A Fayette County elementary school is back in compliance days after state inspectors found mouse droppings throughout the building. State inspectors from the Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Bureau cleared R.W. Clark Elementary School Tuesday after reinspecting the building, said ...
Laurel Highlands School District Superintendent Jesse Wallace received mostly negative marks in his most recent employment evaluation, which the Herald-Standard received late Friday close to a month after submitting a Right-to-Know request for the document. Wallace has been the subject of ...
Two former Laurel Highlands High School teachers accused of sexual misconduct against students waived their preliminary hearings Wednesday morning. Daniel Cervone and Martin Gatti, both 51, are expected to stand trial sometime next summer, unless they reach a plea agreement before then, said ...
The Laurel Highlands School District Board of Directors voted Wednesday night to rescind a three-year contract extension given to its superintendent in 2025. Jesse Wallace’s contract will now end after the 2026-27 school year instead of in 2030. The board approved the change 6-3, with ...
In 1971, Hutchinson Elementary teacher Roy P. Fischer launched a five-day environmental camp for his fifth-grade students. It was an instant hit. Just two years later, the program expanded district-wide, bringing every elementary school in the Laurel Highlands School District into the ...
Laurel Highlands School District residents will pay more in property tax next year. In a 5-4 vote, the district’s board of education approved a 0.5-mill increase at Monday’s meeting. Board President Marcus DiNunno said the rise to 21.6744 mills was proposed to stave off the need for ...
