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Story by Sandy Giordano, Beaver County Radio
(Hopewell Twp., Beaver County, Pa.) The Hopewell Area School Board met Tuesday night for a work session and hired a substitute custodian and substitute nurse. Lauren Mazzant was hired  as a paraprofessional to work at Independence Elementary School. Rita Foley was hired as a health suite aide  and will begin her duties on or around September 14, 2022.

The board meets in regular session on September 27, 2022 at 7 p.m. in the junior high school board room.

FILE – Mehmet Oz, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, best-known as the host of daytime TV’s “The Dr. Oz Show,” speaks during a town hall campaign event at Arcaro and Genell in Old Forge, Pa., in this file photo from Jan. 19, 2022. Oz will be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in a ceremony Friday, Feb. 11, just as he’s being attacked 2,000 miles away in a rival’s TV ad saying he’s to “Hollywood.” (Christopher Dolan/The Times-Tribune via AP)
By MARC LEVY Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman of Pennsylvania says he has agreed to an Oct. 25 televised debate against his Republican rival, Dr. Mehmet Oz. The debate, coming two weeks before the general election, follows weeks of cajoling by Oz. He has raised questions about the severity of Fetterman’s lingering effects from a May stroke and pushed for as many as seven debates. The debate will be held in the studio of a Harrisburg TV station. Oz’s campaign says Fetterman agreed to the debate only “after being hit with massive criticism from state and national editorials and commentators for ducking.”

Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is announcing drilling operations on Route 4011 (Rochester Road) in Ross Township, Allegheny County will occur Wednesday, September 14 weather permitting.

Pa State Police in New Castle are reporting that they were called to the area of Houston and Scott Wallace Road in Little Beaver Twp. Lawrence County around 1:27 AM Saturday Morning.
Upon arriving and investigating it was learned that a 44-year-old unnamed New Galilee man and a 44-year old unnamed New Galilee woman were traveling in the man’s vehicle when a verbal argument ensued. Troopers said the argument escalated during which the man struck the victim in the face an unknown amount of times. The man asked the victim to exit the vehicle after it came to a stop in which she exited the vehicle and called 911. The man was arrested and charged with assault causing bodily injury without a weapon. the investigation is on going at this time

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(Pittsburgh, PA) PennDOT District 11 is announcing drilling operations on Route 18 in Potter Township, Beaver County, will continue Wednesday, September 14 weather permitting.

(From Left to right Jeremy Shaffer, Roman Kozak, Rico Elmore, State Rep. Jim Marshall) (Photos used with permission of Beaver County Republican Committee)

Story by Frank Sparks, Beaver County Radio News/Program Director
(Beaver, Pa.) The Republican Committee of Beaver County in conjunction with the Pennsylvania GOP held a grand opening event for their 2022 GOP Beaver County Victory Office on Friday night, September 9, 2022.
The Republican Committee of Beaver County Outreach Chairman Roman Kozak opened the event and introduced the 2022 candidates. In attendance were Jeremy Shaffer (17th Congressional District), Rico Elmore (16th State House), Jim Marshall (14th State House), and Josh Kail (15th state house).  Other elected Beaver County Officials attended the event including Beaver County Sheriff Tony Guy and his wife Sylvia along with Beaver County Commissioner Jack Manning and Beaver County Treasurer Sandie Egley.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Victory Office is located on 320 College Ave in Beaver (right behind Starbucks). The office will be open Monday-Friday 10AM-6PM. to pick up yard signs, literature, and learn all the ways you can volunteer if you would like too.
Anyone who wants to volunteer can reach out to us on our Facebook page or email AustinF@pagop.org

Keystone State News Connection (Photo provided with release)

September 13, 2022

Danielle Smith

A Pennsylvania group made up of members of locally-elected, volunteer school boards across the state is urging the General Assembly to take action to reform the funding system for charter schools.

Pennsylvania’s current charter-school funding formula was established in 1997 as part of the state’s Charter School Law, and hasn’t been changed in the 25 years since.

Lawrence Feinberg, director of the Keystone Center for Change, operated by the Pennsylvania School Board Association, said the group is advocating for two main issues to ensure school districts and taxpayers are not overpaying or reimbursing charter schools for costs they do not have.

“The first is that we’d like to see a single, statewide tuition rate for ‘cyber’ charter schools that reflects the actual cost to deliver education in a virtual environment,” Feinberg outlined. “The second is the special-ed funding formula for charters to work the same way that it does for our district schools.”

Feinberg pointed out the latter would address the severity of a child’s disability and the related costs. More than 160 brick-and-mortar and 14 ‘cyber’ charter schools educate 135,000 students, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

Despite bipartisan support for charter-school funding reform, there’s been no action in the General Assembly on House Bill 272 or its companion, Senate Bill 27.

Feinberg emphasized the House bill has more 70 co-sponsors, and about 20% are Republicans. He added neither the House nor Senate Education Committee chair has moved the cost-saving bills forward.

“If those bills were approved by the legislature, signed by the governor, then the tuition rates would be adjusted,” Feinberg asserted. “It’s estimated that would result in about $400 million in savings for taxpayers through their school districts.”

He added overpayment for services results in fewer resources for the students in public schools, which translates to having fewer math and reading coaches, nurses, social workers and more, particularly in the most underfunded districts.

The Keystone Center for Charter Change includes members of 435 of the state’s 500 school districts.