Browse past news stories for Central Valley School in Central Valley, NY.

• CV prepares for more cuts - Sat, 28 Nov 2009 PST (The Spokesman-Review)
  posted on November 28, 2009 at 08:07:14 am
  It was hard for the Central Valley school board to see any light at the end of a long, dark budget tunnel after receiving a gloomy budget prediction Monday night. Isabel Munoz-Colon, a senior budget analyst with the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, relayed that the state is looking at a shortfall of $2.6 billion. While the state is required by the state constitution to fund ...
• Spokane elementary schools switch to number grades - Tue, 24 Nov 2009 PST (The Spokesman-Review)
  posted on November 24, 2009 at 08:22:54 am
  Most elementary students in Spokane Public Schools are seeing their new report cards for the first time this week; instead of A, B, C, D or F, it’s 4, 3, 2 or 1. The new number system, called “standards-based grading and reporting,” is based on how well the students meet state and national standards in reading, writing, math, science and social studies.
• Central Valley authorizes payment for teaching staff trip (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
  posted on November 13, 2009 at 11:22:06 am
  The Central Valley school board authorized payment for sending last year's entire Fifth Ward teaching staff to Washington, D.C. to collect the school's Blue Ribbon Award.
• PG West: Coach gets Center girls' soccer team to the next level (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
  posted on November 12, 2009 at 05:35:10 am
  Sometime during the offseason, Mark Perry, the current Center High School boys' and girls' soccer coach, will sit down with officials from the newly formed Central Valley School District.
• It's now Miller's time for Greensburg Central (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
  posted on November 12, 2009 at 05:00:01 am
  Running back David Miller's health is restored, so anything is possible for Greensburg Central Catholic in the WPIAL playoffs.
• School PTO treasurer facing theft charges - Mon, 09 Nov 2009 PST (The Spokesman-Review)
  posted on November 10, 2009 at 04:05:57 am
  A former north Spokane elementary school PTO treasurer pleaded innocent Monday to stealing nearly $20,000, more than a year after police say she sat in the principal’s office as the group’s volunteer president exclaimed, “We have no money; it’s all gone.”
• McCracken, Mowat, Shuster win seats on Central Valley board (The Beaver County Times)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 04:51:21 am
  In Center and Potter townships, voters choosing directors for Central Valley School District liked their incumbents. In Monaca, they took the newcomer instead.
• School enrollment in Beaver County continues to drop (The Beaver County Times)
  posted on November 1, 2009 at 03:07:00 am
  CENTER TWP. — The total number of students attending public schools in Beaver County has declined for a 13th straight year, with all but two districts posting enrollment drops for the 2009-10 school year.
• Seven teachers take buyouts at Central Valley (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
  posted on October 16, 2009 at 01:22:17 pm
  The Central Valley School Board saw more merger benefits last night, with seven teachers taking buyouts effective at the end of this year and administrators giving a glimpse of the curricula that will be offered at the CV middle school and high school next year.
• PG West: Rich Emert's football notebook (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
  posted on October 15, 2009 at 04:49:25 am
  While the Thomas Jefferson at Chartiers Valley game tonight and the West Allegheny at Hopewell contest tomorrow evening will attract the most attention, there is another big game involving a
• Monaca father accused of assaulting referee at football game (The Beaver County Times)
  posted on October 14, 2009 at 02:09:10 am
  MONACA — The father of a Monaca High School football player is accused of assaulting a referee who also serves as a high-ranking state police official during Monaca’s game with South Side on Friday.
• Monroe-Woodbury hosts mini college day set for Oct. 7 (The Photo News)
  posted on October 7, 2009 at 06:54:48 am
  Central Valley - The following is a list of upcoming events and programs within the Monroe-Woodbury School District:
• Designed for learning - Sun, 04 Oct 2009 PST (The Spokesman-Review)
  posted on October 4, 2009 at 07:06:09 am
  Fresh air, daylight and elbow room improve learning in schools. Who’d have thought? Temperature, acoustics and safety make a difference too. Technology, well, that’s a no-brainer. As Inland Northwest schools are remodeled, rebuilt and modernized, greater consideration is being given to design elements that national studies show can create better learning environments.
• West News Briefs (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
  posted on October 1, 2009 at 04:54:38 am
  The Southwestern Pennsylvania Household Hazardous Waste Task Force will sponsor a household hazardous waste collection from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.
