School news

Carlynton

The final meeting in a series of focus group discussions will be held at 6 p.m. Aug. 19 with the superintendent to discuss the state and direction of the district.

The session will be in the Crafton Elementary library.

Cornell

The fitness center will reopen Monday. The schedule will be 5 to 8 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays,

South Fayette

Associate high school principal Aaron Skrbin has been promoted to principal. He replaces Scott Milburn, who has become director of secondary education in the Montour School District.

Mr. Skrbin, who was promoted July 21 by school directors, was hired in 2005 as assistant high school principal. He became associate principal in 2012 and also has been director of school safety. He had been a teacher and administrator in the Chartiers Valley and Woodland Hills school districts.

• Kristin Deichler, sixth grade mathematics functions and pre-algebra teacher, has been promoted to middle school assistant principal.

She has worked in the district since 2001.

Ms. Deichler was the South Fayette Education Association’s treasurer and a middle school grade level team leader responsible for establishing team goals and action plans.

She fills the position of Thomas Kaminski who is serving as interim principal in the intermediate school.

• Tyler Geist, the second grade lead teacher, has been promoted for a 10-month period to assistant principal of the elementary and intermediate elementary schools.

Mr. Geist was hired in 2009 as an elementary teacher.

He also has been a lead teacher facilitator for the elementary school’s iPAD launch and on curriculum and building-level committees.

Sto-Rox

Lucille M. Young has been appointed to a Region 1 school board seat. She was sworn into office on July 8 by Mary Anne Cercone, magisterial district judge.

Ms. Young received one of the two nominations in the May primary.

• Linda Hippert of the Allegheny Intermediate Unit who was formerly South Fayette superintendent, was appointed acting superintendent, effective July 7. She will serve at no cost to the district pending notification of acting superintendent Terry DeCarbo’s letter of eligibility from the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

• Directors accepted a proposal from NovaCare Rehabilitation for one certified athletic trainer for 2015-16 at a cost of $34,000.

• The Sto-Rox football team will participate in the California University of Pennsylvania training camp and have speed training provided by Mars-based Get Fast Sport Specific Speed Training.

• An agreement was reached with the Kennedy School of Driving to offer driver’s education course to students. The end-of-course driver’s test will be administered to students enrolled in the school.

West Allegheny

All district school buildings and facilities will be closed today as part of the summer four-day work schedule.

The summer schedule has been set as an energy- and cost-saving measure.