In addition to having “Chill Rooms” at two of Carlynton’s three school district buildings, students at Carnegie Elementary have access to a Free Store and Food Pantry when in need.…
Amy Palo has a ‘passion for turning kids into historians’
Cornell High School teacher Amy Palo named Pennsylvania History Teacher of the Year by Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. Cornell instructor named PA history teacher of the year Amy…
Sto-Rox rescinds police hire, planning to outsource instead
Sto-Rox school directors have rescinded their June 23 decision to hire Andrew Lisiecki as school police supervisor. The district had been compelled to hire a police force as part of…
Sto-Rox one-year teacher’s contract provides 4% increase
Shawn Evans was sworn in as Sto-Rox school district’s newest board member on Aug. 11. Teachers were hired, a new board member was sworn in and a teacher’s contract was…
State budget boosts school funding
A $1.8 billion increase in school funding passed with Pennsylvania’s budget, July 8. Included in the budget is a $525 million increase for schools overall through the Fair Funding Formula.…
Drug test policy, curriculum, Crafton Elementary upgrades approved
Carlynton school directors approved a change to the district’s drug testing, external upgrades at Crafton Elementary, new textbooks and educational materials and the hire of three special education teachers July…
Sto-Rox to take part in the ‘Just Discipline Project’
Sto-Rox Upper Elementary School is taking part in the “Just Discipline Project,” a program designed to avoid the “school-to-prison pipeline.” Research showed how out-of-school suspensions disproportionately affected Black children according…






