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PA Ed Policy Roundup for March 2, 2020
Bucks County Intermediate
Unit: FLU AND CORONAVIRUS RESOURCES
Resources
for School Leaders; Bucks County Intermediate Unit Website
This page contains a collection of
news articles, health agency resources, and school system templates related to
the Flu and Coronavirus. This page is by no means exhaustive and in no
way serves as an endorsement for specific resources. Instead,
it serves as a collection point for school leaders seeking resources and
exemplars. Please contact Dr.
Mark Hoffman with any additional documents or
links to post!
Editorial: Inequities in education are intolerable
Delco Times Editorial March 2, 2020
The American ethos is built around the idea
that anyone can achieve success. For that to be the case, students must have
access to the best possible public education regardless of where they live. Pennsylvania
has fallen short of that goal, as have many other states. A big part of the
problem is the tremendous difference in circumstances from one school district to
the next. Many communities are filled with economically stable families and
have strong tax bases to fund robust school systems. But others, some of them
right next door to more affluent communities, have large populations of
students who need plenty of help, and not just in the classroom. Typically
these poorer districts lack the sort of financial resources that would better
enable them to overcome these challenges. A look at Reading and its immediate
neighbors offers a clear illustration of the problem. In Reading, about a third
of school-aged children are living in poverty. But just up Route 183 in the
neighboring Schuylkill Valley School District, fewer than 7 out of every 100
school-aged children are living in poverty, according to data from the U.S.
Census Bureau. That’s the worst such disparity in Berks County. The comparison
isn’t much better with other districts that border Reading. The city has more
than double the child poverty rate of the Wilson, Wyomissing, Gov. Mifflin,
Antietam and Muhlenberg districts. Here in Delaware County, the situation
became so lopsided a family in the William Penn School District went to court
to challenge the state’s education funding formula in hopes of creating a more
fair, balanced playing field. The case is due in court later this year.
Editorial: In favor of independent commission to draw
voting districts
Pottstown Mercury Editorial Mar 1, 2020
Back in 2018, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court
plunged a knife into the heart of a bit of political skullduggery known as “gerrymandering.”
They agreed with the plaintiffs in a lawsuit that the state’s congressional
districts amounted to an unconstitutional “gerrymander.” In other words, the
politicians who drew up the boundaries did so in a way -- surprise, surprise!
-- that benefited their own parties. Redistricting is performed every 10 years
based on the results of the census. Now glance at your calendar. It’s 2020.
Look in the mail. Have you received your census questionnaire yet? That’s
right, it’s census time again, and that means another redistricting is right
around the corner. After sticking that knife into the heart of gerrymandering,
the state high court ordered the Legislature and Gov. Tom Wolf to come up with
new boundaries. When the two sides could not agree, the court took their knife
and carved out new boundaries of their own.
Four Senators united in backing redistricting commission
WEST Chester Daily Local by MediaNews Group March
2, 2020
WEST CHESTER — Chester County Senators Andy
Dinniman, D-19th, of West Whiteland, Timothy Kearney, D-26th, of Swarthmore,
and Katie Muth, D-44th, of Royersford recently added their names to cosponsor
Senate Bills 1022 & 1023 which together create an independent redistricting
commission to draw state legislative and congressional district lines. Senate
Bill 1023 was introduced this year by Chester County Senator Tom Killion,
R-9th, of Middletown). Senate Bill 1022 was introduced this year by Lehigh
Valley Senator Lisa Boscola (D-18) and is also cosponsored by Senator Killion. These
two Senate bills, which will together create and enable an independent
redistricting commission, match exactly their companion bills in the House,
House Bills 22 & 23. Currently all Chester County legislators with the
exception of one are cosponsoring the two bills introduced in their chamber of
the legislature.
Gov. Tom Wolf wants full-day kindergarten in every Pa.
school district. Delivering it might not be that easy.
