Education

No. 1 vs. No. 2 in PA was so good that we kept La Salle College and St. Joseph's Prep there for another week

CENTRE COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — A Centre County judge has ruled against the Penn State Board of Trustees and their plan to hold a meeting this week to remove trustee Barry Fenchak from the board. Judge Brian Marshall, in ruling for Fenchak, says allowing his removal from the trustees...

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Only having cash to pay for a ticket to a school-sponsored activity would no longer stop anyone from gaining entry under legislation that passed the state Senate on Monday. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Cris Dush, would require schools to accept cash as an optional means of buying a ticket to any school-sponsored activities including sporting events sanctioned by the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association.

Bald Eagle Area, Penns Valley and Philipsburg-Osceola will see a slight change as well.

Did you know Old Main was first used as student housing in 1859?

Bellefonte visited Philipsburg-Osceola High School along with Clearfield for the final regular season meet of the year. Bellefonte boys came to the meet, and did what they needed to do to capture the LHAC section 3 championship for the second year in a row. The boys finish 10-0 in the regular season. Led by Senior Kaiden Williams where he finished first on a very hilly course in Philipsburg. Williams returned to this course for the first time since he won this race back in 8th grade when he was on the junior high team. Maverick Muchmore and Jonathan Gasper came in second and third completing the boys 1-2-3 finish. Kaiden Musser and Phoenix Torres finished the race in their positions to seal the deal for the boys. It is very impressive how the boys ran all this season. It goes to show that everyone on this team with their positions truly matters. The boys beat Clearfield and Philipsburg-Osceola just by a point each.

Concerning levels of lead have been detected in the drinking water at some Pennsylvania schools, according to a new report. The investigation examined nine large school districts across the state and revealed widespread noncompliance with safety regulations. David Masur, executive director of PennEnvironment, said his organization filed a set of...

We have all the scores from Week 7 of high school football in the Susquehanna Valley. We also had highlights from 13 games during Football Friday. Watch that in the video player above. Thursday. Lampeter-Strasburg 56, Northern Lebanon 3. Twin Valley 49, Donegal 0 (Donegal forfeited after 1st half) Friday.

Joined by Lt. Gov. Austin Davis, state Secretary of Education Dr. Khalid N. Mumin and State Police Commissioner Colonel Christopher Paris, on Tuesday Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry focused on a rise in reports of school-based threats and resulting safety closures since the beginning of the 2024-25 school year. They...

Today, Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding announced the distribution of $462,607 in Farm-to-School Grants to 45 schools, school districts, and childhood education centers across 26 counties in Pennsylvania. These grants, funded under the Pennsylvania Farm Bill, aim to improve access to healthy, local food and promote hands-on agricultural education for students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. Individual grants of up to $15,000 will support initiatives such as school gardens, field trips, and partnerships with local farms.

09 October 2024- The Independent Regulatory Review Commission (IRRC) has approved six important edits to its education standards, thanks to a joint letter from Reps. Barb Gleim (R-Cumberland), Stephenie Scialabba (R-Butler), and Joe D’Orsie (R-Manchester) that pointed out deficiencies, miscalculations and falsehoods in K-12 education curricula. The approved edits...

On June 10, 2024, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives approved House Bill 2370, in response to the February 2023 Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court decision which deemed Pennsylvania’s former public school budgeting plan unconstitutional. This verdict was made due to each school’s funding being determined by the local wealth surrounding the school. Prior to this verdict, LMSD has benefited from an above average budget for the state from laws which support the following: hiring qualified teachers, procuring advanced educational technology, and renovating facilities. LMSD spends around $27,000 per student, while the average Pennsylvania school district spends around $21,000 per student. Additionally, we have an eleven-to-one ratio of teachers to students, while the average Pennsylvania school district has a fourteen-to-one ratio. The benefits of excess funding are evident in LMSD’s high rankings and standardized test scores as well as the many extracurriculars that LM seems to thrive with. But other PA schools have struggled to provide for their students, as many PA school districts receive far less funding than LMSD. LM economics teacher Sania Mirzanschall states, “I am super stoked about the decision to provide adequate funding in PA. Unlike some states, we’re so lucky to have a state constitution that requires the state to provide a ‘thorough and efficient’ public education. That higher burden and protection means poorly funded schools have legal recourse when the state fails to provide better educational opportunities for all its students.” The vote set a seven year budgeting plan in motion, seeking to provide adequate funding for the 367 underfunded school districts. The new bill entails a $5.1 billion budget increase for underprivileged school districts, as well as a $1 billion tax relief for communities that have suffered from paying disproportionate property taxes to fund their schools.

Delays in PA State Grant disbursement are preventing college students from receiving refund checks from their private loan servicers after procedure changes cause statewide disruption. While Pennsylvania universities wait for the grant, estimated refunds designated for school-certified expenses are being withheld from students as their account balances remain outstanding. “I...

Once again, LMSD is on the hunt for a new superintendent. Over the past four years, LMSD has seen four different superintendents, with an ongoing search taking place for another. While LM students may believe this is the norm, it is anything but. A survey conducted in 2018 by the Broad Center at Yale found that in 100 of the largest school districts in America, the average superintendent tenure was around six years long. So why does this number vary so greatly from our own district, and what impact has it had over the past several years?

“The former president may be rough and vocal at times, but he is a proven leader,” a State College resident writes.

Pennsylvania High school students are invited to participate in the eighth annual PennDOT Innovations Challenge, which encourages students in grades 9-12 to present their solutions to real-world transportation challenges in a statewide competition. PennDOT says Pennsylvania averages more than 350 unrestrained fatalities on its roadways each year. For this year’s...

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The grant to Millersville University’s Robotic WorX program builds on Governor Shapiro’s commitment to helping Pennsylvanians chart their own course to success. Millersville, PA – Today, Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Director of Workforce Development Initiatives Gwen Ross announced the Shapiro Administration’s new $200,000 investment in the Robotic Worx program at Millersville University, which equips high school and undergraduate students with the opportunity to address genuine manufacturing problems through automation and robotics.

— The 2024 edition of the CoBL Girls’ Fall Classic brought more than 50 high school teams to the courts at Spring-Ford this weekend for our biggest preseason girls’ event yet. Here’s who stood out to the CoBL staff in games we watched Sunday:. ~~~. Kayden Baratta...