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Collective bargaining between the Albert Gallatin Area School District and its teachers resumed Monday with a lengthy negotiation session that both sides reported as productive towards reaching an agreement.
Albert Gallatin School District
Albert Gallatin Area School District
2625 Morgantown Rd. Uniontown, PA 15401
Schools
A.L. Wilson Elementary
D. Ferd Swaney Elementary
Friendship Hill Elementary
George J. Plava Elementary
Masontown Elementary
Smithfield Elementary
Albert Gallatin North Middle School
Albert Gallatin South Middle School
Albert Gallatin Senior High School
Phone (724) 564-7190
Fax (724) 564-7195
Online albertgallatin.k12.pa.us
Municipalities
Nicholson Township, Georges Township, German Township, Springhill Township, Masontown Borough, Fairchance Borough, Point Marion Borough and Smithfield Borough
Enrollment 2015: 3,435
Board
Edward Colebank, Tom DeGusipe, Michael Dunham, Paul Dunham, David Howard, Betty Moser, Kenneth Plisko, Doug Sholtis, Janet Swaney
Meetings
School Board meetings Voting sessions are held 6 p.m. the third Wednesday of the month with work sessions held at 6 p.m. the Monday before. Locations for both meetings are as follows: January/February, George J. Plava Elementary; March/April, D. Ferd Swaney Elementary; May/June, Friendship Hill Elementary; July/August, Masontown Elementary; September/October, A.L. Wilson Elementary; November/December, Smithfield Elementary.
Executive
Superintendent:
Carl Bezjak
Business Manager
Denise Sheetz
Solicitor
Lee Price, Andrews and Price LLC, Pittsburgh, (412) 243-9700
The Albert Gallatin Area School Board opted at its October meeting to not commence with the process of replacing the roof of Smithfield Elementary School, an issue that has become the crux of school consolidation talks in the district.
The Albert Gallatin Area School District and its teachers’ union ended a collective bargaining impasse Tuesday when the two parties voted to ratify a new contract.
New Salem American Legion Auxiliary Unit 753 presented a $500 merit scholarship to Jessica Victor, daughter of Tom and Robin Victor, of New Salem. Jessica is a recent graduate of Albert Gallatin High School and attends Penn State University, majoring in chemical engineering. Pictured are (from left) Tom, Robin and Jessica Victor, Rosemary Reagan, Unit 753 president; Elaine Boyd and Irene Marshall, scholarship committee. Not pictured: Beth Smearcheck, unit scholarship chair; Yolanda Saghy…
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The following is a listing of school lunch menus currently available for the week beginning Sept. 30:
An alleged shooting threat made by a Friendship Hill Elementary School student during an after-school bus ride Tuesday was deemed not credible by state police.
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Collective bargaining between the Albert Gallatin Area School District and its teachers resumed Monday with a lengthy negotiation session that both sides reported as productive towards reaching an agreement.
The following is a listing of school lunch menus currently available for the week beginning Sept. 23:
A standing room-only crowd filled the cafeteria of the former D. Ferd Swaney Elementary School on Wednesday at a meeting of the Albert Gallatin Area School Board to support district teachers as they observed their 400th day of working on an expired contract.
Students of Masontown Elementary School participated in a school-wide fundraiser with the generosity of Masontown merchants and officials, staff, families and friends. Lisa Haught is principal. Student prize winners and businesses pictured are as follows: (from left) sitting row one: Carl “AJ” Cullen, Brandon Bissett, Sadie Hixenbaugh, Lanie Gibson, Alice Lynn, Twinkling Stars Childcare; Dylan Cofone, Chase Georgiana; standing row two: Brandi Mikolajcyzk, Ja’Malica Rucker, Ella Serock, L…
Masontown Exchange Club honors students annually for academic achievement, presenting them with certificates and cash awards. Students and their parents are also invited to a dinner, this year held at Dolfi’s Restaurant in Masontown. Pictured are (from left) Holly Lesko, Community Service Award recipient; and Michael Dunham, assistant principal.
