The plan to close Pa. cyber
charter schools
WHYY By Avi Wolfman-Arent January 21, 2020
A bill that could radically reshape
Pennsylvania’s cyber education landscape received a public hearing Tuesday in
the House Education Committee, inspiring strong reactions from advocates and
lawmakers. The proposal would close all cyber charters in the commonwealth by
the 2020-21 school year. It would also require all traditional school districts
to offer their own, full-time virtual education programs. If enacted, the
proposal would effectively remove 37,000 students from 14 state-sanctioned,
privately-run, publicly-funded cyber schools, potentially rerouting them to
virtual programs run by their home districts. It would be a drastic response to
what some lawmakers see as the growing financial and academic detriments of
Pennsylvania’s cyber charter sector, which is among the nation’s largest. “I
introduced this legislation because I hear concerns from constituents related
to the cost and accountability of cyber charter schools,” said Rep. Curt Sonney
(R-Erie), the bill’s author and committee chairman, during the hearing.
“According to a 2018 survey by the Pennsylvania Association of
School Administrators, most districts spent less than $5,000 per student in
their cyber programs, compared with more than $11,000 on average for students
enrolled in cyber charters. Cyber charter leaders have disputed that
comparison, questioning the districts’ calculations and arguing their programs
are more comprehensive than what some districts offer.”
West Chester wants to win back charter students with its
own cyber program, and it’s not alone
Inquirer by Maddie Hanna, Updated: January 21, 2020-
7:43 PM
At an open house in a West Chester middle
school library last week, a string quartet of high schoolers played classical
music. Culinary students tended to a table arrayed with edible cookie dough and
other treats, while district teachers and administrators greeted arriving
parents. The goal wasn’t to attract families to the West Chester Area School
District’s traditional schools, but to a new cyber program led by its teachers.
The selling points? A diploma from one of the district’s well-rated high
schools and access to all of its offerings — like its 1,600-student orchestra
program — with the flexibility of go-at-your-own-pace schooling. “You’re getting everything we have to offer
here in West Chester,” Kristen Barnello, the district’s supervisor of fine arts
and social studies, told parents — a number of whom had children enrolled in
cyber charter schools. As Pennsylvania’s sizable cyber charter sector continues
to draw students and funding from school districts — despite posting poor academic results — West
Chester’s attempt stands as the latest effort by a district to beat back the
competition by offering its own online program.
York County officials support cyber bill, but wary of
hidden costs
By Lindsay C VanAsdalan, York
Dispatch Published 4:19 p.m. ET Jan. 21, 2020 | Updated 4:19 p.m. ET Jan.
21, 2020
A cyber charter bill created proponents say
will bolster accountability and reduce costs for public school districts
could also hold significant unknown costs, local officials say. HB 1897 requires
districts to offer their own cyber programs and contract with two third-party
vendors to provide alternative options for students. Cyber charters throughout
Pennsylvania have struggled for years to meet state standards and public school
districts regularly gripe about costs. Effectively, the legislation would
dissolve any cyber charter not directly linked to a public school district,
which the private charter industry has called an attack on school choice.
Eric Wolfgang, a former school board member at Central York, said Tuesday
that some provisions in the bill could end up inflating costs for districts. For
example, districts would have to adhere to student-to-teacher ratios, and
depending on the need to hire more staff, this could be a "significant
unfunded mandate" for the district, he said.
"That eliminates flexibility in student
and teacher placements and erodes local control," said Wolfgang, also
speaking as president of the Pennsylvania School Board Association.
PA Cyber’s CEO testifies against bill that would
eliminate all cyber charters, require students to attend district-run virtual
programs
Ellwood City Ledger By J.D.
Prose Posted
Jan 21, 2020 at 5:31 PM
In a state House hearing on Tuesday,
Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School CEO Brian Hayden slammed a bill requiring
school districts to offer cyber programs, saying proponents were ignoring the
history behind cyber charter schools and the will of students. “Do not treat
our students as second-class citizens,” Hayden told a House Education
Committee. In a state House hearing on Tuesday, Pennsylvania Cyber Charter
School CEO Brian Hayden slammed a bill requiring school districts to offer
cyber programs, saying proponents were ignoring the history behind cyber
charter schools and the will of students. “We welcome meaningful discussions on
funding, but they must be transparent, fair, based on fact not misperceptions,”
Hayden told the House Education Committee, “and do not treat our students as
second-class citizens. And, I want to repeat that part. Do not treat our
students as second-class citizens.” The hearing, which lasted more than two
hours, was on House Bill 1897, proposed by state Rep. Curt Sonney, R-Erie
County, the chairman of the Education Committee. In a co-sponsorship memo in
September, Sonney said his bill would address fiscal and accountability issues
with cyber charter schools, which are funded by per-student payments from
traditional school districts.
