SOUTHWEST REGIONAL NEWS
SOUTHWEST REGIONAL NEWS
How School Districts Are Grappling With Translation Services For Increasingly Diverse Populations
Many school districts throughout Allegheny County are becoming increasingly diverse. Some populations, like Somali Bantu, are well established in the region. While families from Mexico and Central America represent fast growing groups. All schools are federally...
Study finds costs for special education outpacing state education aid
Increases in special-education costs in Pennsylvania are far outpacing increases in the state's contributions to those expenses, leaving local school districts to pick up bigger shares of the tabs, according to a recent report. While state aid for special education...
In Greene County, school budgets are being hollowed out by dwindling coal reserves
The firehall whistle blew in town a few miles away, marking the big moment of the night: the crowning of the 2018 Bituminous Coal Queen at Carmichaels High School. Craig Baily, retired school superintendent and master of pageant ceremonies, wore a black tuxedo and...
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...
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