Sarah Schneider

Girls in a summer leadership program share their experience with school police.

The board will vote tonight on adjusted schedules that would delay the day by about 25 minutes for most schools.

Pittsburgh Public Schools hopes to recruit and hire teachers’ aides and custodians this weekend during a job fair. The district will offer sign-up bonuses and increased pay to staff schools ahead of this fall.

Administrators told the board that they had planned to shift some students to neighborhood schools starting next year, but details about the plan are still uncertain.

Oliver Citywide Academy will not reopen this year. Students will learn remotely through the end of the school year as they mourn the death of 15-year-old Derrick Harris.

Students in 40 Pittsburgh Public Schools will learn remotely for the rest of the week because of expected high temperatures. Leaders have repeatedly said that remote learning does not work for all students, but installing air conditioning is costly.

After two fatal shootings within a year and a half outside a Pittsburgh Public School, teachers there say they don’t want to go back to that building.

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that high schools start no earlier than 8:30 a.m. to give adolescent brains enough sleep as their bodies develop.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro wants to help school districts give students more mental health support. He heard from students Wednesday in Westmoreland County about their needs. One suggested later school start times could help.

Incumbent Devon Taliaferro bested opponent Ron Sofo in Tuesday's Democratic primary for a Pittsburgh Public Schools board seat, though the two could face off again in November.