In a public meeting nocie announcement, the Ellwood City Area School Board of Directors has scheduled a Finance Committee Meeting. The meeting is scheduled to take place on Thursday, April 8, 2021 starting at 6:00 p.m. The combined Committee and Regular Board meeting will follow as previously scheduled. The meetings will be conducted in the Leslie Sabo Auditorium at Lincoln High School, 501 Crescent Avenue, Ellwood City, PA 16117.
In following previous years’ tradition, EllwoodCity.org brings the 2020 calendar year to a close with the top 10 most popular stories of the year. Today is our second part of our 2-part series featuring the top stories of 2020. The year was certainly one not soon to be forgotten with the raging COVID-19 pandemic gripping the world, and trickling down to the local level with many obstacles faced by Ellwoodians. We would like to thank all of our readers for contributing to our 1.5 MILLION plus page views this year. If you missed Part 1, please click here to view…
On Thursday, January 10, the Ellwood City Area School District Board of Directors held their monthly board meeting in the Board Room at Lincoln High School. Motions were passed, and many things we discussed that could impact the students as well as their families. In addition to the approved motions, the discussion of making the board of security permanent was largely discussed after multiple visitors spoke on the matter. The board came to a conclusion that they would meet once again in April to review the committees final report of it’s work so the board can do a final vote. In…
Controversy ensued at Thursday’s Ellwood City Area School Board meeting when the board voted to approve amendments to its academic competition policy. The amendments were requested by board member Renee Pitrelli to better promote students involved in competitions. According to Pitrelli, the new policy will enable the district to support academics as much as athletics and leadership. Board members Jennifer Tomon and Danielle Woodhead believed the amendments were too vague and requested tabling the motion in order to polish the language. The amendment requires the district to pay all the travel expenses for students in statewide and national competitions, while…
Festival Parking Lot Issue Resolved The board passed a motion resolving an ongoing parking issue with the festival committee. District organizations, such as the football boosters, have historically used festival car parking as a fundraising method. However, a new district policy concerning licensing/subcontracting and confusion over which organizations the festival would award the parking lots to resulted in a delay in the board granting the lots to the festival committee. The motion granted the festival committee use of the district’s parking lots in Ewing Park, provided school organizations have first choice to use the lots. The motion also temporarily suspended…
The following is a brief synopsis of the Ellwood City Area School District board meeting held on Thursday, March 8: The meeting started with a moment of silence for Lincoln High School student Keaira Cunningham, who passed away on Feb. 14. Revenue/Finance The 2018-19 General Fund budget meetings were set for 6 p.m. on the following dates: Wednesday, April 18, Tuesday, April 24 and Monday, May 7. A motion was passed to discard old Jr. High Cheerleader uniforms that are not in use. Personnel A motion was passed rescinding the appointment of Sophia Koury as Middle School Volleyball Activity Sponsor….
The Ellwood City School Board agreed to examine forming a safety committee following visitor concerns during its agenda meeting on Monday. In the wake of last month’s Florida school shooting, several Ellwood school district residents bonded together to address safety issues with the board. Chief among concerns were improving internal security, entrance to the school buildings as well as individual classrooms, and reducing bullying. Visitors also requested the district to implement a safety committee, as Riverside School District has done. Visitor Bob Cunningham urged school uniforms to combat passive bullying toward underprivileged students. “Everybody wears a uniform when they go…
Primary election for running candidates on both school board and council will be held tomorrow. There are four seats up for election on school board and council. Running for school board are incumbents Anthony Buzzelli, Kathy Pansera and Renee Pitrelli who will be running against newcomers Norm Boots, Kathy McCommons and Barbra Wilson. Running for council are Republican incumbents Council President Connie MacDonald and Council Vice President David DeCaria, Democratic incumbent Councilwoman Michele Lamenza running against Republican newcomers Rob Brough, John Cress, Brandon Fisher and Lisa Gurrera and Democratic newcomers James Barry, Caleb Cragle, John Pansera and Bryan Vincent. Both…
The following is a brief summary of the Ellwood City Area School Board meeting held on Aug. 11: Awards/Recognition The following teachers received EcoLab Visions of Learning Teacher Grants for the 2016-17 school year: Jill Folino- $1071 for 72 sets of headphones for classroom tablets Dana Stelitano- $500 online computer program for speech Seth Rosenberger- $2287 materials designated for learning through kinesthetics Chris Costa- $3000 designated for use of the Mark lab Facility at Perry Megan Berty- $2987 designated for PA Common Core Standards Materials Brittany Severn- $2586 for reading resource books Sheery Shearer- $2100 hands on learning for reading,…
The following is a brief summary of the Ellwood City Area School Board meeting held on June 13: Moment of Silence At the request of Board Member Anthony Buzzelli, the school board held an additional moment of silence in honor of the victims of the Orlando shooting on June 13. Announcements Remedial summer school will be held from June 20 to July 29. There will be no school on July 4. There will be a board meeting on June 27 to approve the budget. Awards/Recognition The board and administration congratulated the softball team and coach Gary Rozanski for winning the…