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PA Ed Policy Roundup for Jan. 31, 2020
Register now for
Advocacy Day at the Capitol on March 23rd!
Key focus areas are
1) Charter School Funding Reform, 2) BEF and Special Education Funding, and 3)
Funding for PlanCon
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It’s School Choice Week in Pa. Don’t buy what its
advocates are selling | Opinion
By Stephanie King Capital-Star Op-Ed Contributor January 30,
2020
Stephanie King is a public school advocate
and prize-winning short story writer from Philadelphia. She is the proud parent
of two children attending their neighborhood public school and president of the
school’s Friends group. She also serves on the Parent Advisory Committee for
Education Voters of Pennsylvania.
Once again, School Choice Week is upon us,
and once again, parents will be subjected to the best PR campaign that wealthy
businessmen and our own tax dollars can buy. Year after year, charter schools
play on parents’ emotions with slick ads, using either their hope and dreams
for their children as a baited hook or their fears as a cudgel, to convince
them to participate in a rigged system that further weakens the idea of
education as a public good. Charter advocates like to pretend that they hold
the monopoly on improved outcomes or motivated, involved parents. But more and
more, people are realizing that they got those gains by taking them from
neighborhood schools; harnessing achievement and involvement is not creating
it. In addition, the public is becoming more aware that charter schools are
able to achieve their results in part by serving fewer economically disadvantaged,
special ed, and English language learner students
than regular public schools.
“Pennsylvania’s teacher roster is the least diverse in the
nation, as Pennsylvania Secretary of Education Pedro Rivera has said. Less than
5 percent of Pennsylvania’s teachers are people of color, according to the
state Department of Education. The gap between the state’s students of color
(33 percent) and teachers of color remains among the most disparate in the
country, according to Research for Action. The group analyzed data from the
Department of Education and found that 55 percent of Pennsylvania’s public
schools and 38 percent of all school districts employed only white teachers in
2016-17.”
In Pa., less than 5% of teachers are people of color; the
lack of diversity is hurting kids and schools
Penn Live By Ivey
DeJesus | idejesus@pennlive.com January 30, 2020
For a dress-down Friday shortly after the
2014 police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., Amy Alexander, then a
high school teacher, decided to wear a T-shirt emblazoned #mikebrown. Some of
her colleagues at the Penn Hills High School just outside Pittsburgh objected
to her attire and complained to the administration. Alexander, who is black,
was questioned by the school principal. Her colleagues, all of whom were white,
were concerned that her T-shirt would incite a riot in the predominantly
African-American school, she said. Alexander said her T-shirt sparked vital
conversations. Student after student, all of them black, shared their concerns
about racial profiling and excessive police force. They told her they were
worried that what happened to Brown, an 18-year-old African-American killed by
a white cop, could happen to them, too. “It gave me a chance to talk and
discuss distal and proximal trauma with my students. To say it’s normal to be
affected by something like this, even by things not happening in your
community,” said Alexander, now counselor to the 400-student senior class at Penn
Hills.
MEDIA ADVISORY: PASBO AND PASA TO HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE
TO DISCUSS ONGOING SCHOOL DISTRICT FISCAL STRESS AHEAD OF 2020-21 STATE BUDGET
HARRISBURG (January 30, 2020) – The
Pennsylvania Association of School Business Officials (PASBO) and the
Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators (PASA) will hold a press
conference on Friday, January 31 at 10:00 a.m. in the main rotunda of the
capitol in Harrisburg. The group will share the latest information on the financial
health of school districts. The event will highlight the growth in both special
education and charter school tuition costs and the impact of that growth on
school district budgets and property taxes, providing context for upcoming
2020-21 state budget discussions.
WHO: Members of
the PA Association of School Business Officials
Members of the PA Association of School
Administrators
WHAT: School
superintendents and school business officials will share information from the
most recent PASBO/PASA School District Budget Report, highlighting the causes
of fiscal stress in school districts and the resulting impact on students and
taxpayers in the context of the 2020-21 budget. A press release and an
electronic copy of the budget report will be posted at www.pasbo.org shortly
before the press conference.
WHEN: Friday, January 31 at 10 a.m.
WHERE: The Capitol
Rotunda, Harrisburg
KC-SVRCS hearing delayed; charter renewal near
CHRIS MORELLI cmorelli@lockhaven.com JAN 30,
2020
MILL HALL — There’s progress to report.