Inquirer by Maddie Hanna, March 2, 2020
Last Tuesday morning, 22 kindergartners at
Walton Farm Elementary in Lansdale sat at tables with white boards and
dry-erase markers, tapping their fingers as they sounded out words announced by
teacher Tammy Swearingen. “I’m seeing a lot of beautiful Y’s, my friends,”
Swearingen said as her students wrote the word yet. The next
word, quit, was trickier. “Why U?” Swearingen asked, reminding
students who had skipped the second letter that “U follows Q." It was the
type of exercise that Swearingen, who has taught kindergarten for 30 years,
would have been hard-pressed to incorporate in the past, when the North Penn
School District offered only half-day kindergarten. This school year, the
Montgomery County district launched a full-day program. Now, "we’re giving
them the gift of time to practice skills,” Swearingen said. Before, “I felt
like I was presenting, presenting, presenting every day,” with “never time to
dig into it.” It’s one of the latest districts in the region to add full-day
kindergarten, responding to research around the importance of early childhood
education and ramped-up state standards for young students. Many parents have
also clamored for the programs, including those juggling work schedules and
seeking consistency for children in full-day prekindergarten. But although most
Pennsylvania districts provide full-day kindergarten, those that don’t say it’s
a challenge due to lack of money and space — and question how they would
implement a proposal by Gov. Tom Wolf to require it.
“Palmer said the district currently has 6.5 teaching spots at
the kindergarten level and would therefore need to double that total to cover
an all-day program. What’s more, Wallingford-Swarthmore would need more
classroom space to accommodate an expanded program, as well as more buses to
transport kindergarteners and elementary school students simultaneously.”
Wallingford-Swarthmore mulls costs of full-day
kindergarten
Delco Times By Neil A. Sheehan Times
Correspondent Mar 1, 2020
NETHER PROVIDENCE — There was a great
deal to unpack after Gov. Tom Wolf on Feb. 4 unveiled details of his vision for
the state’s fiscal year 2020-21 budget. But perhaps nothing seized the
attention of officials in the Wallingford-Swarthmore School District more than
when he arrived at the subject of changes to educating kindergartners. Wolf
called for an expansion of “universal, no-cost, full-day kindergarten so that
it’s available for every child in our commonwealth.” Speaking to members of the
Legislature, the second-term governor said he was asking “all of you to work
together to make universal full-day kindergarten a reality.” What
Superintendent Lisa Palmer wants to know is how school districts like
Wallingford-Swarthmore, which currently educates kindergarteners on a half-day
basis, would be expected to shoulder the additional costs. “I’m still grappling
with the magnitude of this proposal. And I don’t know how we would accomplish
this within the allowable Act 1 index tax increase,” Palmer said at the most
recent school board meeting. Under the Act 1 index, the state each year sets a
limit as to how much districts can raise taxes without having to go to
referendum. For Wallingford-Swarthmore, that cap stands at 2.6 percent for
2020-21, though the district is also, once again, taking advantage of an
exception, specifically an additional 0.8 percent for special education
expenditures.
Gateway, other education admins call for public charter
school funding reform
Trib Live by DILLON
CARR | Friday,
February 28, 2020 3:07 p.m.
The Gateway Board of School Directors has
joined a chorus of education administrators across the state calling for public
charter school funding reform. The board unanimously approved a resolution Feb.
18 that called on legislators to reform the “flawed” and “unfair” formulas used
to determine how charter schools are funded. Gateway’s resolution is identical
to one drafted by the Pennsylvania School Board Association, which began
circulating drafts to PSBA members in January. Several school districts,
including Pittsburgh Public Schools, have recently passed resolutions like the
one drafted by PSBA. In Pittsburgh, the school board is also calling for a
statewide moratorium on all new cyber charter schools. “These payments are
calculated in a manner which requires districts to send more money to charter
schools than is needed to operate their programs and places a significant
financial burden on districts’ resources and taxpayers,” reads the resolution,
which was presented by Rick McIntyre, school board vice president. Read the
resolution in full here and by
downloading the link that reads “Resolutions Presented by Board Members.” “This
is not a new budget challenge, but it’s a significant and rising one and its
imbalance is causing grave issues for the school districts. We need attention
paid to this because it’s impeding the districts’ ability to dedicate funding
to other areas. Our work will continue until the situation is righted,” said
Nathan Mains, the PSBA’s CEO.
