From left: Courtesy of RMP Photos, Jeremy Love, Brian Brown
Kristi Minnick, Jeremy Love and Brian Brown.
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Five candidates are vying for four slots for the Deer Lakes School Board in Tuesday’s primary election, with issues such as mental health and re-focusing on academics after the pandemic taking center stage.
Candidates include one incumbent, Kristi Minnick, along with four new candidates: Brian Brown, Jeremy Love, Jonathan Majernik, and Traci Stotler.
All five candidates are cross-filed, meaning each is seeking a nomination on the Democratic and Republican party slates in November’s general election.
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Kiski Area School District Superintendent Tim Scott, passes out bags of food for students at the East Primary School Friday. March 20, 2020. Scott announced his retirement in March.
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A Kiski Area School Board member who opposed hiring a search agency to help the district find a new superintendent said he thinks the district’s top administrative job should go to an internal candidate.
“I would really hate to go elsewhere when someone is more than qualified,” said board member Harlan “Chip” Jervis. “To alienate somebody that’s been here (in the district) for years or even close in our area, surely there has to be somebody more than qualified for the superintendent position.”
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Desks are spaced out inside a classroom at Quaker Valley Middle School on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020.
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When Thomas Shea had to quarantine in October, he never stopped teaching. From his home, he continued giving and recording lessons for his 10th-grade social studies students at Kiski Area High School.
Shea said about two-thirds of his students are still learning from home, though the school district offers up to four days of in-person instruction. A co-teacher watched the students in his classroom, Shea said, but he still carried out his lessons from afar, with students following along on their Chromebooks.