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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.
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
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.
The Albert Gallatin Area School Board made several personnel moves Wednesday in preparation for the upcoming school year.
The following students of Albert Gallatin High School were named to the honor roll for the fourth nine-week grading period of the 2018-19 school year:
The Albert Gallatin Area School Board opted to maintain property taxes at the current rate when it adopted a $54.1 million general fund budget for the 2019-20 fiscal year.
YORK RUN — Albert Gallatin Area school directors furloughed 10 employees, including three teachers, in addition to making numerous personnel changes in an effort to curb spending.
The following students of Albert Gallatin North Middle School were named to the honor roll for the fourth nine-week grading period of the 2018-19 school year:
The following students of Albert Gallatin South Middle School were named to the honor roll for the fourth nine-week grading period of the 2018-19 school year:
Albert Gallatin school directors awarded contracts totaling nearly $250,000 for work associated with an ongoing sewage project in the district.
The Albert Gallatin Area School District will seek to close a $3 million deficit in the proposed 2019-20 budget prior to adopting a final budget before the end of June.
The Albert Gallatin High School class of 2019 will receive diplomas during a graduation ceremony 7 p.m. May 31.
The following students of Albert Gallatin South Middle School have been named to the honor roll for the third nine-week grading period of the 2018-19 school year:
The following students of Albert Gallatin North Middle School have been named to the honor roll for the third nine-week grading period of the 2018-19 school year:
Albert Gallatin school directors authorized an agreement previously rejected in March to lease space in a district building to an early childhood education center.
Contract negotiations will continue after members of the Albert Gallatin Education Association voted down a proposed collective bargaining agreement for district teachers.
The Albert Gallatin Area School Board approved a new collective bargaining agreement for district teachers that, if ratified by the teachers’ union, will bring an end to a long-running labor dispute.
The following students of Albert Gallatin High School have been named to the honor roll for the third nine-week grading period of the 2018-19 school year:
The Albert Gallatin Area School Board passed a resolution Monday of its intent to furlough eight teachers and four aides in the district for the 2019-20 school year.