Masontown Exchange Club honors students annually for academic achievement, presenting them with certificates and cash awards. Students and their parents are also invited to a dinner, this year held at Dolfi’s Restaurant in Masontown.Pictured are (from left) Albert Gallatin North Middle School: Quentin Larkin, Gianna Valenti and Jared Plisko, assistant principal.
Masontown Exchange Club honors students annually for academic achievement, presenting them with certificates and cash awards. Students and their parents are also invited to a dinner, this year held at Dolfi’s Restaurant in Masontown. Pictured are (from left) Albert Gallatin Senior High School: Nathan Sutton and Michael Dunham, assistant principal. Not pictured is Jessica Victor.
Masontown Exchange Club honors students annually for academic achievement, presenting them with certificates and cash awards. Students and their parents are also invited to a dinner, this year held at Dolfi’s Restaurant in Masontown. Pictured are (from left) Albert Gallatin South Middle School: Joshua Dankle, Amber Griffin and Zachary Dillow, principal.
Chief Tanacharison Chapter of the Daughters of American Colonists sponsors a poetry contest in local secondary schools each year that focuses on American history and patriotism. Jenna Pindrock, an eighth grade student at Lafayette School in Uniontown, won first place, receiving a monetary gift and framed certificate. Other results include: Krista Thorpe, second; Bailey Kavan, third; and Claire White, honorable mention, all Lafayette students. Kim Bizik was sponsoring teacher. Honorable m…
German Township Class of 1969 held its 50th anniversary class reunion at Meloni’s Restaurant in Uniontown. Pictured are (from left) first row: William Means, John Stoffa, Tony Guappone, Dennis Ballas; second row: Colleen Hice Frankhouser, Pamela Wingrove Leichliter, Kay Zentkovich Breakiron, Geri Bozak Buchheit, Debbie Townsend Gaggiani, Stephanie Sefcik, Twila Sanders Lucosh; third row: Barbara Harding Vilk, Linda Tomasek Reynolds, Monica Zavora Lumsden, Jeanne Davis Fike, Margie Leshin…
Masontown Business and Professional Women announced its scholarship winner is Serena Chapman, a senior at Albert Gallatin High School, who will further her education at St. Vincent College near Latrobe this fall. Pictured are (from left) Kim Chapman; Serena’s mother; Serena Chapman, scholarship winner; Sharlene Lehman, Masontown BPW president, and Charlene Smochinsky, Masontown BPW scholarship chair.
Contract negotiations will continue between the Albert Gallatin Area School District and its teachers after the two sides failed to reach a resolution through fact-finding.
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If there is one thing officials in the Albert Gallatin Area School District are trying to make clear, it’s that they’re serious about student safety. If there is another, it’s book bags in elementary schools.
For a second time, the Albert Gallatin Area School Board has accepted the report of a state-appointed fact-finder in an attempt to reach an agreement with district teachers on a new contract.
In a labor dispute with the school district over a new contract, Albert Gallatin teachers rejected a report and recommendations of a state-appointed fact-finder.
The Albert Gallatin Area School District has hired two teachers and awarded several positions that were created following a restructuring of district personnel earlier this summer.
The Albert Gallatin Area School Board accepted a fact-finding report and accompanying recommendations from a state-appointed arbitrator in a labor dispute with the teachers’ union over a new contract.
Albert Gallatin High School’s chapter of the National Honor Society recently held a volleyball tournament and raised $1,670.68 that it donated to Toys for Tots and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Pictured are (from left) Jason Thoresen, Joseph Dolobach, Nathan Sutton, Jason Hutchinson, principal, accepting the donation on behalf of St. Jude; Ramona Thompson and Kolby Dillow.
Albert Gallatin High School’s chapter of the National Honor Society recently held a volleyball tournament and raised $1,670.68 that it donated to Toys for Tots and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Pictured are (from left) Jason Thoresen,Joseph Doloback, Nathan Sutton,1st Sgt. Jason Polanco, Toys for Tots coordinator; Ramona Thompson and Kolby Dillow.