“Before the Board of Education acts on deciding to eliminate or
maintain these programs, the Board is respectfully asking the parents/guardians
of students attending commercial cyber charter schools to enroll their
child(ren) in the Susquehanna Community School District’s cyber program. By
enrolling their child(ren) in the district’s cyber program, the district would
be able to save valuable programs.”
Cyber Charter Impact
Susquehanna Community School District Website
January 21, 2020
District Stakeholders,
The Susquehanna Community School District is
significantly impacted by the loss of funding to commercial cyber charter
schools. Currently, the school district has 27 students enrolled in commercial
cyber charter schools resulting in over $500,000 in funding being taken from
the school district to pay for the enrollment of these 27 students. Commercial
cyber charter schools are not free and are funded explicitly by taking funding
directly from the public school districts of the Commonwealth. The loss of this
funding is resulting in deficit spending by the school district. The Board of Education has discussed the loss of funding and must act, as
annual deficit spending by the school district cannot be maintained. The Board
of Education is considering the future elimination of the district’s
Four-Year-Old Kindergarten program, a program that benefits approximately 55
students each school year, and other valuable programs that help the children
in our local community.
“I can no longer accept cash in bags in a Pizza Hut parking
lot.”
Reprise Sept. 2013: ‘Bags’ of cash: Court records detail
allegations against Trombetta
Ellwood City Ledger By Kristen
Doerschner Posted Sep 19, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Updated Sep 19, 2013 at 8:30 PM
PITTSBURGH -- Brown bags stuffed with cash
dropped off at a local Pizza Hut parking lot figured into the federal
investigation of former Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School leader Nick
Trombetta. According to court documents unsealed
Thursday by federal officials, Trombetta told one of his former associates, “I can no longer accept cash in bags in a Pizza Hut parking
lot.” After that, regular payments from Avanti Management Group were sent
to One2One, according to the affidavit. The bags of cash, a private plane bough
by Avanti but used mostly by Trombetta, a Florida vacation home and a home in
Mingo Junction, Ohio, for Trombetta’s former girlfriend all were described as
perks enjoyed by Trombetta as part of a scheme to siphon money from taxpayers’
funds sent to PA Cyber for more than four years. Trombetta, 58, of East
Liverpool, Ohio, and his accountant, Neal Prence, 58, of Koppel were indicted
by a federal grand jury on Aug. 21. Trombetta is facing charges of mail fraud,
theft and bribery concerning a federal program, tax conspiracy and filing false
tax returns. Prence is facing one count of tax conspiracy. The cyberschool had been paying Trombetta’s
legal fees up until Monday when the board voted to stop paying them.
Conestoga Valley denies charter school for second time in
4 months
Lancaster Online by ALEX GELI | Staff Writer January 22,
2020
The Conestoga Valley school board unanimously
shot down a proposed charter school Tuesday for the second time in four months.
The school, dubbed the TLC Leadership Charter School, lacked “sustainable
support in the Conestoga Valley community,” district Superintendent Dave
Zuilkoski said in a statement following Tuesday’s meeting at Leola Elementary
School. CV denied the
charter school in September 2019 for the same reasoning but by an 8-1 vote.
This time the vote was 5-0. Michael Talley and John Smucker were absent.
Charles Maines, the lone supporting vote four months ago, is no longer with the
board. “We are greatly disappointed in the school board’s decision to deny
parents the option to choose a school that best meets the educational and
socioemotional needs of their children,” said GT Freeman, CEO of the Lincoln
Center for Family and Youth, which proposed the school. The Lincoln Center runs
a private school in Montgomery County called the TLC Leadership Academy. It
focuses on students who suffer from mental health issues such as school phobia
and anxiety. The proposed charter school here was meant to serve a similar
purpose, offering trauma-informed teaching and daily counseling sessions for up
to 200 students from throughout the region. School District of Lancaster would
have been the largest source of students. TLC’s original application stated
only 25% of students would come from Conestoga Valley. Its updated application says
it pre-enrolled 50 additional students, including four from Conestoga Valley. That
wasn’t enough for the school board to change its mind.