Wolf’s plan cuts spending by charter schools
Citizen’s Voice LETTER TO THE EDITOR by SUSAN
SPICKA is executive director of Education Voters of PA./ PUBLISHED: FEBRUARY
28, 2020
In the upcoming months, school districts will
prepare budgets for the next fiscal year and make the hard decision about
whether to increase property taxes to deal with rising costs. One of the fastest
growing costs for all school districts is charter schools — publicly funded,
privately operated schools that offer education wholly online or at a site
within a community. School districts pay 100% of charter school tuition bills
and rapidly increasing tuition payments are a top reason that property taxes
continue to rise. Although charter school students represent only 8% of all
public school students, in 2017-18, 37 cents of every new property tax dollar
raised was sent to a charter or cyber charter school. Pennsylvania taxpayers
are spending more than $1.8 billion on tuition bills for students to attend
charter and online cyber charter schools. Tuition rates are set by the state,
but flawed calculations in Pennsylvania’s 22-year-old charter school law
mandate payments well beyond the cost to educate a child. After more than 20
years, the time has come to retool charter funding to bring payments in line
with the costs, eliminate questionable and wasteful spending by charters and
bring property tax increases under control. Gov. Tom Wolf has proposed a
funding plan that will do just that: eliminate overpayments and provide $280
million in savings to school districts while providing sufficient funding to
allow charter schools to appropriately serve students. Wolf’s proposal should
receive the enthusiastic support of Pennsylvania taxpayers and state lawmakers
alike.
Cyber-charter reform group: Luzerne County districts
would save $5.9M under plan
By Mark Guydish - mguydish@timesleader.com February
13, 2019 Times Leader
Luzerne County’s 11 school districts would
collectively save nearly $5.9 million if the state changed the amounts
cyber-charter schools are paid to more accurately reflect their costs, an
advocacy group contends. Education Voters of PA — which bills itself as a
non-partisan, nonprofit public advocacy organization — takes an argument almost
as old as the state’s cyber-charter law and puts dollar figures to the notion:
Cyber-charters, which are public schools, regularly get more money per-pupil in
tax dollars than it costs to educate them. Cyber-charter schools are authorized
through the state, but funded through payments made by the school district in
which each student lives. District officials frequently complain the amount of
money paid per student is not justified, and they do not save an equal amount
of money if a student leaves the district to attend a cyber-charter. They also
must make the payment for students who were attending private schools but
switch to cyber-charters. Cyber-charter proponents have long countered that
they provide an important choice for students unhappy or uncomfortable at
traditional schools, and note that much of the money districts pay to
cyber-charters comes from state education subsidies, which means the money is
simply following the student. Critics also point to poor academic outcomes for
cyber-charters, citing state measurements, an argument Education Voters of PA
makes in a recent report and accompanying media release:
Report shows increase in students eating school-provided
breakfast
ANDREW GOLDSTEIN Pittsburgh Post-Gazette agoldstein@post-gazette.com MAR 2, 2020
Children rely on their schools for a lot of
services throughout the day.
One of the most essential comes at the very
beginning of the school day: breakfast. However, not all students
who qualify for free or reduced-price breakfasts take advantage of the
opportunity. But the number of those who do in Allegheny County and in
Pennsylvania overall is increasing. “It’s really important to have school
breakfast because we’re seeing that a lot of children — especially low income —
are coming to school hungry,” said Laura Stephany, the health policy
coordinator for the child advocacy group Allies for Children. “We know that it
makes a huge impact as far as ability to learn, basic health, basic growth and
development.” A report set to be published Monday by Allies for Children and
the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank says 61% of students who receive
free and reduced-price lunch in Allegheny County this school year also eat
breakfast, compared with 55% in the 2014-15 school year. In Pennsylvania, 55%
of students who receive free and reduced-price lunch also eat breakfast
compared with 48% in 2014-15.
