OSBORNE Osborne Elementary School, part of the Quaker Valley School District, will not close despite confirming another positive case of COVID-19 in the building.
The district was notified of a second positive case at the school on Thursday, bringing the number of cases in the elementary school s rolling 14-day average to two. Though the Pennsylvania Department of Education recommends small schools like Osborne alter their instruction models when the 14-day average falls between two and four, after district leaders consulted with the Allegheny County Health Department, they made the decision to keep the building open and continue the blended learning model.
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The existing high school at 625 Beaver St. has seen 95 years of service and the school board of the Quaker Valley School District has decided that we need a new high school. With the help of their consultants, they determined that floor area needs to be increased by approximately one-third and completely reconfigured to better house the future educational program they foresee for the district. As a parent of two QV high school graduates, I’m in complete agreement with them on this point: let’s build a new school – but where?
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