There’s been a lot of positive talk between
representatives from the Keystone Central School District and the Sugar Valley
Rural Charter School lately. So much so, that next Tuesday’s hearing on the
charter school’s charter renewal has been delayed. In an email sent late
Tuesday night, KCSD superintendent Jacquelyn Martin wrote:
“For the past three weeks members of the KCSD
Board of Directors and administration have been meeting with members of the
SVRCS Board of Trustees and administrators to find a compromise in their
current differences with regards to renewing the 20+ year old charter. At this
time both parties are hopeful that they are close to a resolution and have
agreed to delay the hearing that was scheduled for February 4, 2020.”
The first word of positive talks regarding a
charter extension for the Loganton-based charter school was reported early this
month when Keystone Central approved an agreement with the charter school for
the talks to proceed to resolve their differences. And in an email sent to
media outlets shortly thereafter, a news release stated that there had been a
meeting between the two parties. Although the email was sent from a KCSD
address, it stated that it was sent on behalf of Martin and SVRCS CEO Tracie
Kennedy.
Bethlehem-area charter school now estimates building new
school will cost $80 million
By JACQUELINE PALOCHKO THE MORNING
CALL | JAN 30, 2020 | 9:55 PM
New estimates from Lehigh Valley Academy
Regional Charter School that its building will cost around $80 million — almost
double what the school originally said — are raising concerns in Bethlehem Area
School District. At a hearing Thursday night with the Bethlehem Area School
Board, LVA CEO Susan Mauser told the district the price tag for the
200,000-square-foot facility, slated to be built in Bethlehem Township. Mauser
said the increase from the original $45 million is because of public bidding. Construction
costs and purchase of the land is expected to be $73 million. The additional
costs would be from the bond financing and paying rent in the current facility
as the school waits for the new one to open. Bethlehem Area officials expressed
concern with the finances, budgeting and facility planning.
Lead, asbestos contamination shuts down Pennsylvania
schools
WHYY By Michael Rubinkam Associated Press January 30, 2020
Students at three Pennsylvania schools were
told to stay home Thursday amid concerns over lead and asbestos contamination,
as Pennsylvania State Police investigate what former district officials did to
address problems with tainted water. One day after Gov. Tom Wolf unveiled a
$1.1 billion plan to help Pennsylvania’s public schools remediate lead and
asbestos, crews in the Scranton School District were conducting air quality
tests and making emergency repairs. “All of these things are alarming and
upsetting to parents and staff and we want to be as communicative as possible,”
said Katie Gilmartin, president of the Scranton School Board. Wolf’s proposal
would expand an existing grant program to make money available for lead and
asbestos removal in Pennsylvania schools, though its prospects for passage in
the Republican-controlled Legislature are unclear.
Four Scranton schools to close for Friday
Times-Tribune BY SARAH HOFIUS HALL, STAFF
WRITER / PUBLISHED: JANUARY 30, 2020
The Scranton School District will keep
students from four schools out of class on Friday, as crews address asbestos
issues. William Prescott Elementary School will be closed, joining Northeast
Intermediate and Frances Willard and Robert Morris elementary schools, which
were also closed today. The schools will not reopen until air quality tests
show there is no risk to students, Superintendent Melissa McTiernan said. Environmental
hazard crews plan to replace a pipe fitting in a ceiling at Prescott tonight.
The fitting contains asbestos but had been encapsulated, meaning a protective
barrier had been placed around the pipe to reduce risk of asbestos exposure. While
experts do not believe the fitting exposed an immediate risk to students, the
district will conduct air quality testing after the fitting is removed to
ensure asbestos did not become airborne, said Paul Dougherty, director of
secondary education/technology/operations. Environmental experts from Datom
Products and Guzek Associates have spent today in district schools, assessing
the asbestos problems and beginning remediation. Cost for the emergency testing
and repairs is not yet known. “We’re focusing on making sure everything is safe
for our kids,” McTiernan said.
Wolf wants to set aside a billion dollars to clean up
schools
The proposal must still make it through the
budget process
The notebook WHYY NEWS by Katie
Meyer January 30 — 12:06 pm, 2020
In the week leading up to his annual budget
address, Democratic Governor Tom Wolf is previewing some of the biggest pitches
he plans to make to the Republican-controlled state House and Senate. His
latest ask is more than a billion dollars to clean up lead and asbestos in
Pennsylvania’s schools, houses and water systems. Last year, a state commission
announced that after a year and a half of reviewing lead levels
statewide, they found potential for harmful exposure in
every county — often from old pipes, unregulated private wells and lead paint
that has been overlooked for years. Concerns about asbestos have also
risen—particularly in Philadelphia, which has temporarily closed six schools since
September due to disturbed asbestos. Getting toxins out of schools is the
biggest portion of Wolf’s plan. He wants to fund it by earmarking up to one
billion dollars in grants from a program called RACP. Lawmakers can use the
program to set aside state money for regional projects, but it isn’t typically
used for schools.
