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
Masks will be required during tonight’s in-person North Allegheny school board meeting after a federal judge on Monday re-imposed the district's mask mandate. The court order reverses a board vote in December that made masks optional and prompted parents to sue the district.
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
Debates about masking policies are likely to come up again this winter as a statewide mandate is set to expire in January. The state Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on such measures Wednesday.