Editor s note: This story has been corrected to clarify Millcreek School Board s position on renovation funding and has been updated to include the latest school district votes on the Erie County Technical School renovations resolution.
The Millcreek Township School District is standing alone in its fight to change the way that local school districts pay for improvements to the Erie County Technical School.
Ten of the 11 Erie County school districts that send students to the technical school have voted to move forward with the school s planned $27,775,000 renovation project and to pay their share of that cost based on the current funding agreement.
Under the proposed change, five participating districts would pay less, and six would pay more.
The Millcreek Township School Board wants to change the way that local school districts pay for improvements at Erie County Technical School.
A funding formula change proposed by Millcreek would save the district about $5 million when bills for $27,775,000 in planned renovations at the school come due.
It also would save money for four other Erie County school districts that send students to the school: Fairview, Fort LeBoeuf, General McLane and Harbor Creek.
Six participating school districts would pay more: Girard, Iroquois, North East, Northwestern, Union City and Wattsburg. The bill for the Iroquois and Union City school districts would triple. Girard s obligation would double.
Editor s note: A reference to Erie school nurse vaccinations in this story has been clarified.
The Millcreek Township School District expects to provide first-round COVID-19 vaccinations for school nurses and other clinical workers Friday.
The district is surveying remaining staff about whether they intend to be vaccinated and how vaccinations might be handled.
Millcreek Township School District employs about 900 staff members, including more than 470 teachers, schools Superintendent Ian Roberts said.
The state is making COVID-19 vaccines available in phases. The vaccine is currently being offered to nursing home residents and frontline healthcare workers, including school clinical workers.
Millcreek nurses and occupational and physical therapists are expected to receive their first dose of the vaccine Friday in partnership with Saint Vincent Hospital, Roberts said. The vaccine is administered in two shots spaced about a month apart.
2020 Monolithic in Its Challenge But Erie demonstrates resourcefulness, resilience to carry on by Matt Swanseger
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Even before mysterious monoliths began surfacing around the world, life this year had felt alien. But despite historic challenges and disruptions to our status quo, Erieites were among the human lifeforms who found ways to adapt and persevere during what some may call 2020: A Suck Odyssey.
So.what y all wearing when the aliens get here? Surely you ve heard about all the monoliths popping up lately the tall, shiny columns shaped like Toblerone bars that have been spotted in Utah, Romania, California, and Texas? Well, that seems to me like a sign they ll be here any day now, so at the very least we d better be wearing a smile and can-do attitude because after this latest round of shutdowns, many of us may very well be looking at our next employers.