Michael Meyer was appointed Wednesday to an open seat on the North Allegheny school board.
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Posts Tagged ‘North Allegheny’
North Allegheny school board member appointed
Posted: August 21, 2014 in Community Information, Press CoverageTags: North Allegheny, North Allegheny School Board
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North Allegheny School Board member resigns to coach softball
Posted: July 17, 2014 in Press CoverageTags: North Allegheny, North Allegheny School Board, Ralph Pagone
The North Allegheny School Board on Wednesday accepted the resignation of member Ralph Pagone, who had served for more than eight years.
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North Allegheny approves budget that holds line on taxes
Posted: June 26, 2014 in Community Information, Press CoverageTags: budget, North Allegheny, North Allegheny School Board
The North Allegheny school board Wednesday approved a final budget without a tax increase.
The board voted 6-3 in favor of the $139.5 million budget that holds the tax rate at 17.4039 mills.
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North Allegheny Board votes 7-2 for Redistricting
Posted: February 20, 2014 in Community Information, Press CoverageTags: balance enrollment, class size, North Allegheny, redistricting, saveNAschools, school board
Since September of 2012, Save NA Schools has advocated redistricting in order to create more equity across all elementary schools and better utilization of “excess capacity” in some buildings. Balancing enrollment is critical to reducing class size- which has been a central focus of this group.
On March 15, 2013, Save NA Schools stated that balancing enrollment would allow the district to
- keep class size within the district’s guidelines
- adequately administer elementary programs (music, ESAP, GOAL)
- reasonably accommodate future growth
Many members of the North Allegheny community, including parents from HES, IES, MCK, MES and PES, spoke in support of the redistricting proposal for those reasons. On Wednesday, February 19, the North Allegheny School Board voted 7-2 to balance enrollment across all of the district’s buildings– making the 16-month community campaign to “save class size” a success.
The redistricting plan incorporated the top two requests from the community: 1.) move the fewest number of students, and 2.) grandfather current 4th and 7th grade students.
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The North Allegheny School Board Wednesday approved redistricting students for the next school year. The plan moves fewer than 200 elementary students and allows for current fourth- and seventh-graders to stay in their current schools. It was introduced by the administration last month to take into account comments from residents about three previous plans
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Reminder: School Board Meeting Tonight
Posted: February 19, 2014 in Community InformationTags: meeting, North Allegheny, North Allegheny School Board, North Allegheny School District, redistricting
SaveNASchools encourages residents to attend the school board meeting on Wednesday, February 19 at 7pm in the auditorium of Ingomar Middle School. The school board will vote on the administration’s final recommended redistricting scenario.
Residents interested in registering to speak may do so by contacting School Board Secretary Rose Mary Ryan at rryan@northallegheny.org or 412-369-5437.
PG: North Allegheny redistricting plan; No IB for NA
Posted: January 30, 2014 in Community Information, Press CoverageTags: achievement, IB, International Baccalaurate, North Allegheny, redistricting
Critics say the district’s new redistricting plan will not do enough to balance enrollment among the affected schools.
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North Allegheny is no longer investigating the International Baccalaureate program.
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Reminder: School Board Meeting Tomorrow Night
Posted: January 21, 2014 in Community Information, Take ActionTags: meeting, North Allegheny, North Allegheny School Board, North Allegheny School District, redistricting
SaveNASchools encourages residents to attend the school board meeting on Wednesday, January 22 at 7pm. This is the last board meeting before the February 19th vote to accept the administration’s redistricting plan. Residents interested in registering to speak may do so by contacting School Board Secretary Rose Mary Ryan at rryan@northallegheny.org or 412-369-5437.
Reminder: School Board Meeting Tomorrow Night
Posted: January 14, 2014 in Community InformationTags: meeting, North Allegheny, North Allegheny School Board, North Allegheny School District, redistricting
SaveNASchools encourages residents to attend the school board meeting on Wednesday, January 15 at 7pm. Administrators will propose a final recommended redistricting scenario for School Board review.
Please note that the meeting will be held in the Carson Middle School Auditorium.
North Allegheny parents question redistricting idea
Posted: December 12, 2013 in Press CoverageTags: North Allegheny, North Allegheny School District, redistrict, redistricting
Some parents of North Allegheny students are taking issue with the school district’s proposals to redraw school boundaries to alleviate overcrowding at several elementary schools and a middle school.
“These scenarios just don’t make any sense to me,” Maggie Pople, president of the Parent Faculty Association at Marshall Elementary School, said after a Monday focus group meeting at the school, where district officials including Superintendent Raymond Gualtieri presented the plans.
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Redistricting and Projections
Posted: October 25, 2013 in Community InformationTags: class size, elementary enrollment, enrollment, equitable, forecasts, increased enrollment, North Allegheny, North Allegheny School District, projection, redistricting
At the school board meeting on Wednesday night, the administration presented two preliminary redistricting scenarios.
SaveNASchools believes that, prior to redistricting students, the administration needs to:
- acknowledge increasing enrollment trends, and
- adopt a new projection model
If the redistricting plan is not based on a model that accurately reflects enrollment trends, it will limit the district’s ability to administer equitable class sizes across all buildings.
Last year, the administration recommended closing Peebles Elementary School based on a projected decline in elementary enrollment in McCandless. This year, there was a 60 student increase across Peebles (+15), Hosack (+20), and McKnight (+25).
The projection model used by the district to make 5-year enrollment forecasts has consistently underestimated actual enrollment. In 2008, the district predicted an elementary enrollment of 3,182 students for the 2013-14 school year—400 students below the third-day enrollment of 3,582 students.
SaveNASchools has endorsed candidates who are focused on improving projection models and creating more transparency around the board’s decision-making processes. Please visit www.movenaforward.com to learn more.
