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A Greater Latrobe student boards a bus Wednesday.
Kristina Serafini | Tribune-Review
Kristina Serafini | Tribune-Review
Kristina Serafini | Tribune-Review
Kristina Serafini | Tribune-Review
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As new covid cases continue to drop in Westmoreland County and it appears a post-holiday coronavirus spike has been dodged, several area school districts have brought students back to classrooms with more planning such a return.
Students at Greater Latrobe, Jeannette and Yough have returned to school after using a hybrid model, or a mix of in-class and remote instruction, since the beginning of the year. Other districts including Hempfield Area, Ligonier Valley, Norwin and Penn-Trafford are making plans to get students back to their desks more than two days a week.
HACC faculty members rally for a union
Updated Feb 13, 2021;
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Harrisburg Area Community College faculty members on Saturday rallied in favor of forming a union, saying their main goal is a greater say in decisions that impact the education and experiences of students.
Several dozen gathered and held signs along Cameron Street near HACC’s main campus in Harrisburg on Saturday afternoon. Others planned to rally near HACC’s Lancaster campus.
A major issue driving the effort, they said, involves what they called a lack of say in decisions impacting their work and ability to serve students. They said HACC long followed a “shared governance” model that gave faculty a strong voice in decisions.
An unusual coalition of education groups from superintendents and school boards to teachers unions asked Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf on Thursday to prioritize school staff for the COVID-19 vaccine, calling it an “absolutely essential” step toward reopening schools and keeping them open.