Philly school board approves millions in new contracts
for toxin removal
Board members, parents, teachers stress that
the District must still regain trust.
The notebook by Bill
Hangley Jr. January 31 — 12:30 am, 2020
Confronted with a wave of asbestos-related
complaints and school closures, the Board of Education approved millions in new
contracts Thursday meant to help the Philadelphia School District rid its aging
buildings of toxins. The centerpiece is a three-year, $20 million project
management contract awarded to the firm JMT, to help the District better manage
its major construction and renovation projects, and avoid debacles like the one
that unfolded in Ben Franklin High School this fall. The board also approved a
host of other contracts, including a combined $14.2 million to expand testing
and abatement, as well as $250,000 for removal supplies, and $20,000 for
informational videos by a Drexel professor. Board members assured
Superintendent William Hite that he has their support in the face of rising
demands for testing, cleanup, and alternative buildings for displaced students.
“Some have called for your dismissal … but I believe you are the keystone,”
said board member Mallory Fix Lopez. But board members and public speakers
alike also pressed Hite to show improvement on multiple fronts, from project
management to communication with school communities.
Advocates rally to get Philadelphia School District to
publicize mental health resources for students
Inquirer by Bethany Ao, Updated: January 30, 2020-
7:25 PM
Mental health advocates rallied outside a
meeting of the Philadelphia Board of Education on Thursday, protesting what
they see as a broken promise to help students find mental health resources. The
nonprofit organizations involved — Youth United for Change and the National
Women’s Law Center — expressed frustration with the lack of action from the
School District, which they said verbally committed to a multiplatform rollout
of a list of existing mental health resources for students on the first day of
school during a meeting in June. The conversation followed months of meetings
with district officials, school board members, and city councilmembers. The
demand for more action came after the National Women’s Law Center published a
report in April about the mental health of Latina students in Philadelphia,
titled “We Are Not Invisible,” in which
they found that one in seven Latina girls in Philly has
attempted suicide. The report recommended establishing
peer support circles and creating mental health screenings. At the rally,
students in red T-shirts emblazoned with “United for Change" led a chant
as they displayed the posters that they had prepared for the demonstration.
Pittsburgh Promise hopes coaches in schools will boost
eligibility
ANDREW GOLDSTEIN Pittsburgh Post-Gazette agoldstein@post-gazette.com JAN 30,
2020 11:44 AM
The Pittsburgh Promise has invested about
$140 million in more than 9,500 students who have gone on to college since its
inception in 2008. Going into the future, the goal is to get an even greater
number of students to take advantage of the scholarship. “It’s not an
overstatement to say that education is a justice issue,” said Saleem Ghubril,
executive director of The Pittsburgh Promise. “Everything depends on education,
whether it is employability, whether it is economic mobility or whether it’s
health of family and stability.” In an effort to boost more students into
eligibility, The Pittsburgh Promise on Wednesday unveiled a plan to implant
professionals into three city high schools who will focus on providing
postsecondary preparation and planning assistance to every student at each
school starting in ninth grade.
West Mifflin students urge administrators to adopt
transgender policy
DEANA CARPENTER Pittsburgh Post-Gazette JAN
30, 2020 11:54 AM
Students from West Mifflin Area School
District’s Gay Straight Alliance at a Jan. 23 school board meeting requested
adoption of a districtwide transgender and expansive students policy such as
the one Pittsburgh Public Schools has. “Help us adopt the Pittsburgh Public
Schools transgender policy,” said West Mifflin Area High School teacher Lauren
Rowe, who is adviser for the Gay Straight Alliance at the high school. Pittsburgh
Public Schools’ transgender and gender expansive students policy allows for
students to be addressed by their preferred name and gender pronoun.
Additionally, the district must maintain a permanent record that includes the
student’s legal name and gender but will let transgender students use their
preferred gender on school IDs, classroom rosters, in the yearbook and on other
school records or documents. Additionally, the policy states all students can
participate in physical education classes and sports that match their gender
identity.
