WEST MIFFLIN AREA
Four full-time police officers have been hired to serve in the district’s inhouse police department.
The school board on Aug. 16 voted to create four full-time and two parttime school police officer positions.
The full-time officers will earn $45,000 per year plus benefits, while the part-time officers will earn $17 per hour with no benefits.
Hired as full-time officers were John Mayernik, Andrew Lisiecki, Clarence Gunter and Paul Eagle. The part-time positions still must be filled.
Board president David Marshall said the officers will be “armed, sworn police officers” with arrest powers. He said an officer will be stationed at each of the district’s schools.
The board voted last month to create the school police force and set aside $425,000 in 2018-19 budget funds to do so. The board hired Richard Pritchard as chief of the inhouse police department last month.
NORTH ALLEGHENY
The district wants to find out what is causing a portion of the parking lot at Carson Middle School to deteriorate.
The hillside across from the school’s main entrance has moved, which caused a light pole to lean and soft spots in the asphalt.
The school board on Aug. 22 hired Ackenheil Engineers Inc. for $10,500 to perform a subsurface investigation of the hillside area, as well as prepare a geotechnical engineering report to identify the cause of the movement of the hillside.
The board also temporarily appointed Roger Sechler, director of operations, as safety and security coordinator. State Act 44 requires school districts to appoint someone to the position before Aug. 31. Mr. Sechler will hold the position until a permanent security coordinator can be hired.
In other business, the board was given a list of grants given to teachers by the North Allegheny Foundation.
The grants ranged from $500 for a small group instruction area at Ingomar Elementary School to $10,000 for new band instruments at the senior high school.
Other grants included $700 each to replace framed prints for the Traveling Art Gallery at each of the seven elementary schools; $3,500 for bikes for the intermediate high school gym classes; $3,000 for bikes for Marshall Elementary’s gym program and funds for the school stores at both high schools, which are run by special education students.