Special Meeting to be held for student tranfer vote

A Special Meeting will be held on Monday, April 19, 2010 at 7:00 pm at Lenape Elementary School.  This meeting is concerning the amendment to Policy 252, the Student Transfer Policy and also for the board to vote on the student transfer requests for the 2010-2011 school year. 

Agenda for Special Meeting

Immediately following the Special Meeting will be the April Open Caucus meeting.

Agenda for Open Caucus

All parents that have submitted student transfer requests are encouraged to attend the Special Meeting and if possible, give your comments during the public comments section.

ASD Board fires Price and hires HERO's attorney Matta

Video footage from last night's special meeting to discuss legal council.  The board voted 6-1 to terminate the services of  Andrews and Price as solicitor and then voted 6-1 to hire Dodaro, Matta & Cambest as their new solicitor effective March 10, 2010 at 4:00 pm.  If the name Matta sounds familiar, it's because he is HERO's attorney.

Special note from Scott Starr,  as he posted on the Kittanning Paper's comment section:

I must correct something, I did mispeak last night. HERO did not sue the district, they merely threatened to sue the district.

I was given the letter by HERO stating that they would sue the district if….