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“Mr. High School Sports”– Smith, Gateway Still in Noble Pursuit of Justice
By Matt Popchock (mpopchock@kdka.com) Last Wednesday residents of the greater Monroeville area lined up around the Gateway Senior High School auditorium to loudly and proudly voice their support for...
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Hill District Group Issues Ultimatum Over Educational Concerns
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A group based in the Hill District, made up of parents, faith leaders and others, say the Pittsburgh Public School District is not giving their children a fair chance at academic...
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School Board Votes To Fire Pittsburgh Public Schools Police Chief
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — After more than 15 years on the job, Pittsburgh Public Schools has fired its police chief. Robert Fadzen had been on paid administrative leave for the past 11 months, but was let go...
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Student Allegedly Banned From Graduation For Comments On Social Media
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Graduation is a mixed bag of emotions for one local high school football player. Chavas Rawlins has a lot to look forward to; he’s graduating from Monessen High School early and...
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Ohio School District To Arm Some Employees
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) – A school district in Ohio says it plans to arm a few of its non-teaching employees with handguns. The school in the state’s northwest corner says four of its employees will begin...
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Parents Pack School Board Meeting Over Faculty Cuts
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – More than 100 people packed a school board meeting Monday night, pleading with members to reconsider controversial staff cuts. The Northgate School Board voted to furlough 23...
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Student Allowed To Walk At Graduation, School Board Reverses Decision
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A Monessen high school student who was banned from walking at his graduation ceremony will now get to walk with his classmates. The Monessen School Board held an emergency meeting...
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Parents Upset As Woodland Hills School District Considers Closing Elementary...
NORTH BRADDOCK (KDKA) — Fairless Elementary School in North Braddock could be on the chopping block come June 12 if the Woodland Hills School District votes to close it. The issue comes down to money...
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Pa. Leads In Casino Tax Revenue, But Homeowners Find Little Relief
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pennsylvania may take in more casino tax dollars than Nevada, but have you seen your school property taxes go down as promised? “No, I’m not. Absolutely not,” said Robin Langlois of...
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FBI, Pittsburgh School Dist. Now Involved In Urban Pathways Investigation
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The FBI and Pittsburgh Public School District are now involved with an investigation into misuse of taxpayer funds by Pittsburgh’s Urban Pathways Charter School. Allegedly, the...
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Lawmaker Calls For Charter School Accountability
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Urban Pathways Charter School Board met this week to discuss a KDKA Investigation’s findings of runaway spending. But they were in no talking mood with us. KDKA’s Andy Sheehan:...
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Hundreds Show Up To School Board Meeting After Controversial Resignation
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Martin Schmotzer was reinstated to the Baldwin-Whitehall School Board Wednesday night, hours after resigning from a new $120,000 per year job, recently created for him during a...
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Baldwin-Whitehall School Board Eliminates Controversial District Job
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — In a 9 to 0 vote tonight, the Baldwin-Whitehall School Board tonight decided to eliminate the job of Assistant to the Superintendent. The motion was introduced by board member...
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Pittsburgh Public School Board Rejects Selling Some Vacant Properties
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Pittsburgh Public School District is $20 million in the hole and will become bankrupt in 2016 if the situation is not addressed. So far, the new school board’s only action has...
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Pittsburgh School Board Brainstorms Possible Future Uses Of August Wilson Center
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh School Board member Mark Brentley told the conservator appointed by the courts to handle a possible sale of the August Wilson Center that at least an ad hoc committee of...
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Pittsburgh Public Schools Facing Tough Decisions
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Pittsburgh Public Schools are running on an $18 million dollar budget and could be broke in two years without dramatic cuts. But, there could be another way if they sell off...
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School Board Mulls Decision To End Dance Early After Twerking
CANONSBURG, Pa. (AP) – A western Pennsylvania school board was reviewing the decision to end a booster club-sponsored dance early after a chaperone reported students were doing the sexually suggestive...
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CEO Out, Checks & Balances Implemented At Urban Pathways Charter School
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A KD investigation exposed wasteful spending of taxpayer dollars at the Urban Pathways Charter School. Now, the board of trustees has accepted the CEO’s retirement. In the wake of...
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Teachers, Community Come Out Swinging At East Allegheny Board Meeting
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Teachers and the community come out swinging at the East Allegheny School Board meeting Tuesday night. The first day of school in the district was halted after teachers went on...
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School Board Member Arrested In Wedding Night Brawl A “No Show” At Meeting
McKEES ROCKS (KDKA) — A member of a wedding party arrested last weekend after a brawl aboard the Gateway Clipper didn’t show up in McKees Rocks Thursday evening where he’s a member of the school board....
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