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In this Jan. 31, 2021, a pharmacist fills a syringe with the Pfizer-BioNTech covid-19 vaccine in the Bronx borough of New York.
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Alle-Kiski Valley school employees began receiving Johnson & Johnson vaccinations for covid-19 Thursday along with school workers across the region and state.
Gov. Tom Wolf announced last week that school workers would receive priority for the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine in an effort to get children back in schools full time by the end of the month.
Wolf estimated there were about 200,000 eligible educators and school staffers across the state. That number did not account for those who already are vaccinated or anyone who doesn’t want it.
A year ago, however, doctors knew very little about the virus.
Why some of the infected exhibit no symptoms while others are left to fight for their lives and still others succumb to covid-19 still leaves many questions.
The early days of the pandemic saw health professionals urge people to wear masks, wash hands and stay away from others. People frantically searched for personal protective equipment, like face masks and gloves both of which were in short supply. Store shelves were largely barren of hand sanitizer and antibacterial soap.
Then testing proved problematic at first, with far more demand than supply. A similar situation presented itself with the arrival of the first vaccine in December.
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Without a tax increase, New Kensington-Arnold School District is looking at a $1.5 million budget deficit for next school year that would force it to empty its reserves.
The school board’s finance committee met virtually Monday to review the district’s proposed final 2021-22 budget. It would spend $38.7 million on $37.2 million of revenue. Although the school board has approved asking the state for permission to potentially increase its property tax rate by more than its 4.4% limit, Business Manager Jeff McVey presented a proposed final budget to the committee that includes no tax increase.
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The New Kensington-Arnold School District is going forward with a preliminary 2021-22 budget carrying a 6.8% property tax increase despite Gov. Tom Wolf’s budget proposal that boost funding for public schools.
Wolf released his budget proposal Tuesday. It contains nearly $2 billion extra for schools a more than 20% increase paid for with an increase in the state’s personal income tax rate.
New Kensington-Arnold’s preliminary budget, which the school board approved Tuesday night, still carries a 6-mill property tax increase. The board authorized business Manager Jeff McVey to ask the state to allow the district to increase the tax rate by more than its state-imposed inflation limit of 4.4% without voter approval.