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LEWISTOWN Mifflin County Junior and High Schools will host a virtual registration night beginning at 6 p.m. March 2.
Mifflin County School District’s Chief Academic Officer Kevin O’Donnell explained to the district’s board of directors during its meeting held via Zoom call on Thursday, that students in grades 8 to 11 will be able to access registration night online through the school district’s web page, www.mcsdk12.org
O’Donnell announced that kindergarten registration was also underway. Parents with a child who will be 5 by Sept. 1 can register through the district’s website.
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LEWISTOWN – Mifflin County school leaders are not optimistic about how Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposed budget will affect rural school districts.
Mifflin County School District Chief Financial Officer Melinda Kenepp explained to the district’s board of directors Thursday during its Committee-of-the Whole meeting, that while the governor’s proposal shows a $1.3 billion increase to schools across the state, Mifflin County’s portion would be relatively low.
Superintendent James Estep explained that if the state sticks to its current proposed formula, any school that is experiencing declining enrollment like Mifflin County and other rural school districts “is going to be seriously harmed in terms of what kind of basic and special ed funding they can get,” he said. “So, unfortunately, that means for a lot of rural schools like ours…we are going to see our state funding shrink even further, which would create some difficult decisions for us