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LOWER MERION Lower Merion School District officials are reporting that faulty HVAC equipment might have contributed to eight students and two vaccinated family members contracting the COVID virus.
According to district officials, eight students in one second-grade classroom and two vaccinated family members at Penn Valley Elementary School have tested positive for the COVID virus.
Beyond this one second-grade class, the district said they have not seen any other evidence of in-school transmission in Penn Valley.
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In a letter sent out to families after learning about the positive cases, the school district operations department launched an investigation into the outbreak.
LOWER MERIONÂ â Although final approval remains several months away, school officials in Lower Merion say they will limit the upcoming tax increase to 3 percent.
The decision was made at the latest school board meeting when the board passed a resolution stating they would keep the annual tax hike to 3 percent. The resolution was part of the long process of approving its annual budget for the 2021-22 school year. The final budget will not be approved until the boardâs business meeting in June.
Under a state law known as Act 1, school districts must limit their annual tax hikes to a predetermined percentage. The allowed tax increase percentage is based on a formula set by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. The percentage changes from year to year and district to district.