CHRIS MORELLI cmorelli@lockhaven.com
MILL HALL Even after the school year ends, educational opportunities in the Keystone Central School District will continue.
At Thursday night’s work session, district administrators gave board members a closer look at “Keystone Camp,” a month-long summer learning session. The presentation was made by Lesley Skrtich, camp coordinator, and Megan Hull, KCSD’s Director of Curriculum and Innovation.
Hull spoke at length about the makeup of the Keystone Camp.
According to Hull, the purpose of the camp is to provide students in kindergarten through 12th grade a safe and fun learning environment for a month during the summer in order to maintain educational consistency for students.
CHRIS MORELLI cmorelli@lockhaven.com
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The main entrance of Bucktail High School will get an upgrade as part of a $1.3 million project.
RENOVO Bucktail High School will have a new look very soon.
At a special meeting on Thursday night, the Keystone Central school board approved a project for facade improvements at the high school. The project will cost around $1.3 million. The board unanimously approved the contract for the low bidder, J.C. Orr and Son, Inc., of Altoona. Orr’s winning bid was $1,325,520, along with another $37,000 in board-approved alternates.
“This is a big project,” said Rob Pacella, supervisor of property services in the Keystone Central School District. “We’re upgrading the facade, windows, entrances and exterior doors.”
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CHRIS MORELLI cmorelli@lockhaven.com
MILL HALL The Keystone Central school board got an in-depth look at the proposed 2021-22 budget during Thursday night’s voting session.
KCSD superintendent Jacquelyn Martin and business manager Susan Blesh made the presentation. The budget features zero tax increase. The proposed final budget adoption will take place at the voting session on Thursday, May 13 with final budget adoption scheduled for the voting session on Thursday, June 17.
“We thought we were close to closing the budget gap … we’ve been able to do that,” Martin told the board.
The tentative budget for 2021-22 features expenses at $82,987,797 and revenue at $77,722,918. ESSER grant funds are $5,264,879. There would be no shortfall and no use of budget reserves. There would be $15,599,731 in reserves remaining.
CHRIS MORELLI cmorelli@lockhaven.com
MILL HALL In a year that has been anything but normal, the Keystone Central school board heard some good news at Thursday night’s work session.
KCSD superintendent Jacquelyn Martin said that the district will receive millions of dollars in federal stimulus funding. Earlier this week, it was announced that Pennsylvania schools would get nearly $5 billion from the federal COVID-19 aid package. According to the Department of Education’s website, KCSD is expected to receive $10,677,162.
“(We) are continuing to look at how we believe we can best effectively use this one-time stimulus money,” Martin explained. “We’ve been attending seminars and presentations, making sure that we have the best information. I’ve been collaborating with other superintendents on how they plan to strategically use these funds.”