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The New Kensington-Arnold School District hired several teachers and other personnel ahead of the start of the 2023-24 school year. Nicholas DeFrancesco was hired as a DECA teacher at Valley Junior-Senior High School, with a starting salary of $53,368. DECA, short for Distributive Education Clubs of America, prepares students for
Property owners in New Kensington and Arnold will see a 1.6% increase in their school district property tax bills. The New Kensington-Arnold School Board approved the district’s $50.42 million budget for the 2023-24 school year Tuesday, along with the tax increase. The property tax rate was increased by 1.5 mills,
Therapy dogs are helping New Kensington-Arnold elementary students overcome emotional and academic issues exacerbated by the covid pandemic. First and second grade students at H.D. Berkey Elementary School were the first to take part in a program new to their school in which they read to dogs. “It went extremely
First grade teacher Mick Dombroski feels like he’s living in the movie “Groundhog Day.” Over and over again, he said, the New Kensington-Arnold School District can’t approve a new contract with its teachers union until after the previous deal has expired. Most districts settle on new contracts before that happens,
Students and staff at Valley High School stepped up Monday to help meet the need for blood, even if some of them were not able to go through with it. Senior Brooke Alcorn Ferry, 17, said some of her classmates who volunteered to donate during the blood drive she organized