After several contentious negotiations in past, Saucon
Valley School Board, teachers reach three-year deal well ahead of time
By CHARLES MALINCHAK THE MORNING
CALL | JAN 30, 2020 | 7:30 AM
Teachers in the Saucon Valley School District
have a new three-year contract that was painted by some school directors as
fair and others as creating a gloomy financial future. The contract will go
into effect in July and provides an average $1,000 annual salary increase for
the district’s 169 teachers. Teachers have been working under a three-year
contract expiring in June. Not only was the new contract settled early, it also
appeared to mark a less contentious negotiating atmosphere. The current
contract was settled in 2018 but took about four years and included retroactive
benefits for the previous two years. Before that, teachers went on strike in
2005, 2008 and 2009.
Your view: Keep charter schools alive for betterment of
our children
Times Leader Letter by Nicole
Manley, Math Interventionist, Insight Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School January
29, 2020
I’ve been reading a lot about pending
legislation that would shut down cyber charter schools in Pennsylvania and
restrict the rights of families to freely choose these public-school options.
This breaks my heart, because Insight Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School is the
one place where my students feel accepted, understood and can grow at their own
pace. I have always had a soft spot in my heart for students struggling with
math, because as a young student, I struggled with math. It always seemed to be
a race and everyone else around me was ahead by laps. My students are improving
and learning that math isn’t so impossible, and they have a space where they
can make mistakes without fear. In my cyber classroom, we sing and dance our
way through mistakes because mistakes are proof you are learning. And when they
start a problem over, they are not starting from scratch but from experience. I’ve
had students with serious medical issues that forced them to accumulate
devastating truancy issues at their local brick-and-mortar school. Do they not
deserve to have the same education at their fingertips as their healthier
fellow students? I’ve had students literally in tears and afraid to go to
school for fear of bullying or potential future school shootings. Do they not
deserve to feel safe? Cyber charter schools are serving thousands of students
with similar needs, but they can only do so if parents in our state have power
and freedom to choose their school.
Letter to the Editor: The true value of school choice
Delco Times Letter by Amanda Gaughan, Exton
January 30, 2020
To the Times:
As an educator at Reach Cyber Charter School,
Pennsylvania’s newest statewide, tuition-free, online public charter school for
students in grades K-12, I get to experience the true value of school choice
through my students every day. Simply put, all students learn differently.
There isn’t a one-size-fits-all model for an education system and that’s why
the ability to choose where you attend school is a vital necessity all children
should have access to. As a cyber school teacher, I am able to offer students
who need a flexible learning schedule, need a faster- or slower-paced
curriculum, or who need extra mental or emotional support a platform to thrive
in. Personally, as a STEM teacher, my students are offered a personalized
learning experience through a hands-on, real world, problem-based experience.
Whether it be through our online lessons, emails, or phone calls, I love
watching them excel and succeed, despite their previous challenges, which is
one of the best feelings as a teacher. This week, Jan. 26 through Feb. 1, is
National School Choice Week, which celebrates parent’s access to the best K-12
education options for their children. These options include traditional public
schools, public charter schools, magnet schools, private schools, online
academies, and homeschooling. I’m proud to work at Reach Cyber Charter School
and to be a catalyst for school choice. Each day I celebrate victories, both
large and small, with our Reach Cyber families because they selected this
educational path that fits their personal needs. I look forward to celebrating
more our as school family grows. Open enrollment for the second semester at
Reach Cyber is now open. To enroll and learn more about Reach Cyber,
visit https://www.connectionsacademy.com/reach-cyber-school/enrollment.
Daylin Leach’s reelection prospects just got a boost as
Montco Democrats failed to pick an opponent
Inquirer by Andrew Seidman, Updated: January 30, 2020-
9:48 PM
Pennsylvania Democrats hoping to defeat State
Sen. Daylin Leach in their April primary suffered
a setback Thursday night, as a key party committee was unable to reach
consensus on endorsing one of the five candidates running against him. Leach, a
three-term Democrat who represents parts of Montgomery and Delaware Counties,
has faced calls for his resignation for more than two years amid allegations
that inappropriately touched female former
staffers and made highly sexualized jokes. Those
calls grew louder after a woman accused Leach of sexual assault and he
responded by filing a defamation lawsuit against her. The allegations roiled
progressives who had long seen Leach as a champion for women — and gave
Pennsylvania politics one of its first #MeToo moments. Leach has vehemently
denied wrongdoing and retained support from some influential donors. An investigation
commissioned by Senate Democrats last
year found that Leach at times engaged in humor that was sexual in nature.
