In an increasingly politically contentious environment for local school boards, several York County incumbents appear to have lost their seats during Tuesday s primary election.
York City School District made history Thursday as the first Pennsylvania school district to make it out of financial recovery, a state program designed to help struggling school systems.
York City School District to begin reopening buildings
York Dispatch
Despite criticism of a plan to reopen York City School District s schools on a hybrid model, the school board voted 5-2 Wednesday to approve the proposal.
The reopening will begin Feb. 8, giving students the choice to attend school two days a week, with independent remote assignments the remaining three days, or enroll in the district s online Bearcat Cyber Academy to receive online learning five days a week. The district has been operating under a virtual model since the start of the school year.
The decision comes in the wake of state officials recommending that school districts return elementary students to in-person learning, arguing that the classroom is the best place for them. York City school board President Michael Breeland said the district was being pushed by the state to reopen schools.
Three charged in Quakertown drug death
Three Lehigh County residents are accused of giving a woman drugs that led to the her death in Quakertown earlier this year.
On Monday, Cassandra Hope Mendelsohn, 31, Michael Breeland, 52, and Paul P. Barr II, 35, were arraigned on charges alleging they gave drugs to Barr s sister, Heather Barr, in May.
Heather Barr died from fentanyl and methamphetamine toxicity, according to police. She was 37.
Investigators said the fentanyl alone would have been enough to cause her death.
Police found plastic baggies stamped Pink Panther, containing a mix of cocaine and fentanyl near Heather Barr after she died, authorities have said.