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Which Pa. schools had the largest number of arrests in 2019-20?
Updated Feb 15, 2021;
The Pennsylvania Department of Education’s annual Safe Schools report for the 2019-20 school year showed a noticeable drop in reported arrests.
Districts are required to submit their misconduct reports, both criminal and academic infractions, to the state every year. Reporting sometimes changes from year-to-year, but no changes were made last school year.
Last year, the top three criminal reasons why students were in trouble statewide were:
Possession, use, or sale of tobacco or vaping 8.34 percent
Fighting 8.14 percent
Minor altercation 5.42 percent
Here’s a list of the schools that had the largest number of arrests, and the crime that was most common at each school.
Courtesy of Hannah Barsouk
Hannah Borsouk, a senior at Taylor Allderdice High School, was recognized in the Regeneron Science Talent Search.
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A Pittsburgh Allderdice High School student was named a scholar in the Regeneron Science Talent Search, which is considered the oldest and most prestigious science and math competition for high school seniors.
Hannah Barsouk, 17, was among 300 students recognized by Regeneron and Society for Science. Scholars earn a $2,000 award, with an additional $2,000 awarded to the school.
Janet Waldeck, a science teacher at Allderdice, has had Barsouk in classes for two years. She said Barsouk “pursues scientific research the way an Olympic athlete trains for a sport.”
By Mary Niederberger
mary@pittsburghcurrent.com
A conventional presidential election year provides teachers and students with real-life opportunities to learn democracy in action. It’s a chance to watch the foundations of government play out as they have for more than two centuries.
But in this election year, where fiction became fact and facts were presented as fiction, in which students started out learning about the pillars of U.S. democracy then later watched political leaders attempt to chip away at them, what lessons were learned and how much confusion still exists?
In the weeks surrounding the election, one student felt so strongly that his peers needed to understand the electoral college that he created a miniature version at their high school. A Black student worried about violence in the streets as Trump supporters challenged the election results. And, a high school government teacher, said it was difficult to appear to remain impartial as she had to explain to studen