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Editor’s Note: This press release was written and distributed by The Pennsylvania Principals Association.
Dr. Harrison Bailey III, Principal of Liberty High School in the Bethlehem Area School District (BASD), has been named Pennsylvania’s 2021 Secondary Principal of the Year by the Pennsylvania Principals Association. As a state winner in the National Association of Secondary School Principals’ (NASSP) Principal of the Year Program, Dr. Bailey will be considered to be named as the National Secondary Principal of the Year. He will be honored by both the PA Principals Association and NASSP at special award ceremonies in the fall. Dr. Bailey earned his Doctor of Education from East Stroudsburg University on Friday, April 30, 2021.
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Hollidaysburg Area Senior High School Principal Maureen Letcher has been elected president of the Pennsylvania Principals Association.
The election, which ran for two weeks, was completed April 12, resulting in Letcher’s win.
Another local winner in this year’s election was Tyrone Area Elementary School Principal Kristin Musselman, who secured the spot of Central 3 Elementary regional representative.
Hollidaysburg Superintendent Robert Gildea said Letcher is a great fit for the role of president for the organization.
“It is no surprise that Dr. Letcher was chosen by her peers for this leadership position,” he said. “She has played a critical leadership role with the county principals group since becoming the high school principal eight years ago. The state principals will benefit from her vision and advocacy for education and innate ability to lead effectively.”
U.S. Supreme Court to decide if Pa. school district can punish cheerleader over profane SnapChat post
Updated Jan 15, 2021;
Posted Jan 15, 2021
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A civil rights battle over the profane SnapChat posts of a disgruntled Pennsylvania high school cheerleader has gone all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
In agreeing to hear an appeal by Mahoney Area School District, the justices will take up the issue of whether school officials have the right to discipline students for off-campus, after-school comments or if such speech is completely protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
Mahanoy Area School District is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case of whether a junior varsity cheerleader's SnapChat comments give the district the right to discipline students for off-campus, after-school comments.