• Swine flu hitting Spokane schools (KHQ Spokane)
  posted on September 30, 2009 at 12:34:00 am
  SPOKANE, Wash. - As the flu virus continues to spread across the Inland Northwest, area schools are being hit with different intensities of the virus. Absenteeism ranges from the low range of one or two percent to more than 20 percent at some area schools. The Central Valley School District reports five schools with absenteeism more than 10 percent. District spokeswoman Melanie Rose says letters ...
• Special education squeezes district - Fri, 25 Sep 2009 PST (The Spokesman-Review)
  posted on September 25, 2009 at 07:14:42 am
  Spokane Public Schools is serving more special-education students than ever this year – nearly 500 more than the state will pay for, putting a strain on the financially struggling district. Officials at the district, which is the state’s second-largest, say families with high-needs children are moving to Spokane from smaller communities, and sometimes from Western Washington, because it’s a hub ...
• Gino Piroli on Beaver County (The Beaver County Times)
  posted on September 23, 2009 at 11:25:32 pm
  It seems appropriate, due to my long absence from doing this column, to include some events that have happened over the past year or so.
• Teacher back after rebuke for behavior: He was put on leave after complaints (Seattle Times)
  posted on September 23, 2009 at 04:36:11 pm
  SPOKANE — University High School teacher Mike Cronin went back on the job this month after receiving a letter of reprimand for allegedly inappropriately touching a female student and a female staff member while drunk.
• CVHS teacher charged with road rage, put on leave (KREM.com Spokane)
  posted on September 22, 2009 at 06:34:40 pm
  SPOKANE -- A Central Valley High School teacher allegedly involved in a road rage incident has been charged with Harassment and Second Degree Malicious Mischief, and has been put on leave.
• Monahan named to assistant principal post in Central Valley (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
  posted on September 18, 2009 at 10:06:57 am
  The Central Valley school bard last night named retired Aliquippa school principal Gary Monahan to fill in for a year as assistant principal at Center Area High School.
• Three local schools named 'Blue Ribbon Schools' (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
  posted on September 16, 2009 at 04:01:52 am
  Pittsburgh CAPA, Fifth Ward Elementary in the Central Valley School District in Beaver County and Fort Crawford School in the New Kensington-Arnold School District were among 13 schools in Pennsylvania named as "Blue Ribbon Schools."
• Pittsburgh CAPA among nation's best schools (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
  posted on September 15, 2009 at 08:05:48 pm
  Three area schools were named Blue Ribbon Schools by the federal Department of Education today.
• Northwest Schools Prepare For H1N1 (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
  posted on September 7, 2009 at 12:57:09 pm
  Tuesday, classes start in many school districts. The schools are planning how they'll react when large numbers of students come down with the H1N1 virus.
• School funding at critical point (Ellwood City Ledger)
  posted on September 3, 2009 at 04:32:37 pm
  State Education Secretary Gerald Zahorchak made it clear he was impressed by the programs and facilities when he visited the new Central Valley School District this week.
• State education secretary lauds Beaver County merger (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
  posted on September 1, 2009 at 09:36:44 pm
  State Education Secretary Gerald Zahorchak today used Central Valley School District's first-ever day of school to push two legislative initiatives.
• Strapped districts spread the burden - Sun, 30 Aug 2009 PST (The Spokesman-Review)
  posted on August 30, 2009 at 07:14:06 am
  As students return to schools throughout the Inland Northwest, they’ll notice changes wrought by budget woes: more kids in the classrooms, athletic games played closer to home, fewer buses, old textbooks. Tyler Pfeffer’s first-period class at Shadle High School on Thursday had 37 students, he said. But district officials say that number won’t stand.
• Central Valley considers opening coaching positions (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
  posted on August 28, 2009 at 10:14:14 am
  The Central Valley school board will consider opening all of the new district's coaching positions next year, when it enters scholastic competition as one entity.
• Monaca prepares to put best foot forward at community expo (The Beaver County Times)
  posted on August 12, 2009 at 11:28:56 am
  MONACA — Officials and volunteers in Monaca are hoping that the best way to sell their town is to open it to all comers for a day.
• Education panel hears merger success story (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
  posted on August 8, 2009 at 04:06:51 am
  Merging school districts is a difficult undertaking, but so far it seems to be working out in Beaver County's Central Valley School District.
• Teacher with history of reprimands quits - Thu, 30 Jul 2009 PST (The Spokesman-Review)
  posted on July 31, 2009 at 02:29:40 am
  Bowdish Middle School teacher Anthony Cucinotti, who was put on paid administrative leave in March after misconduct allegations, has quit his job.