“Tobash also helped pass a law that removed the Keystone exams as a graduation
requirement for high schoolers. Tobash is the 14th lawmaker to announce he will
not seek re-election in November, and the 10th Republican.”
Schuylkill County’s Tobash announces retirement from
state House
PA Capita Star By Stephen Caruso January 21,
2020
A Republican lawmaker from Schuylkill County
says he’s joining the growing list of state House members who aren’t running
for re-election in November. Rep. Mike Tobash, R-Schuylkill, is the
latest lawmaker to announce their retirement. He served five terms in the
House. “When I first ran for office nearly 10 years ago, I had the belief that
careers should be dedicated to private sector work and not elected positions,”
Tobash said in a statement Tuesday. “I hold that same belief today.” Tobash
told the Capital-Star that he also would not run for auditor general, as had
been rumored. A fiscal hawk, Tobash was first elected to his 125th House
District seat in 2010. His tenure was defined by pushes for pension reforms and
workforce development. Some of that work, including a proposal to combine the
state’s pension funds, is ongoing.
“Kortz is the fifth Democrat, and 13th lawmaker so far, that
they will not seek re-election in 2020. Neighboring Democratic Rep. Harry
Readshaw announced earlier this year he is
retiring.”
Kortz announces retirement, 13th House lawmaker leaving
in 2020
PA Capital Star By Stephen Caruso January 21,
2020
Another Allegheny County Democrat announced
their retirement Tuesday. Rep. Bill Kortz, who’s represented the 38th House
District south of Pittsburgh since 2007, said in a statement that deciding
against running for a seventh term “wasn’t easy,” but “it’s now time for me to
take care of my health and step aside for future leaders of this great
district.” News of Kortz’s retirement was first reported by WESA-FM in Pittsburgh, which also
reported that Chris Kelly, the Democratic mayor of West Mifflin borough, was
running to replace Kortz. The district includes parts of Pittsburgh’s
southern suburbs and the Mon Valley, including Baldwin, Whitehall, Dravosburg,
West Mifflin and Glassport.
“Over the weekend, Bensalem Democrats tapped Fingles, a 34-year old family law attorney who
was elected to the Bensalem school board in 2017, to oppose Tomlinson. …House
Democrats are targeting southeastern districts to flip the House and earn their
first legislative majority since 2010. Nine seats must flip red to blue to
change control of the lower chamber.”
In the battle of the Philly ‘burbs, Republicans tap a
familiar name in March special House election
PA Capital Star By Stephen Caruso January 21,
2020
*This story was updated to clarify that Joe
DiGirolamo is Gene DiGirolamo’s uncle.
The scion of a local political dynasty and a
school board director are — almost — set to face off in a March 17 special
election for a swingy Philadelphia suburban seat. Republican K.C.
Tomlinson, daughter of current state Sen.
Robert “Tommy” Tomlinson, R-Bucks, will likely face Democrat Rachel
Fingles in the fight for the open 18th
House District in lower Bucks County. Moderate Republican Rep. Gene DiGirolamo,
who won election to the Bucks County Board of Commissioners last November, had
held the seat since 1994. The district, made up entirely of Bensalem Township,
borders Philadelphia’s far northeast. According to Statistical Atlas, the
district’s median income is 11 percent higher than the state average, but 28.5
percent lower than the Bucks County median. Demographically, it’s 70 percent
white.
Philadelphia teachers’ union takes legal action against
School District over asbestos
Inquirer by Wendy Ruderman, Updated: January 20, 2020
Leaders of the Philadelphia Federation of
Teachers filed a lawsuit late Monday against the School District, accusing it
of failing to protect roughly 125,000 students and 13,000 employees from
asbestos hazards in aging buildings. “From start to finish, the district’s
egregious missteps have shown a disregard for the health of my members and our
students,” PFT president Jerry Jordan said at a morning news conference at
union headquarters in Center City. “Not only is the process by which the
district deals with known hazards extraordinarily flawed, but also, from the
start, they are missing even identifying extremely hazardous conditions.” Since
October, district officials have closed six schools after the discovery of
damaged asbestos that the district’s environmental inspectors had either missed
previously or the district failed to repair or remove.
