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The Altoona Area School Board unanimously voted Thursday to send students back to a full-time, in-person learning model starting March 15.
At its special meeting Thursday, just two parents addressed the board, but their message was powerful.
“I really urge you,” one mother of two high school seniors said, “please vote to bring them back.”
The other parent, a mother of two elementary students, was visibly emotional. She said virtual learning simply isn’t working.
“They don’t even enjoy being at home anymore,” she said through tears. “It’s a struggle to get them to do these videos. Please, let them come back.”
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The Altoona Area School Board voted 5-4 to renew Superintendent Charles Prijatelj’s contract, extending his employment through the end of July 2024.
Prijatelj’s current salary is $176,800, and an increase for the first year of his contract will be contingent on his evaluation.
Voting in favor of renewing Prijatelj’s contract were board Vice President Dr. Frank Meloy, Mike Baker, Dave Francis, Rick Hoover and Ron Johnston. Votes against were from board President Sharon Bream, Eric Haugh, Kelly Irwin Adams and Ed Kreuz.
Prijatelj became the district’s superintendent in 2016 after serving as superintendent of the Tuscarora School District for three years. He will begin his three-year extension on Aug. 1.
HOLLIDAYSBURG Blair County Judge Daniel J. Milliron will retire at the end of this year.
Milliron, elected to a second 10-year term that started in January 2016, was supposed to remain on the bench through the end of December 2025.
“I’ll be 66 this year,” Milliron said Monday when asked for the reason behind his pending retirement. “It’s time.”
In a written statement, Milliron said he had given “much thought” to the idea of retiring and expects to offer additional statements closer to the end of the year.
“No, I’m not going to change my mind before then,” he said.
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The Altoona Area School Board voted 7-2 on Tuesday to transition all students to a hybrid model, with elementary students beginning Feb. 8 and secondary students on the 16th.
The hybrid model will break students into groups A and B, with A meeting in-person Monday, Wednesday and every other Friday, and B meeting Tuesday, Thursday and every other Friday.
Special education students will return full time and in-person Feb. 8, and all teachers will report on-site the same day.
All students will return full time and in-person after two weeks of the county positivity rate staying in the “low range.”