Health
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School directors at Carlynton received both technology and health/safety updates during the Jan. 17 meeting. Joshua Jones, the district’s technology director, updated the board on all things Promethean boards, Chromebooks and digital report cards. Superintendent John Kreider updated the board on the district’s health and safety policy as it relates to COVID-19. Tech report According…
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January is National Radon Action month and leaders from the Pennsylvania Departments of Environmental Protection and Department of Health encourage Pennsylvanians to do a simple test for radon in their homes. “Forty percent of homes in Pennsylvania have a higher level of radon gas than federal guidelines,” said DEP Acting Secretary Ramez Ziadeh. “Because radon…
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Allegheny County lost 719 people to drug overdose in 2021, according to Allegheny County Health Department data. The number of deaths from drug overdoses has been climbing in recent years, which some experts say the isolation of the pandemic has made worse. In September, I spoke with administrative clinical pharmacist Julie Oplinger about the overdose…
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Carlynton School District Psychologist Dr. Patricia Serdy is reporting a spike in student mental health emergencies. Serdy told school directors during the Dec. 6 meeting that she is observing an increased rate of anxiety and social phobia in students which she believes is being caused by the COVID-19 pandemic quarantine. She also described a spike…
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Presston native and retired veteran Eric Dudash (center) with sister Jennifer, mother Ruth and service dog Phantom following the POW Flag raising at the Presston Veteran’s Memorial in Stowe. One of retired Chief Master Sgt. Eric Dudash’s favorite sayings is, “It’s okay to not be okay.” Eric, a Presston native, is the vice commander of…
