Creating an in-house school police department is paramount for the safety of students and staff at North Allegheny, said Superintendent Dr. Brendan Hyland. Under Hyland’s plan, the district’s school resource officer program that uses municipal police officers would be replaced with an in-house school police department, whose officers would be
The North Allegheny School Board voted to hire former North Allegheny Intermediate High School Principal Brendan Hyland on Monday as the district’s superintendent despite concerns from some board members and members of the public that the search for a new leader had been rushed. In a 6-3 vote, the board
The North Allegheny School Board approved a resolution to reduce the number of library secretary paraprofessionals from 12 to six effective with the 2023-2024 school year. The board approved the resolution on Nov. 16 by a vote of 5-3 following about 45 minute of public comment, in which most of
Hours after the state Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the state's school mask mandate, the second-largest public district in Allegheny County voted to make masks optional once the mandate lifts.
Mandatory indoor masking would cease on Jan. 18, 2022 in the North Allegheny School District if Gov. Tom Wolf follows through on his promise to return mask-wearing decisions to local school authorities. The NA school board voted 5-4 on Dec. 8 to change district policy so that mask wearing would