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The Chestnut Ridge School District found out last month that US News recognized its senior-high ranking as 209th of 711 in the state and 4,956 of 17,857 nationally.

A NJ-based investment company led by office supply boss Moses Schwartz has acquired a 75-acre industrial office campus in Lancaster, PA, for $30 million. CBRE announced it arranged the sale of BURLE Business Park, a 1.2 million square-foot multi-tenant mixed use office and industrial park located at 1004 New Holland Avenue in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Schwartz’ Freehold-based Jersey Holdings plans to invest in “significant capital improvements” to the 75-acre campus, which was 90 percent occupied at the time of sale. CBRE Senior Vice President Bill Tourtellotte represented the seller, ...

Parents in Pennsylvania could soon have the power to decide if they want their child to repeat a grade due to learning loss caused by the pandemic.

A third-grader in Tioga County participates in remote learning in April 2020. Emma Mead/Office of Governor Tom Wolf There’s no question that the pandemic exacerbated issues for many school districts, especially those that were underfunded to begin with.  Transitions to virtual learning were difficult for students, teachers, parents, and administrators alike, and the federal funding slated for school districts will be used to make up for lost instructional time. Of the $4.9 billion of federal relief funding coming to the Commonwealth, at least 20% must be used to address learning loss and t...

amollenauer@altoonamirror.com Courtesy photo Second-grader Audreigh Holden-Lager, 8, participates in a hands-on STEM activity at Spring Cove Elementary School. Robotic bugs are creating a buzz in teaching young children STEM skills. Bee-Bots, small robots that teach children coding and computational thinking, are helping younger students practice addition and subtraction and other critical skills. Students have to plan out moves — forward, backward, left and right — required to move the Bee to a specific location. Preschoolers, like students in grades K-2, are being introduced to Bee-Bot...