For Penncrest High School athletic director Chip Olinger, the current school year has been far from a smooth one for all the sports teams currently under his watch. “You get things rolling,…
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Pennsylvania completes effort to vaccinate school staff
This past Friday, Gov. Tom Wolf declared that the state’s effort to vaccinate a majority of school staff has been successful. Wolf announced that more than 112,500 teachers and school staff received…
Pennsylvania Department of Education to study the pandemic’s impact on schools
This past Saturday, the Pennsylvania Department of Education announced that Pennsylvania is one of seven states to be awarded a nearly $1 million federal grant that will go toward studying the impact…
Pennsylvania schools will provide free meals through the summer
Schools throughout Pennsylvania will be able to deliver free meals to children and their families this summer, according to an announcement by the United States Department of Agriculture on Thursday. The USDA…
Gov. Wolf provides easy vaccine access for school staff
On Thursday, Gov. Wolf’s administration announced plans to provide vaccines to regional education authorities so that all public and non-public school staff can be vaccinated. The state plans to distribute a first…
Pennsylvania schools given permission to postpone standardized tests
The Pennsylvania Department of Education will allow public schools throughout the state to postpone federally-mandated standardized testing until the fall, the department announced Saturday. Pennsylvania Secretary of Education Noe Ortega said concerns…
Education groups call on Gov. Wolf to vaccinate school staff
Teachers and education advocates are increasing calls for Gov. Tom Wolf to prioritize vaccinating school staff throughout the state. A coalition of nine statewide education groups wrote a letter on Feb. 11…
District leaders chime in on Gov. Wolf’s proposed education funding increases
Delaware County school administrators say they are encouraged by Gov. Tom Wolf’s plans to increase funding for the state’s public school system. In his budget address last Wednesday, Gov. Wolf called for…
Rose Tree Media School District’s pandemic efforts get a big lift
Rose Tree Media School District superintendent Eleanor Dimarino-Linnen says her district has had trouble navigating the pandemic. “It has certainly been a challenging year,” Dimarino-Linnen said. But just over two weeks ago,…