The New Kensington- Arnold School District hopes to have new classroom furniture in all of its schools by September, Superintendent Chris Sefcheck said. The school board voted last week to buy classroom seating and furniture from P.E.M. Co., an educational furniture dealership in the South Hills that was founded in
The New Kensington-Arnold School Board fired a security guard who had been accused of assaulting a 5-year-old elementary school student last year. Lori Ann Waltonbaugh, 59, of Greensburg entered a negotiated guilty plea Sept. 29 to a charge of recklessly endangering another person, according to court records. She was sentenced
Joining the Westmoreland County Land Bank holds appeal for Arnold officials who see it as a boost to its battle against blight. However, as is the case for its sister city, New Kensington, whether Arnold joins depends on the New Kensington-Arnold School District joining it, too. Representatives from the land
New Kensington and Arnold are both interested in joining a Westmoreland County blight-fighting program, but the school district the cities share will have the deciding vote. New Kensington Council has unanimously approved joining the Westmoreland County Land Bank, which is an extension of the county Redevelopment Authority that buys tax
New Kensington-Arnold teachers are set to walk off the job Monday, according to district and union representatives. The New Kensington-Arnold Education Association sent a strike notice to district Superintendent Chris Sefcheck after talks Wednesday night failed to produce a contract agreement, said Fritz Fekete, southwestern region advocacy coordinator for the