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Students returning to class this fall in the Loyalsock Township School District will see new and familiar faces in new positions as the school board approved ch
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The Loyalsock Township School Board approved Hal Gee to fill the seat of board member John Raymond who had resigned, effective April 8. Gee will now be sworn in by a member of the judiciary prior to the next meeting, May 12.
Because Raymond had served as board vice-president, the board approved board member Melvin Wentzel to fill that position.
Stacey Patchett had also interviewed for Raymond’s seat.
In other business at the special meeting held recently, the board approved a request from Michelle Bartley, Loyalsock’s Odyssey of the Mind coordinator, for a contribution of one-third of the total expenditures for student participation in the World Finals Odyssey of the Mind Competition. The district’s contribution is not to exceed $5,000. Students will fund-raise for the remaining amount. The World Final Competition will be held in Orlando tentatively from June 9 through June 14.
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In an effort to ramp up support to those who have had difficulty during this year of COVID, for about five weeks this summer, students in the Loyalsock Township School District will be able to attend summer school and remediation programs offered by the district.
The school board gave their okay to the program which will be offered to students in first grade through fifth and incoming sixth, seventh and eighth graders and also eighth graders going into ninth in the fall.
According to Gerald McLaughlin, superintendent, principals in the district have been working to identify students who would benefit from the programs, based on assessments and grades. The programs will be funded by Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Response (ESSER) II funds.
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