Sarah Schneider
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The school board at the South Side Area School District in Beaver County has voted to disband its controversial 'pronoun' committee. The board created the committee six months ago after a teacher said he wouldn't use a student's preferred name and pronouns. The committee invited lawyers and Christian pastors to weigh in but had difficulty finding students and families willing to speak in public.
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There are four open seats on the Pittsburgh Public Schools board — but only the seat in District 2 is contested. The race offers voters a choice between two different visions of the district's future.
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As the Sto-Rox School District enters its second year of state-mandated financial recovery, district leaders want to hear what the public thinks the schools could do better. The district is holding a town hall meeting Monday at 6 p.m. at Focus on Renewal in McKees Rocks.
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In a 5-4 vote, the Pittsburgh Public Schools board voted Wednesday to use $27,000 in grant funds to cover costs of police training for four district security guards.
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Police charged Eugene Watson,18, and Brandon Watson,17 with criminal homicide in the death of 15-year-old Marquis Campbell, who was shot outside Oliver Citywide Academy.
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Duquesne University students could soon earn a four-year engineering degree from the school rather than transferring. The university will expand its school of science to include degrees in mechanical, environmental, and physics engineering.
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For more than four hours, hundreds of students and community members shut down streets around the student center as they protested the controversial event hosted by the Pitt chapter of College Republicans.
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Ron Sofo challenges incumbent Devon Taliaferro to serve as district two's representative on the Pittsburgh Public Schools Board.
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Deirdre McCloskey dropped out of the debate last week saying she did not want to participate in a "fascist rally." Now Michael Knowles will debate a libertarian-conservative who is gay and supports trans rights about whether gender identity should be regulated by law.
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The South Side Area School District's board formed a committee to gather information to present to the full board for a potential policy on how teachers are to address students.