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Plum school board furloughs 26 teachers, raises taxes

Plum school board furloughs 26 teachers, raises taxes

Michael DiVittorio | Tuesday, June 26, 2018, 10:06 p.m. Plum School District’s 2018-19 spending plan carries significant changes to staff, taxes and curriculum. The board voted 5-3 June 26 to approve a 2018-19 budget including furloughs of 26 teachers and one...
Belle Vernon district raising taxes, cutting employees

Belle Vernon district raising taxes, cutting employees

Morgan Cushey Jun 27, 2018 Belle Vernon School Board Monday passed a 2018-19 general fund budget that will result in a tax increase, employee furloughs and reduction in the hours worked by the district’s social worker. The final budget for the 2018-19 school year...
School districts get bump in state funding

School districts get bump in state funding

By PATRICK CLOONAN pcloonan@indianagazette.net Jun 26, 2018 Indiana County school districts all received boosts in state subsidies in the 2018-19 budget approved last week by the General Assembly, House Majority Leader Dave Reed, R-Indiana, said over the weekend. The...
The problem of rising property taxes is not going away

The problem of rising property taxes is not going away

Much has been made of the inequities built into the state’s system of education funding. It has gotten so bad that a group of parents, headed by a family in the William Penn School District, has taken the state to court, looking for the opportunity to argue that the...