Its power taken away, Harrisburg school board seeks role
in district’s recovery
Penn Live By Sean
Sauro | ssauro@pennlive.com Updated Jan 21, 2020;Posted Jan 21,
2020
Since mid-June, Janet Samuels has been in
charge. By court order, she’s was appointed Harrisburg School District’s
receiver and given nearly all of the decision-making power typically held by
the nine elected members of the district’s school board. For the three-year
duration of a state takeover of Harrisburg schools, it’s Samuels — an outsider
from eastern Pennsylvania — who alone is expected to determine at monthly
meetings whether contracts are signed, employees are hired and policies and
procedures are approved. And that’s raised questions about exactly what role
the elected school board members will play. These questions have been asked by
at least a few board members, who said that Samuels hasn’t been forthcoming
about what is happening inside city schools. They’ve said the lack of
information sharing has made it difficult to fulfill Samuels’ earlier
suggestion that they should act as community liaisons.
Are Allegheny County schools adequately supporting the
mental health of their LGBTQ students?
Public Source by Juliette
Rihl | January 20, 2020
A few dozen students sat at long cafeteria
tables, each with a blank paper figure in front of them. They would spend the
next hour decorating the figures in a way that represents their
identities. “The word of the day is ‘identity,’” art teacher Lauren Rowe
said, giving directions to the West Mifflin Area High School students. The
activity was part of a November joint meeting with the school’s gay-straight
alliance [GSA] and the Stand Together Team mental health club. After the
meeting, the figures were displayed in the hallways. To protect students’
identities, there were no names attached to them. “We want our school to see
how we proudly identify ourselves,” said Rowe, who also serves as the Stand Together
Team faculty sponsor.
Preserve options for Pennsylvania’s children | Opinion
Penn Live Opinion By Ana Meyers Updated Jan
21, 2020;Posted Jan 21, 2020
Ana Meyers is the executive director of the
Pennsylvania Coalition of Public Charter Schools.
Do you prefer Coke, or Pepsi? Drive a Ford,
Chevrolet—or maybe even a Honda? What about your personal style—do you like
dressing up in suits and dresses, or does casual apparel fit your tastes? When
it comes to food, transportation, or fashion, choice provides Americans with
more options. The same principle applies to one of the most important decisions
a family will make: Where to educate their children. This National School
Choice Week, we should remember the ways in which school choice empowers
parents—of all incomes, races, and religions—to pick the educational options
that work best for their families. School choice operates from the premise that
parents, who understand their children best, should select from quality
schooling options based on their children’s unique abilities, interests, and
learning style. In making their decisions, parents examine a school’s entire
profile—its test scores, to be certain, but also other important factors like
the school’s overall size, the size of most classes, its safety, and the
philosophy behind its curriculum.
East Penn schools could get new schedules in addition to
later start times
By MICHELLE MERLIN THE MORNING
CALL | JAN 20, 2020 | 7:00 AM
Citing studies that show more sleep can
improve grades and health, East Penn School District has spent nearly a year
looking at the possibility of later start times for older students. Now, the
district is also examining bell schedules within the day. The high school’s
bell schedule calls for nine, roughly 42-minute periods from 7:23 a.m. to 2:25
p.m., with five minutes between each period. The middle schools’ schedules are
similar, but start at 7:40 a.m. In December, district officials sent a survey
to parents, students and staff about the high school schedule. The results will
be released during a session Tuesday, according to a note sent to parents and
posted on the district’s website. The committee looking at the schedule within
the day is not the same committee looking into later start times.
Philly District’s comprehensive planning process slows
down
Two meetings have not been enough for
participants to absorb all the data and implications for schools and
communities.
The notebook Bill
Hangley Jr. January 21 — 5:06 pm, 2020
Officials in charge of the Philadelphia
School District’s new strategic planning process have postponed a series of
planned public forums, saying that they’re not yet ready to discuss specific
changes for particular schools. “Our team reviewed the proposed schedule in
late December and determined that in order to give the planning committees
adequate time to deliberate, they would need to move back [the dates of] the
[community] input forums,” said District spokesperson Megan Lello in an email. The
now-postponed community forums were to be the public’s first opportunity to
take part in the ambitious effort known
as the Comprehensive School Planning Review (CSPR), a newly launched
planning process using demographic data to reorganize feeder patterns and
prioritize investments in facilities and academic programs. This year, three
CSPR “study areas” in North,
South, and West Philadelphia are considering possible changes, including school
closures, expansions, consolidations, and catchment adjustments. Planning
committees for each study area – which include principals, school staff, and
selected community members – have already held two closed-door sessions each to
discuss possible changes.
