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The outgoing New Kensington-Arnold School Board approved a raise for the district’s superintendent over the objection of one of three new members set to join the board in December. The board voted unanimously in favor of a 3.5% pay increase for Superintendent Chris Sefcheck. It is retroactive to July 1, ....
As recently as this year’s primary election, too few people have sought to be elected to the New Kensington-Arnold School Board. In May, only three people were on the ballot for six seats, with Democrats having all three on their ballot and Republicans just one. In the last election in ....
While voters in other communities have an overabundance of candidates from which to choose to fill school board seats, those in New Kensington and Arnold will find mostly blank ballots for the May primary. Examples of many include Plum, where 13 are vying for five seats; Highlands, where 11 are ....
A property tax increase is either long overdue or too much at the wrong time, according to members of the New Kensington-Arnold School Board. The school board voted, 6-2, Tuesday to approve the district’s $48.9 million budget for the 2022-23 school year. It carries a 5% property tax increase, the ....
The New Kensington-Arnold School Board seated four new members Monday night. Nicholas DiCarolis, Jane Graham and Sarah Yurga, all elected in November, were sworn into office by Westmoreland County Judge Anthony Marsili as part of the school board’s reorganization meeting. A former board member, also was sworn in to fill ....