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Kiski Area principal wins statewide award after 20 years in district

Kiski Area School District can claim another award-
winning principal. Brian Swartzlander, Kiski Area Upper Elementary School principal, was named Pennsylvania’s 2024 National Distinguished Principal by the Pennsylvania Principals Association. Dan Smith, then-assistant principal of the building, won an award through the state association in 2021. Swartzlander called the experience “surreal.” ....

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Kiski Area School Board approves restructuring of administrative duties, positions

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% ....

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Kiski Area support staff get raises under new 5-year contract

A new contract awards pay raises to Kiski Area School District educational support staff in each of the next five years. The school board unanimously ratified the five-year agreement with the Kiski Area Educational Support Professionals that runs from July 1 through June 30, 2029. It provides an 8% raise ....

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Higher-ed experts discuss impact of banning books at Greensburg panel

University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg professor Liz Jones can still remember the first time she picked up a copy of Elie Wiesel’s memoir “Night,” at 12 years old. The book’s frank descriptions of the horrors of the Holocaust would stick with her for life. “It blew me away. I was ....

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Latrobe hires 2 police officers, OKs purchase of new handguns

Latrobe bolstered its police ranks Monday by hiring two new officers. Joining the force and increasing the number of patrol officers to nine will be David Antal, a 2013 Kiski Area School District graduate, and Brady Sherback, a 2018 Greater Latrobe School District alumnus. Antal will be joining the Latrobe ....

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