Lackawanna County Courthouse
SCRANTON – Six school administrators in Lackawanna County are bringing legal action against the Scranton School District and its Board of School Directors, claiming that the defendants voted upon a new administrator compensation plan without meeting with them to seek their input.
Michael Montoro, John Coyle, Albert O’Donnell, Robert DeLuca, Dan Gilroy and Anne Genett collectively filed a complaint sounding in mandamus in the Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas on April 27 versus the Scranton School District and the Board of School Directors of the Scranton School District.
Plaintiff Montoro, Vice-Principal of Scranton High School, also served as the President of the District’s Act 93 negotiation committee for the supervisory unit for all School Administrators of the District, for the purpose of meeting with the defendant Board of School Directors of the Scranton School District (which has nine members), to discuss the
COVID-19: Taylor County recoveries outpace new cases Monday
The Abilene-Taylor County Public Health District now is leaving a voicemail when calling people on the COVID-19 vaccine waiting list to set an appointment.
People are asked to call back as soon as possible because vaccines are limited and appointments are not guaranteed, according to a Monday post on the city s Facebook page.
To determine if you meet state guidelines to be added to the waiting list, visit the city website at https://www.abilenetx.gov/covid19.
Taylor County recoveries outpace new cases Monday
The health district Monday reported 31 new COVID-19 cases and 80 recoveries.
Letters to the Editor 12/19/2020 thetimes-tribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thetimes-tribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
COVID-19: Taylor County deaths climb 3 more, plus 110 new cases
The number of county deaths connected to the coronavirus is 165.
The deceased are a man and a woman each in their 80s with preexisting health conditions and a woman in her 70s with unknown medical predisposition, health officials said.
In the past eight days, Taylor County has reported 39 COVID-19-linked deaths.
The 110 new cases are based on 57 polymerase chain reaction tests and 53 antigen tests.
Active cases total 2,481 (913 PCR cases and 1,568 antigen cases).
There are 102 COVID-19 inpatients at Abilene hospitals, which is eight fewer than reported Monday, city officials said.
Hendrick Health System on Tuesday reported the COVID-19 inpatients number was 17.25% of total hospital beds in Abilene s trauma service area, an increase from Monday s rate of 16.38%.