Big week ahead for participation in Philly’s comprehensive
planning
But public meetings will not include open
forums to question District officials
The notebook by Bill
Hangley Jr. February 29 — 2:31 pm, 2020
The coming week will bring the public its
first chance to participate in the Philadelphia School District’s new strategic
planning process, but anyone hoping for a chance to air broad concerns or put
questions directly to senior officials will likely be disappointed. Officials
say the District’s “Community Input Forums” will not operate like traditional
town halls. Instead, the events officials describe will be more like
carefully-managed small-group surveys. Rather than open the floor to general
discussion, officials say their priority will be to gather responses to
specific plans already being developed through the District’s Comprehensive
School Planning Review (CSPR) process. “The format will be tailored to maximize
the ability of the CSPR team to collect feedback from parents and community
members,” said District spokesperson Monica Lewis in a statement.
The goal of the CSPR process, launched this year, is to
reorganize groups of neighborhood schools into more efficient K-12 networks.
Options include closing or expanding schools, changing grade configurations,
and redrawing catchment boundaries. The District has been hosting invite-only CSPR meetings in
three communities since November, at which delegations of school staff and
select community members – known as “Study Area Committees” – have helped
District officials develop plans for their communities.
Two Steel Valley School District staff members asked to
stay home after traveling to active coronavirus areas
PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE FEB 28, 2020
The Steel Valley School District has asked
two staff members to stay home after learning they traveled to areas where
active transmission of the coronavirus has been confirmed, according to a
statement from the district. The two staff members, who the district did not
identify, traveled to areas outside the U.S. where the COVID-19 virus is being
actively transmitted, though the district did not clarify where. Steel
Valley administration were not immediately available for comment Friday
evening. “Because the district makes the safety and overall health of all
staff and students a top priority, these employees have been instructed to
not report to work until the incubation period for the virus has passed
and they have been cleared by a medical professional,”
superintendent Edward Wehrer said in a statement Friday.
Coronavirus Hits Schools: High School Student, School
Employee Feared Infected
Education Week By Denisa R. Superville on February
29, 2020 12:30 PM
A student in suburban Seattle and a school
employee in suburban Portland, Ore., are among the new suspected coronavirus
cases in the U.S. The cases, reported late Friday, concern health
officials because in both instances, it's unclear how the two school-connected
individuals contracted the virus. In both cases, neither individual had
traveled to countries where there are outbreaks of the coronavirus or had
contact with individuals who had done so. Those are worrisome signs that the coronavirus is spreading from
"person-to-person" in the community. "It's
concerning that this individual did not travel, since this individual acquired
it in the community," Washington state health officer Dr. Kathy
Lofy, said at a press conference announcing two new cases in the state,
according to the Seattle Times. "We
really believe now that the risk is increasing." Officials said that they
got "presumptive" positive tests in both of the cases. Final results
still must be confirmed by the federal Centers For Disease Control and
Prevention.
Western Pa. school districts collaborate with PPG, FedEx
Ground, Siemens
Trib Live by TEGHAN SIMONTON | Saturday,
February 29, 2020 3:04 p.m.
About 100 educators and business leaders
gathered Thursday to celebrate successful partnerships and share what they’ve
learned. The program connecting them all, the Educators and Corporations
Program (ECP) will soon be introduced statewide. “Every partnership is
different, but they all have one common thread,” said Sam Shaneyfelt, a
consultant for the Allegheny Intermediate Unit’s math and science
collaborative. “It’s all about preparing all of our students for the future.” The
partnership is headed by the Allegheny Intermediate Unit, a public education
agency that acts as a liaison between schools and the Pennsylvania Department
of Education to facilitate programs like the Educators and Corporations
Program. The program pairs school districts with local corporations to provide
job opportunities and training, professional development and real-world
application to classroom lessons. The program has been operating for about
eight years.
