Ellwood City Ledger
ELLWOOD CITY – School district leaders have an answer to the age-old question, What would you do if you had a million dollars? Or, more accurately, an answer to the lesser-known question, What would you do with an extra $3.6 million?
According to the Pennsylvania Department of Education, the Ellwood City Area School District is set to receive $3,662,014 in Elementary and Secondary School Relief (ESSER) grants from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARP), the $1.9 trillion stimulus package signed into law by President Joe Biden in March. Though definite decisions haven t been made on spending yet, district officials are planning to use the money to close the learning gaps created by COVID-19, provide additional educational and emotional support for students and tackle some larger instructional initiatives.
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Ellwood City Ledger
ELLWOOD CITY – With a turbulent start to the second semester, education and support staff at the Ellwood City Area School District are ready for some shots of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, of course.
Gov. Tom Wolf announced last Wednesday that the state will prioritize Pre-K-12 public and non-public school staff to receive the newly approved Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, and some faculty and staff at ECASD will be among the first to get it. I m just happy that our staff can get these shots, said Superintendent Wes Shipley.
According to the Pennsylvania Department of Health, the state has been slotted to receive 94,600 doses of the vaccine. Those doses will be distributed to state intermediate units based on the proportion of Pre-K to 12 school employees in each IU s region, and site operations will be overseen by the Pennsylvania National Guard and AMI Expeditionary Healthcare LLC.
Students returning to Ellwood City Area buildings
Ellwood City Ledger
ELLWOOD CITY – Ellwood City Area officials are prepared for some students to return to district buildings Monday for the first time in about two months.
The district is employing a hybrid attendance system where two groups of students attend classes in-person on different days. The blue group, those with last names starting with A-L, will be there on Mondays and Thursdays. The white group, those with last names between M-Z, appear on Tuesdays and Fridays. Students will learn online the days they are not in buildings.
Parents who are not comfortable sending their children to in-person classes have the option of enrolling them in the district s cyber school.