Story by Curtis Walsh – Beaver County Radio News Director. Published July 21, 2023 9:46 A.M.

(Chippewa Township, PA) A representative of Dr. Robert Postupac issued a statement to Beaver County Radio from Dr. Robert Postupac, who announced he plans to file an appeal with the Court of Common Pleas in response to the “accusations and illegal actions” that have been taken against him. Dr. Postupac released the statement shortly before the Blackhawk School Board voted to fire him as superintendent. He said “I have been made aware that this evening, some members of the Blackhawk School Board will deliberately mischaracterize and illegally misuse a document in an attempt to terminate my employment contract, I am innocent and the State Ethic’s Commission did not recommend the filing of criminal charges against me, I have been an educator for decades and have made tough decisions to turn around Blackhawk’s once sinking financial ship”. Dr. Postupac goes on to say that his firing would “further widen the deep-seated political biases that certain board members hold against school leadership”.

A representative of Dr. Postupac noted that under Dr. Postupac’s leadership, Blackhawk rose to the 2nd ranked school in Beaver County and to a top 50 school district in the Pittsburgh region. The district had a $228,485 general fund balance when Dr. Postupac was appointed and that number was $7,300,000.00 on June 30, 2021.