North Allegheny teachers have six-year contract
Post Gazette by SANDY TROZZO FEB 28, 2020
The North Allegheny School District and its
teachers’ union have a new six-year contract, which is one year longer than
usual. The new pact starts July 1 and ends June 30, 2026. It was unanimously
approved by the school board Wednesday and was earlier ratified by the North
Allegheny Federation of Teachers. “I find this particular contract innovative,”
said board Vice-President Andrew Chomos, who was on the district’s negotiating
team. “The common theme that ran through our dialogue was maximizing our teaching
time with students.” The new contract defines the school day by minutes, not
periods, “allowing the district for years to come flexibility to come up with
the most innovative ways to teach and instruct our children,” he added.
State reps announce school safety grants throughout
northcentral Pennsylvania
NorthCentralPA .com NCPA Staff March 1,
2019
This past week, several representatives announced
safety and security grants going to different schools and districts. The grant
money was awarded by the School Safety and Security Committee, and the funding
comes from $52.5 million that was set aside in the 2019-2020 state budget for a
safety and security grant program. The grant money will be used on staff
training, security planning, purchases of security-related technology, school
safety officers, assessments, violence prevention curricula, counseling, and
other safety measures. Recipients include:
Schools are embracing mindfulness, but practice doesn’t
always make perfect
NPR/WHYY By Anya Kamenetz, Meribah Knight February
29, 2020
When kids at Warner Arts Magnet Elementary
School act up, they aren’t sent straight to the principal’s office. Instead,
many students at the high-poverty school in Nashville, Tenn., go to the
“BeWell” room. The serene space is awash in sunlight and brimming with plants.
There are yoga mats, toys, a lounging nook and soothing music drifting out of a
desk speaker. In this room, teacher Riki Rattner, who is also trained as a yoga
instructor, helps students practice deep breathing and check in with their
emotions. “Let’s get you checked in and calming down. Taking care of you,” she
tells a fourth grader who walks in after a tiff in art class. One in 5 American
children struggles with anxiety, according
to the National Institute of Mental Health, and almost half experience
at least one serious stressor at home — like divorce, poverty or a parent’s
addiction — according to the nonprofit Child Trends. To help students cope, a
growing number of schools like Warner are turning to mindfulness. Its boosters
claim all kinds of benefits, and there is research to back them up. But
mindfulness in schools can mean many different things, and the explosion of
interest has some researchers and proponents advising caution.
How Does the Coronavirus Compare to the Flu?
As new cases appear on the West Coast, some —
including the president — see comparisons to the seasonal flu. Here’s a close
look at the differences.
New York Times By Denise
Grady Published Feb. 29,
2020Updated March 1, 2020, 8:38 a.m. ET
Is this new coronavirus really a serious
danger? Doesn’t the flu kill more people?
As the United States recorded its first
coronavirus death on Saturday — and as other cases popped up in people without known risks on
the West Coast — Americans wondered how to
measure this new threat against a more familiar foe: influenza. President
Trump, a self-described germophobe, said on Wednesday he was amazed to learn
that tens of thousands of Americans died from the flu each year, contrasting
that number with the 60 or so known to be infected with the coronavirus. On
Friday, Mr. Trump accused the news media and Democrats of exaggerating the
dangers of the virus. “The flu kills
people,” Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff, said on
Wednesday. “This is not Ebola. It’s not SARS, it’s not MERS. It’s not a death
sentence.” To many public health officials, that argument misses the point. Yes,
the flu is terrible — that’s exactly why scientists don’t want another
contagious respiratory disease to take root. If they could stop the seasonal
flu, they would. But there may yet be a chance to stop the coronavirus. In many
ways, the flu is the best argument for throwing everything at the coronavirus.
Here’s a closer look at the similarities and differences.
“Schumer told Freeman he was concerned about Alden’s history of
decimating local outlets — The Denver Post, The Delaware County Daily Times in
Pennsylvania and The San Jose Mercury News, for example — and demanded to know
what the hedge fund planned to do if it gains a controlling stake in Tribune, especially
concerning newsroom layoffs.”
Chuck Schumer demands transparency from hedge fund Alden
Global Capital
New York Post By Jon Levine February
29, 2020 | 10:50am
Chuck Schumer has hedge (fund) trimmers in
hand.
