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Among four recommendations contained in audit of state's largest system
HARRISBURG, Pa., March 16, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With violence remaining a chronic problem in Philadelphia schools, Auditor General Jack Wagner today urged the state Department of Education to fund the Safe Schools Advocate's office, which was created to help the School District of Philadelphia address parents' concerns over school safety.
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... HARRISBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT;. CHERYL BANKUS; EVAN...1994). We address the District Court's conclusions in turn. . A. ...
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Lance: To school boards wearing blinders. Most area school directors are "balancing" next year's budgets the old-fashioned way - - by reaching deeper into residents' pockets with tax increases ranging from 1.5 mills to 4.5 mills. And as they tax and spend, many foolishly are banking on a state "solution" to address teacher pension payments, which are set to explode in 2012-13. But Harrisburg is facing its own $3 billion structural deficit. So what's Plan B?
Laurel: To Jeannette school officials. They're going after freeloaders who, after repeated notifications, have refused to pay more than $3,000 in school cafeteria bills. Granted, it's a small sum in the district's budget. But these are the kinds of leaky spigots that school boards no longer can afford to leave dripping.
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HARRISBURG, Pa., April 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Environmental Protection today announced that it has awarded more than $538,000 in Environmental Education Grants to 102 non-profits, schools, universities and conservation districts across Pennsylvania.
Grant recipients will use the funding to develop projects such as hosting sustainability workshops, holding nature programs for children, and implementing environmental education programs in their communities.
..., and install educational signage that addresses abandoned mine drainage in the Moshannon Creek wat...
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... petitioners) brought suit in Federal District Court against the State and state agencies and off...Southern Berkshire Regional School Dist., 197 F. 3d 574, 577, n. 2 (CA1 1999); Marble...Harrisburg Housing Authority, 21 F. 3d 541, 546550 (CA3 1994)... the Federal Circuit, which had not addressed the issue) concluded that plaintiffs in situations...
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COLUMBUS, Ohio - Kelley Williams-Bolar, alarmed after her home was broken into, yanked her two daughters out of their urban Akron, Ohio, schools and enrolled them in her father's suburban school district nearby, using his address.
That way, said the single mom and teacher's aide, they could come to a safer home after school.
... a cheaper place in the underachieving Harrisburg district. "Like any parent, I was just looking out...
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HARRISBURG, Pa., March 5, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following 50 weeks of intensive training, the 28th Class of the Pennsylvania Game Commission's Ross Leffler School of Conservation today graduated and was commissioned as Wildlife Conservation Officers (WCO) during ceremonies at Susquehanna Township Middle School. Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas President Judge Todd A. Hoover delivered the keynote address and administered the oath of office.
The 21 new officers reported to the RLSC training facility at the agency's Harrisburg headquarters on March 21, 2010. Included in their 50 weeks of classroom instruction and field training were wildlife management; law enforcement; wildlife laws and regulations; land management practices; conservation education; public relations; firearm...
... of agency programs within an assigned district of about 350 square miles. Primary duties include ...
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Harrisburg Mayor Linda Thompson's best and brightest cabinet ... said during her first State of the City address in April that she would present a comprehensive pl...Some, such as elected school board member Randy King, have called for her resig... by how she handled the city school district in her first six months of office, King said Thomp...
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HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Secretary C. Alan Walker, under the direction of Governor Tom Corbett, filed a petition today with the Commonwealth Court to appoint David Unkovic as the receiver for the distressed City of Harrisburg.
The city's failure to come to an agreement on an acceptable recovery plan has forced the commonwealth to take this action," Corbett said. "As more time goes by without action, the city's financial situation continues to get worse. With his more than 30 years of experience in public finance, I have the utmost confidence in David Unkovic's ability to develop and implement solutions that will address the city's fiscal difficulties and mounting debt.
... local governments, authorities, school districts and nonprofit corporations. Unkovic earn...
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When 10-year-old Abby Stone went on a field trip to the state Capitol last school year, she saw the House chamber, and decided she wanted to be a state representative when she grows up.
The Centerville Elementary fifth-grader had been looking forward to going to Gettysburg with her classmates this year. "In school, we're learning about Gettysburg and I wanted to see the battlefields," Abby said. "My older brother, Isaac, he went last year and he said it was really cool.
... the administration had been planning to address the issue of field trip equity last year, but the ... the state Capitol and state museum in Harrisburg. Sixth-graders are to visit the planetarium at the...