PARSS Annual Conference April 29 – May 1, 2020 in State
College
The 2020 PARSS Conference is April 29 through
May 1, 2020, at Wyndham Garden Hotel at Mountain View Country Club in State
College. Please register as a member or a vendor by accessing the links below.
Allegheny County Legislative Forum on Education March 12
by Allegheny Intermediate Unit Thu, March
12, 2020 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM EDT
Join us on March 12 at 7:00 pm for the
Allegheny Intermediate Unit's annual Allegheny County Legislative Forum. The
event will feature a discussion with state lawmakers on a variety of issues
impacting public schools. We hope you will join us and be part of the
conversation about education in Allegheny County.
Five compelling reasons for .@PSBA .@PASA .@PAIU school leaders to
come to the Capitol for Advocacy Day on March 23rd:
Charter Reform
Cyber Charter Reform
Basic Ed Funding
Special Ed Funding
PLANCON
Register at http://mypsba.org
School Leaders: Register today for @PSBA @PASA @PAIU Advocacy Day at the
Capitol on March 23rd and you could be the lucky winner of my school board
salary for the entire year. Register now at http://mypsba.org
For more information: https://www.psba.org/event/advocacy-day-2020/
Charter
Schools; Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN PROPOSED RULEMAKING DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION [ 22 PA. CODE CH. 711 ]
PSBA New and Advanced
School Director Training in Dec & Jan
Additional sessions now being offered in
Bucks and Beaver Counties
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, January 25,
2020 — Bucks County IU 22, 705 N Shady Retreat Rd, Doylestown, PA 18901
- Monday, February 3,
2020 — Beaver Valley IU 27, 147
Poplar Avenue, Monaca, PA 15061
PSBA Sectional
Meetings
Hear relevant
content from statewide experts, district practitioners and PSBA government
affairs staff at PSBA’s annual membership gathering. PSBA Sectional Advisors
and Advocacy Ambassadors are on-site to connect with district leaders in their
region and share important information for you to take back to your district.
Locations and dates
- Wednesday,
March 18, 2020 — Section 7, PSBA
Headquarters, 400 Bent Creek Blvd, Mechanicsburg, PA 17050
- Tuesday,
March 24, 2020 — Section 1, General McLane
High School, 11761 Edinboro Rd, Edinboro, PA 16412
- Tuesday,
March 24, 2020 — Section 4, Abington
Heights School District, 200 East Grove Street, Clark Summit, PA 18411
- Wednesday,
March 25, 2020 — Section 3, Columbia-Montour
AVTS, 5050 Sweppenheiser Dr., Bloomsburg, PA 17815
- Wednesday,
March 25, 2020 — Section 6, Bedford County
Technical Center, 195 Pennknoll Road, Everett, PA 15537
- Thursday,
March 26, 2020 — Section 2, State College
Area High School, 650 Westerly Pkwy, State College, PA 16801
- Monday,
March 30, 2020 — Section 5, Forbes Road
Career & Technology Center, 607 Beatty Road, Monroeville, PA 15146
- Monday,
March 30, 2020 — Section 8, East Penn
School District, 800 Pine St, Emmaus, PA 18049
- Tuesday,
April 7, 2020 — Section 5, Washington
School District, 311 Allison Avenue, Washington, PA 15301
- Tuesday,
April 7, 2020 — Section 8, School
District of Haverford Twp, 50 East Eagle Road, Havertown, PA 19083
Sectional Meetings
are 6:00 p.m. -8:00 p.m. (across all locations). Light refreshments will be
offered.
Cost: Complimentary for PSBA member entities.
Registration: Registration is now open. To register, please sign into myPSBA and look for Store/Registration on the left.
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.
Join school leaders
from across the country on Capitol Hill, Feb. 2-4, 2020 to influence the
legislative agenda & shape decisions that impact public schools. Check out
the schedule & more at https://nsba.org/Events/Advocacy-Institute
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. Click here for more information or register
at http://www.mypsba.org/
School
directors can register online now by logging in to myPSBA. If you need
assistance logging in and registering contact Alysha Newingham, Member Data
System Administrator at alysha.newingham@psba.org
Register now for
Network for Public Education Action National Conference in Philadelphia March
28-29, 2020
Registration, hotel
information, keynote speakers and panels:
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