Investigators also said his conduct fell short of violating federal workplace
discrimination law.
PA-104: Certified public manager to run for Pa. House
seat representing part of Dauphin County
Penn Live By Jan
Murphy | jmurphy@pennlive.com Posted Jan
30, 2020
Patty Smith, a certified public manager,
announced on Thursday she will seek the Democratic nomination for the 104th
District seat in the state House of Representatives in the April 28 primary. Smith,
50, of Susquehanna Township, is vying for the seat currently held by seven-term
Republican incumbent Sue Helm, who has
announced her intention to seek re-election.
Wells Fargo pulls Fla. scholarship funding over LGBTQ
concerns
WKRG by: The Associated Press Posted: Jan
30, 2020 / 04:44 AM CST / Updated: Jan 30, 2020 / 04:44 AM CST
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Wells Fargo has pulled
support and another bank says it will stop donating millions of dollars to
Florida’s private school voucher program after reports that some schools in the
program discriminate against LGBTQ students. Wells Fargo said in a statement
the company values diversity and inclusion and opposes discrimination of any
kind. Fifth Third Bank said in a tweet Tuesday that it will stop participating
in the program until the schools have more inclusive policies. The decision
comes after an Orlando Sentinel investigation found 156 private Christian
schools with anti-gay views educated more than 20,800 students with tuition
paid for by state scholarships. The report says 83 of those schools refused to
admit LGBTQ students.
A Massive Rollout of 'Community Schools' Shows Signs of
Paying Off, Report Finds
Education Week By Megan
Ruge on January 29, 2020 11:44 AM
In 2014, New York City launched a $52 million
effort to launch 45 "community schools," part of a nationwide
movement to transform schools into neighborhood hubs offering a range of social
and health services to students and their families. That investment, which
eventually grew to more than 200 schools, is starting to be paying off,
according to an independent evaluation of the schools released this week by the
RAND Corporation. The evaluation found that community schools are having a
positive impact on student attendance in all grades. The results also showed a
rise in on-time grade progression, high school graduation rates, and math
scores for elementary and middle school students. But it didn't lead to
significant changes in reading achievement in elementary and middle schools or
a reduction in disciplinary incidents and school climate measures in high
schools, noted RAND Corporation researcher William Johnston. The evaluation
looked at key pieces of the community schools initiative across three
years.
"The verdict is in," said New York
City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who pledged to develop the corps of full-service
schools soon after taking office. "Community Schools work. Math Scores are
up, English scores are up, we have more and more kids who enjoy school and
can't wait to get to school because there's so much happening here."
More Students Are Homeless Than Ever Before
While the number of homeless students
increased, the number of those staying in emergency shelters or transitional
housing declined.
USNews By Lauren Camera, Senior
Education Writer Jan. 30, 2020, at 3:08 p.m.
MORE STUDENTS ARE living in emergency
shelters, cars, motels, on the street or in some other temporary housing
situation than ever before, new federal data shows.
Public schools identified more than 1.5 million children experiencing
homelessness during the 2017-18 school year – an 11% increase over the previous
school year and the highest number ever recorded. The biggest increase appeared
in the number of homeless students living in unsheltered situations, such as in
a car, in parks and on the street, which more than doubled from the 2016-17
school year to the 2017-18 school year, jumping by 103%. The number of homeless
students staying in motels increased by 17% and the number staying with other
people temporarily increased by 9%. Meanwhile, the number of homeless students
staying in emergency shelters or transitional housing decreased by 2%. "The
record number of children and youth experiencing homelessness nationwide is
alarming," says Barbara Duffield, executive director of SchoolHouse
Connection, which is spearheading a national campaign to improve education for
homeless students along with other advocacy groups like Civic, America's
Promise, EducationCounsel and the Institute for Children, Poverty &
Homelessness.
PSBA Announces Completion of Commonwealth Education
Blueprint
We are happy to announce the Commonwealth
Education Blueprint is complete! The project is a statewide vision for the future
of public education in Pennsylvania and is a collaborative effort of
individuals that represent the many faces of public education.
Read it here: https://edblueprintpa.org/blueprint
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
- Monday, February 3,
2020 — Beaver Valley IU 27, 147
Poplar Avenue, Monaca, PA 15061
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
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.
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:
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.
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