School news
Fox Chapel Area
A summer community blood drive for donors age 16 and older will be held from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. Monday in the O'Hara Elementary School auditorium, 115 Cabin Lane.
Donors will receive a pair of Pirates tickets and a Tshirt, and they will be entered into drawings to win grills and pairs of tickets to a Jimmy Buffett concert in August.
The Central Blood Bank is offering scholarships. To qualify, the high school is hosting four blood drives during the 2015-2016 school year. The scholarships will be awarded to the district with the highest percent participation and largest number of registered donations for the year.
Anyone who donates blood also can ask for the donation to count toward Fox Chapel’s total by using the code HS010025. To donate: centralbloodbank.org and enter group code C5300042 or call 412/209-7000. Walk ins are also welcome.
North Allegheny
John Morey has been hired as assistant principal at Ingomar Middle School, effective Aug. 1, at an annual salary of $100,000.
Mr. Morey is assistant principal of Oberon Middle School in Arvada, Colo. He began his career in education in 2000-2001 as a middle school social studies teacher in Virginia and has served in a number of administrative positions in Ohio and Colorado since 2005.
He received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from St. Bonaventure University and a master’s degree in educational administration and principal certification from Cleveland State University.
• School directors voted June 24 to approve the annual fees for renting district facilities and fee waivers for most groups that have a majority of NA residents. The exceptions have always been the sports fields because of maintenance.But the board decided this year to cut the fee for the baseball field at the intermediate high school to $50 for a single game if the renting organization provides its own maintenance.
School director Libby Blackburn had argued that the original $200 fee was too high, and local baseball organizations were renting fields as far away as Butler for their games.
Shaler Area
The district has announced administrative changes for 2015-16:
• Victor C. Morrone will serve as interim superintendent, replacing Wesley Shipley, who has become superintendent of the Mars Area School District.
Mr. Morrone, a Ph.D., is a 1965 graduate of Shaler Area High School.
He has 35 years of experience in education, including time as a principal at the former Wilson Street School and Braun School in Shaler and 21 years as a superintendent in the Center Area and Bethel Park school districts.
For eight years, he has served as a superintendent search consultant for local school districts.
• Bryan O'Black, director of curriculum and technology, will become interim assistant to the superintendent, replacing Kara Eckert, who will leave the district July 28. Mr. O'Black has been with Shaler Area for seven years, most recently overseeing district-wide academic programs and information technology.
• Mitch Stivason, computer network technician, has been appointed acting supervisor of technology and will oversee the technology operations while Mr. O'Black is serving as interim assistant to the superintendent.