Kiski Area School District can claim another award-
winning principal. Brian Swartzlander, Kiski Area Upper Elementary School principal, was named Pennsylvania’s 2024 National Distinguished Principal by the Pennsylvania Principals Association. Dan Smith, then-assistant principal of the building, won an award through the state association in 2021. Swartzlander called the experience “surreal.”
Jennifer Todd, a family and consumer science teacher in the Bald Eagle Area School District, told state lawmakers at a hearing on public education in Centre
CENTRE COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) Over a dozen Pennsylvania state representatives visited a Centre County school to shine a light on issues rural educators are facing.
“The disparity is so wide that the most well-off districts spend over $100,000 more per classroom than the poorest districts,” Eppley said. “We need state legislators to make a commitment