A report commissioned by a leading proponent of annexing Wilkinsburg into Pittsburgh found that the city school district would expect to net about $600,000 a year if it were to take on the Wilkinsburg school district.
The Wilkinsburg School District recently commissioned a study of the finances of both its own district and Pittsburgh Public Schools. The two parties say they have not been involved in the conversation to potentially annex Wilkinsburg into the city, thus merging the two districts. The financial study is expected to be completed by the end of January.
Stephanie Strasburg | Tribune-Review
Wilkinsburg area school students climb the stairs at Westinghouse Academy in Homewood during a tour of the school on Friday, April 1, 2016. The students went through a day in the school ahead of their transfer there the f0llowing year.
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The school boards for Pittsburgh Public Schools and Wilkinsburg School District will hold a joint board meeting Tuesday to discuss possible renewal of a 5-year-old partnership that allows Wilkinsburg students to take advantage of several PPS programs.
Officials from both districts gathered for a virtual news conference last week, touting the success of the program thus far. Ed Donovan, president of the Wilkinsburg School Board, said the grade point averages of participants from Wilkinsburg have risen almost full point, on average.