The Senate minority leader is insisting hedge
fund Alden Global Capital come clean about its clients after the fund upped its
stake in Tribune Publishing from roughly 25% to 32%. Tribune owns dozens of
newspapers nationwide, including the Daily News. New York’s senior senator, in
a letter to Alden boss Heath Freeman, pointed out that most of the hedge fund’s
assets come from foreign investors. Government filings show 80% of Alden’s
clients are “non-US persons” and about $832 million of its assets under management
“are attributable to non-United States persons,” Schumer wrote in his letter,
obtained by The Post. “Would you commit to sharing more information on the
identity or background of these clients?” he asked.
Schumer told Freeman he was concerned about Alden’s
history of decimating local outlets — The Denver Post, The Delaware County
Daily Times in Pennsylvania and The San Jose Mercury News, for example — and
demanded to know what the hedge fund planned to do if it gains a controlling
stake in Tribune, especially concerning newsroom layoffs.
The four-term Democrat also expressed concern
about the $536 million Alden Global Opportunities Fund, based in the Cayman
Islands — well-known for having virtually no taxes, including a corporate tax.
Blogger note: support Governor Wolf’s proposed charter reforms:
Reprise: PA Ed Policy Roundup for Feb 10, 2020
1. Adopt resolution for charter funding
reform
2. Ask your legislators to cosponsor HB2261
or SB1024
3. Register for Advocacy Day on March 23rd
Adopt: the 2020 PSBA resolution for charter school funding
reform
PSBA Website POSTED ON FEBRUARY 3,
2020 IN PSBA
NEWS
In this legislative session, PSBA has been
leading the charge with the Senate, House of Representatives and the Governor’s
Administration to push for positive charter reform. We’re now asking you to
join the campaign: Adopt the resolution: We’re asking all school
boards to adopt the 2020 resolution for charter school funding reform at your
next board meeting and submit it to your legislators and to PSBA.
Cosponsor: A 120-page
charter reform proposal is being introduced as House Bill
2261 by Rep. Joseph Ciresi (D-Montgomery), and Senate Bill 1024,
introduced by Senators Lindsey Williams (D-Allegheny) and James Brewster
(D-Allegheny). Ask your legislator to sign on as a cosponsor to House Bill
2261 or Senate Bill 1024.
Register: 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
For more
information: https://www.psba.org/event/advocacy-day-2020/
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.
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.
Event: Transparency
in Pennsylvania Cyber Charter Schools
A Free Educational Event Hosted at Capitol
Building in Harrisburg, March 16, 2020
CONTACT Holly Lubart EMAIL HollyL@PANewsMedia.org PHONE 717-703-3032
A Free Sunshine Week Educational Event Hosted
at Capitol Building in Harrisburg, Pa.
Guest Speaker: Sarah Hofius Hall, Education
Reporter, The Times-Tribune
Guest Speaker: Representative Curt
Sonney, Chairman, House Education Committee
Guest Speaker from the Wolf Administration
To register for this event, please complete
the form below.
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:
NSBA annual conference -- April 4-6, 2020 Chicago
Registration for the 2020 NSBA Annual
Conference is now open. The event will be held April 4-6 in Chicago
PSBA Board Presidents Panel April 27, 28 and 29; Multiple
Locations
Offered at 10 locations across the state,
this annual event supports current and aspiring school board leaders through
roundtable conversations with colleagues as well as a facilitated panel of
experienced regional and statewide board presidents and superintendents. Board
Presidents Panel is designed to equip new and veteran board presidents and vice
presidents as well as superintendents and other school directors who may pursue
a leadership position in the future.
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.
Register today for the 2020 PASA/PA Principals
Association PA Educational Leadership Summit, August 2-4, at the Lancaster
Marriott at Penn Square
(hosted by the PA Principals Association and
the PA Association of School Administrators). Participants can earn up to 80
PIL hours (40 hours for the Summit and - for an additional cost of $50 -
40 hours for EdCamp) for
attending the conference and completing program requirements. Register
early to reserve your seat! The deadline to take advantage of the Early Bird
Discount is April 24, 2020.
Click here to
register today!
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