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Jack Bova will fill a vacant seat on the Gateway School Board. Bova, who previously was on the school board from 2018-2019, will serve a term through the first Monday of December 2023. He will be sworn in during a study session meeting Nov. 9. “I’m pretty excited, actually,” said

Gateway School District students will have to wear masks to start the school year. The mandate was passed in a 5-4 vote at a marathon school board meeting Aug. 17. Several families implored the board to make mask-wearing a recommendation and not a requirement. Board President Brian Goppman, Robin Mungo,

Gateway School District and teachers union officials have reached an agreement Sunday and avoided a strike. The announcement was made on the district’s website and Facebook page. The deal comes after more than 16 combined hours of talks Friday through Sunday between the district and Gateway Education Association officials. “Both sides are relieved to end negotiations with a contract that’s fair and equitable to both the teachers and the community,”said Rick McIntyre, school board membe...

Courtesy of Susan Delaney Courtesy of Robin Mungo   TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. A longtime Monroeville resident and Gateway graduate was sworn in as the school district’s newest member on Feb. 16 after being appointed last week. Robin Mungo, 52, will fill a spot on the nine-member board that has been vacant since Jan. 7, when Paul Caliari stepped down following a racially divisive controversy now bein...

Shane Dunlap | Tribune-Review   TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. This week, a federal lawsuit was filed that exposed an alleged racial slur. The lawsuit sparked outrage in the community and eventually led to a school board member resigning. Below is a video, timeline of events and details about what happens next. Timeline of events Jan. 1: Todd J. Hollis, a Pittsburgh attorney who lives in Monroeville and has...

A Gateway School Board member wrapped in a racial controversy has resigned. Paul Caliari, 46, of Monroeville submitted a letter announcing his resignation, effective immediately, on Thursday according to an announcement posted on the district’s website. Gateway Superintendent Bill Short wrote in the announcement that he and board president Brian Goppman received Caliari’s resignation. Neither Short not Goppman responded to requests by the Tribune-Review to obtain the resignation letter. Cal...

Gateway Senior High School seen on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020 in Monroeville.   TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. The leader of the local and state NAACP chapters further denounced an alleged racist text from a Gateway School Board member and again called for him to resign during a virtual press conference Wednesday. Kenneth Huston, the Pennsylvania NAACP president, said Gateway school board member Paul Caliari�...