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Kiski Area School District will be operating under a new administrative structure beginning July 1. It has some similarities to the one former Superintendent Misty Slavic proposed but the school board rejected in February. That proposal gave more responsibilities to certain administrators but also included salary increases ranging from 7.2%
A plan realigning Kiski Area School District’s administrative positions that included salary increases has been shot down by the school board. Kiski Area Superintendent Misty Slavic pitched the plan as a way to balance responsibilities among administrators and make them more effective. The board, however, did not agree Wednesday and
Kiski Area School District and Mary Queen of Apostles Catholic School are among 166 schools or districts across Pennsylvania getting shares of more than $8 million in state grants to improve school safety. Mary Queen of Apostles received two grants totaling nearly $100,000 for use at its two schools in
Blanket punishments and cookie cutter programs aren’t appropriate responses when children have experienced trauma, according to Duquesne University professor Tammy Hughes. Hughes discussed the psychology and needs of such children at the Westmoreland Intermediate Unit’s 2022 School Safety and Security Symposium at Westmoreland County Community College. “This isn’t about breaking
In March 2020, kids went home from school on Friday and didn’t come back for months. Some didn’t walk through the school doors in person until August 2021. Instead, they found new ways to work that weren’t at a desk next to 25 other students. They used Google Classroom or